四、（2025·宿迁市沭阳期中）完形填空。
There are many great stories in Chinese history. This is one of the most educational 1.
Kuang Heng was a very famous person in the Western Han dynasty, and he was born in a 2 family. He liked reading very much. He needed 3 in the daytime, so he had to read books during the night. But he was too poor to buy a 4.
One day, he found his neighbour had candles, but the light couldn't go 5 the wall. After 6 for a while, he had an idea. He dug(挖) a small hole in the wall in his house so that he could use the 7 from his neighbour's house to read books. From that day on, he read books every night 8 the light went out. After some days, in his house there were no books for 9 to read. Then he went to a rich man's house 10 worked for him without getting 11 money. Hearing this, the rich man thought that Kuang Heng was 12 but still asked, “You meant you would work for me for free. But why?”
Kuang Heng replied, “Well, I only want to 13 your books to read. That's enough.”
The rich man was deeply moved(感动的) and he 14. Kuang Heng read the books in the rich man's house one by one. 15, he became a great scholar(学者). If you are still worried about reading books, it's necessary for you to learn from Kuang Heng.
1. A. stories B. films
C. songs D. poems
2. A. rich B. small
C. poor D. big
3. A. working B. to work
C. work D. worked
4. A. candle B. house
C. book D. match
5. A. by B. over
C. through D. across
6. A. thinking B. think
C. thinks D. thought
7. A. eyes B. pens
C. light D. hole
8. A. if B. till
C. after D. when
9. A. her B. me
C. them D. him
10. A. so B. but
C. or D. and
11. A. much B. many
C. some D. any
12. A. clever B. humorous
C. patient D. stupid
13. A. lend B. borrow
C. buy D. keep
14. A. advised B. agreed
C. failed D. saved
15. A. Suddenly B. Certainly
C. Finally D. Unluckily