A Story About Zhou Yong

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In ancient China, there was a man called Zhou Yong. Before his father died, he left Zhou Yong a great number of gold ingots (元寶). Zhou hid them in a safe place in his home. One day, Zhou decided to travel far away. He was afraid that someone would steal the gold ingots. But they were too heavy for him to bring along with him. So he put all the ingots into a jar (壇子) and gave it to his friend Wang Wu, telling Wang that the jar was full of fresh red dates (紅棗).

A year later, one day before Zhou came back, Wang

When Wang returned the jar to Zhou, Zhou found the ingots were missing. They argued about it for a while, then they went to see the county magistrate (縣官).

When the magistrate asked Wang what had happened, he answered, “Zhou said that there were fresh red dates in it when he gave me the jar a year ago.”

The magistrate examined the jar and the fresh red dates in it carefully. Then he said, “Bring the ingots back, Wang Wu!”

Wang sill denied (否認(rèn)) having taken them. But after the magistrate explained what he knew, Wang finally admitted (承認(rèn)) that he had taken the ingots.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。

1. Zhou Yong got lots of ingots from ________.

A. Wang Wu? ? B. his wife? ? C. his father? D. the county magistrate

2. Zhou Yong gave the jar to Wang because ________.

A. someone wanted to steal it? ? B. he couldn

C. he didn

3. Wang

A. so many ingots B. the red dates? ? C. the county magistrate D. Zhou Yong

4. From the passage, we know the county magistrate was very ________.

A. careless? B. lazy? ? C. clever? D. brave

5. How did the county magistrate infer that Wang was lying?

A. Wang denied that he had taken the ingots.

B. Wang

C. The county magistrate saw Wang take away the ingots.

D. The red dates would go bad if they were in the jar for a year.