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During the Jin Dynasty, there was a child named Che Yin. He was smart and loved to read. He grew up in a poor family and couldn't afford lamp oil to study at night.
One night, he saw fireflies outside his house and came up with an idea. He caught some fireflies in a cloth bag and hung the bag up as a lamp. It was said that he spent all of his summer nights reading like this.
Another child named Sun Kang also loved reading during the same period. One night during winter, Sun used up all of his lamp oil and couldn't study at night. When he suddenly woke up at midnight, he saw the thick snow reflecting the moonlight outside his house. His first thought was “Oh, I can use the reflected light to read!”. He took out his books and read, even though he was freezing cold.
Both of these kids later became successful government officials. People were touched by their hard-working spirit and their stories inspired the Chinese idiom “nang ying ying xue” or “to read by the light from bagged fireflies or reflected by snow”.
In the past, people had a much harder time studying than we do now. They might have had to copy books by hand because there were very few books then. For poor families, paper and writing brushes were often too expensive to afford. Students even had to travel over mountains and rivers in order to find a good teacher. However, these tough conditions did not stop young minds from pursuing knowledge.
A professor once said, “These stories inspire people to study hard in spite of difficulties. We can also learn from these stories. Some may sound a little exaggerated and romanticized, but they are just like the light of fireflies that light up the road to knowledge.”
()1. What do we know about the two children?
A. They helped each other.
B. They invented a Chinese idiom.
C. They knew each other very well.
D. They were smart and worked hard.
()2. What does the underlined word “tough” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Hard.
B. Easy.
C. New.
D. Old.
()3. What might the professor agree with according to the last paragraph?
A. These stories are not real.
B. These stories are encouraging.
C. People used to read more books.
D. People were all poor at that time.
()4. What would be the best title for this passage?
A. The stories of the Jin Dynasty
B. Some Chinese idioms
C. Light to guide you
D. Famous poor people

本文讲述了“囊萤映雪”的故事，以此鼓励我们克服困难去追求知识。
1. D 推理判断题。根据第四段中“Both of these kids later became successful government officials.”可知，这两位孩子都是在艰苦的条件下，创造不同的方式坚持读书，最后成了成功人士，说明他们都很聪明，且学习也很努力。
2. A 词义猜测题。根据第五段中“In the past, people had a much harder time studying than we do ... to find a good teacher.”可知，过去人们的学习条件比我们现在艰苦得多。tough 意为“艰难的”，与 A 项意思相近。
3. B 推理判断题。根据最后一段中“These stories inspire people to study hard in spite of difficulties. We can also learn from these stories.”可知，这个教授认为这些故事是鼓舞人心的。
4. C 标题概括题。根据最后一段中的 they are just like the light of fireflies that light up the road to knowledge 并结合全文可知，本文通过“囊萤映雪”的故事鼓励我们克服困难去追求知识，故 C 项为本文的最佳标题。