There are many great stories in Chinese history. This is one of the most educational stories.
Kuang Heng was a very famous ____ /pɜ: sn/ in the Western Han Dynasty(西汉), and he was born in a poor family. He liked reading very much. He needed to work in the daytime, so he had to read books during the night (A)He was so poor that he couldn't buy a candle. One day, he found his neighbor had candles, but the light couldn't go through the wall. After thinking for a while, he had a good i____.
(B) small
a, hole, he, dug, wall, in, the. Then he could use the light from his neighbor's house to read books. From that day on, he read books every night until the light went out.
After some days, in his house there were no books for him to read. Then he went to a rich man's house and worked for him without asking for any money. Hearing this, the rich man thought Kuang Heng was stupid but still asked "You meant you would work for me for free. But why?" Kuang Heng replied, "Well, I only want to borrow your books to read. That's enough".
(C)那个富人被深深地感动了. Kung Heng read all the books in the rich man's house. Finally, he became a great scholar (学者). If you are also worried about reading books, it's necessary to learn from Kuang Heng.
