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During the Jin Dynasty, there ______ a child named Che Yin. He was ______ and loved reading. He grew up in a poor family and couldn't pay for the lamp to ______ at night. One night, he saw fireflies (萤火虫) ______ his house and thought of an idea. He ______ some fireflies in a cloth bag and used the bag as a lamp. It is said that he ______ all of his summer nights reading like this. Another child named Sun Kang also loved ______. One night during ______, Sun's lamp didn't work and he ______ study at night. When he woke up at midnight, he saw the snow reflecting (反射) the moonlight. "Oh, I can use the reflected light ______!" he thought. He took his books and read outside, though he was very cold. People were touched by their ______ work and turned their stories into a Chinese idiom.
In the past, people had a ______ harder time studying than we do. They had to copy books by hand because there were few books then. For the poor, paper and writing brushes (毛笔) were often too ______. Students even had to travel very far to find a good ______. But these difficulties didn't stop young minds from learning.
All of us can learn a lot from these stories. They don't take place in modern times, ______ they are just like the light of fireflies and light up our road to knowledge.
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) 11. A. were B. are C. is D. was
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) 12. A. smart B. foolish C. sad D. generous
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B
) 13. A. play B. study C. draw D. dance
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) 14. A. down B. with C. outside D. between
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) 15. A. caught B. found C. bought D. brought
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B
) 16. A. took B. spent C. cost D. paid
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D
) 17. A. speaking B. listening C. writing D. reading
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) 18. A. summer B. spring C. winter D. autumn
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) 19. A. couldn't B. can't C. mustn't D. shouldn't
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C
) 20. A. read B. reads C. to read D. reading
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) 21. A. hard B. happy C. poor D. kind
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B
) 22. A. little B. much C. less D. more
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) 23. A. high B. cheap C. expensive D. low
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) 24. A. painter B. postman C. doctor D. teacher
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) 25. A. and B. but C. because D. so
