Terry was a middle-aged businessman. He was unsuccessful in career and often complained that he had been fooled by others. One day he told his wife he was __46___ disappointed(失望的) with the city that he had to leave.

     So his family moved to another city. It was Saturday _____47_____. When Terry and his wife were busy putting their things in their new home, the lights suddenly __48______ and they had to stop work. Terry was sorry to have ____49____ to bring along some candles. Just then he heard light______50___ on his door.

     “Who is it?” he wondered. Terry knew ____51_____ else in the new city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be ____52_____. He opened the door impatiently. At the door was a little ____53___, shyly asking ,“Sir, do you have __54___ ? I’m your neighbour.” “No.” answered Terry angrily. He closed the door ____55_____.

     After a while the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same little girl outside. But this time she was ____56_____ two candles radiating (放光) red light. She said,“My grandma told me the ___57____neighbour downstairs might need candles. She sent me here to give you these.”

     At that moment Terry suddenly realized what ______58_____his failure(失败) in life. It was his indifference(冷漠) and unkindness to other people. The person who had fooled him in life was actually nobody else ___59____himself, for his eyes had been covered by his ___60___ mind.

(   )46. A. very             B. so             C. such            D. rather

(   )47. A. morning          B. afternoon       C. noon            D. evening

(   )48. A. went up          B. went out      C. went by         D. went on

(   )49. A. wanted           B. decided         C. forgotten        D. remembered

(   )50. A. knocks           B. calls           C. noises           D. sounds

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

(   )52. A. troubled          B. followed      C. liked            D. learned

(   )53. A. boy              B. girl            C. postman        D. shopper

(   )54. A. candies           B. toys           C. lights           D. candles

(   )55. A. easily             B. nicely            C. happily          D. heavily

(   )56. A. looking            B. seeing        C. holding         D. drawing

(   )57. A. poor             B. kind           C. new           D. young

(   )58. A. made            B. caused         C. developed       D. stopped

(   )59. A. besides           B. without         C. but             D. than

(   )60. A. open             B. right          C. warm                   D. cold

Cloze test

　　(Tom bought shoes from the shoe factory and tried to sell them to people.)

　　There were not many 1 in small villages. People there 2 to go to town to buy their shoes. So Tom 3 a lot of shoes there.

　　One day Tom 4 along the street. He stopped in front of a house. There was a small boy beside the door. Tom 5 the window of his lorry（货运汽车）and called to the boy,“ Hello! Is your mother at home?” The boy looked at Tom. Then he answered,“ 6 .”

　　“That's 7 ,” Tom said. He got off his lorry, 8 some shoes and went to the door of the house. He knocked at the door and waited for a few minutes, 9 nobody came to answer the door. Tom knocked again and again for a few more minutes, but still no one answered. Then Tom looked at the boy and said angrily,“Your mother is not at home!”“She is!” the boy said.

　　“ 10 didn't she open the door?”

　　“This isn't our house,” the boy shouted.