Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failures in career made him a bad-tempered and disappointed man,often complaining that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so 1 with the city that he had to leave.

  So his family 2 to another city. It was theof a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily engaged in 4 their new home,the lights suddenly went 5 and they were forced to stop work. Terry regretted 6 to bring along candles and had to wait 7 in a bad mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant 8 on his door that were clearly heard in the quiet night.

  "Who's it?" he wondered. Terry didn't 9 anybody in the new city,and this was the moment he especially hated to be10 . He went to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was a little girl,asking in a 11 voice, "Sir,do you have candles? I'm your neigh?bor.”"NO”, answered Terry 12 ? He shut the door and the girl went up. "What a nuisance!" he complained over it with his wife. " 13 had we settled down than the neighbor came to borrow things."

  He was angry about it 14the door was knocked at again. He opened it and found the same little girl outside. But this time she was holding two 15   . She said, "My grandma told me the new neighbor 16   might need candles. She sent me here to give you these. " Terry was 17 by what he saw. When he became fully 18 ,he said, "Thank you and your grandma. God bless you!”

  At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his 19in life. It was his coldness and harshness(刻薄)with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was actually 20 else but himself,for his eyes had been covered by his cold mind.

(   ) 1. A. excited    B. pleased C. disappointed    D. puzzled

(   ) 2. A. drove    B. removed    C. moved    D. hoped

(   ) 3. A. morning    B. evening   C. noon    D. midnight

(   ) 4. A. picking    B. tidying up C. turning up    D. throwing up

(   ) 5. A. out    B. away       C. down    D. off

(   ) 6. A. recognizing    B. remembering C. missing    D. forgetting

(   ) 7. A. helplessly    B. hopelessly C. carelessly    D. uselessly

(   ) 8. A. voices    B. shots      C. shouts    D. knocks

(  ) 9. A. find    B. know      C. recognize    D. like

(   ) 10. A. disturbed    B. questioned   C. forgotten    D. discovered

(   ) 11. A. courageous    B. shy     C. brave    D. joyful

(   ) 12. A. quietly    B. pleasantly    C. rudely    D. repeatedly

(   ) 13. A. No sooner    B. Hardly     C. No matter    D. No later

(   ) 14. A. as        B. while     C. before    D. when

(   ) 15. A. bulbs    B. candles      C. lamps    D. lights

(   ) 16. A. upstairs    B. downstairs    C. next doors    D. across

(   ) 17. A. frightened    B. upset     C. annoyed    D. struck

(   ) 18. A. active        B. aware     C. certain    D. lost

(   ) 19. A. business    B. career     C. failure    D. success

(   ) 20. A. everybody    B. somebody     C. anybody    D. nobody

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