Ted was a middle-aged businessman. He was ______ and often complained (抱怨) that he was fooled by others. One day he told his wife that he was so disappointed with the ______ that he had to leave.

So his family moved to ______ city. It was a Saturday evening, the lights suddenly went out ______ he and his wife were busily cleaning the new home. They had to ______ working. Ted was sorry to have forgotten to ______ some candles. Just then he ______ light knocks on his door.

“Who is it?” he ______. Ted knew nobody else in the new city, and this was the moment he ______ to be troubled. He opened the door unwillingly. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your ______.” “No,” answered Ted angrily. He closed the door ______.

After a while the door was knocked again. ______ he opened it, he found the same girl outside. But this time she was holding two candles in her hand. She said, “My grandma told me that you may need candles. She ______ me here to give you these.”

He was ______. And he suddenly realized what caused his failure (失败). It was his indifference (冷漠) and unkindness to other people. The person who had fooled him in life was nobody else but himself, for his eyes were ______ by his cold mind.

1.A. independent B. unfair C. unsuccessful D. meaningless

2.A. environment B. situation C. reason D. question

3.A. other B. the other C. others D. another

4.A. since B. while C. until D. though

5.A. stop B. continue C. keep D. leave

6.A. take away B. bring out C. bring along D. take out

7.A. listened B. noticed C. watched D. heard

8.A. imagined B. wondered C. expected D. questioned

9.A. liked B. hoped C. hated D. served

10.A. neighbor B. friend C. teacher D. servant

11.A. seriously B. carefully C. easily D. heavily

12.A. so B. As soon as C. As long as D. Because of

13.A. sent B. drove C. kept D. chose

14.A. stressed B. excited C. surprised D. touched

15.A. covered B. filled C. changed D. fixed

John worked hard but he was still very poor. He was very sad all day. One day when he came home from work, he saw his daughter in the living room. She was playing with colorful wrapping paper. John got angry.

“Where is the paper from?” John asked.

“I bought it with my pocket money. ” the girl answered.

“You won’t get money from me any more. ” John said and went to his room.

Some days later, it’s Christmas. The girl brought a little box in colorful paper to her father and said, “Dad, this is for you. ”

The father was surprised to see the colorful box. He felt sorry for his anger that day. He touched the girl’s head and opened the box. He became angry again when he found nothing inside.

“Why is it empty? Are you playing a trick on me?” the angry father asked.

“No, Dad. It’s not empty. I put many kisses in the box. All for you, Dad. ”

John had nothing to say. He put his arms around the girl, “Sorry, dear. Please forgive me. ”

From then on, John always kept the box beside his bed. When he felt sad, he took a kiss out of the box and remember the love of his child.

1.Why was John sad all day?

A. He worked hard. B. He was poor.

C. He didn’t like his daughter. D. His daughter played tricks on him.

2.How did the girl get the colorful wrapping paper?

A. Her dad gave it to her. B. Her dad put it at home.

C. She bought it with her pocket money. D. Someone bought it for her.

3.What does the underlined word “empty” mean?

A. 空的 B. 满的 C. 脏的 D. 难看的

4.What do you think of the girl from the passage?

A. She was very lazy. B. She always played a trick on Dad.

C. She liked money a lot. D. She was smart and loved her dad.

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. John didn’t love his daughter sometimes.

B. John wouldn’t give his daughter any money.

C. John didn’t like the girl’s Christmas present.

D. John understood his daughter’s love and kept it.

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