Buying Horse-bones with 500 gold bars!
   During the Warring States Period （475-221 BC），King Zhao wanted to have talented people to make the state strong.He asked the scholar （有學問的人） Guo Wei （A）        advice.Guo told the king a story.In ancient times，there was a king who wanted a special kind of horse.This horse could run 1，000 li a day.It was called qianlima.He sent many people to find these horses and buy them for him.3 years later，nobody found him such a horse.
   One day，a man volunteered to help.Within three months，he heard about a qianlima.He rushed to find （B） it，but the horse was already dead.Still，he bought the bones of the horse with 500 pieces of gold.The king was very angry. "What I want is a live horse，not the bones of a dead horse!"

   The man answered， "Look!You're willing to pay a high price for a dead horse， （C） let alone a live one.This shows people that you truly wish to buy the horses.Just wait and the horses you want will come very soon." Within a year，many qianlima owners brought their horses to the king.
   Guo told the king that he could see himself （D）          the bones of the horse. "If I am valued （重視），more talent will be willing to serve the state，" he said.The king built houses for Guo and treated him as a teacher.Soon，talented people across the state came to help the king.His state was stronger and stronger.

（1）在（A）和（D）空白處填入適當?shù)慕樵~使句意完整。

for

for

；

as

as

（2）What does the underlined word （B） it refer to？

the qianlima

the qianlima

（3）根據(jù)上下文猜測劃線（C）處let alone 的漢語意思。

更不用說；更別提

更不用說；更別提

（4）Fill in the blanks according to the text.（每空 1 個單詞）
King Zhao of the State Yan actually wanted to have ①

talented

talented

②

people

people

.In Guo's story，the man ③

spent

spent

500 pieces of gold ④

on

on

the bones of the horse.The king got ⑤

angry

angry

with the man because he thought a dead horse was of no use.While the man's reason was horse owners would see the king's need for qianlima.After ⑥

hearing

hearing

Guo's story，the king treated him well and his state became stronger.