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Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man,
often___1___that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so___2___ with the
city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend,when Terry and his wife were
busily __3___ in tidying up their new home, the light suddenly ___4___. Terry was regretful to have
forgotten bringing along ___5___ and had to wait __6__ in a low mood. Just then he heard light and
hesitant __7__on his door that were clear in the ___8___night.
"Who' s it?" he wondered. Terry had no __9___ in the new city, and this was the moment he especially
hated to be __10___. So he went to the door and opened it __11___ . At the door was a little girl,  shyly
asking,  " Sir,  do you have candles? I'm your neighbor. " " No, "  answered Terry in anger and shut the
door__12___ .  " What a nuisance(讨厌) ! "  he complained over it with his wife.   " No sooner had we
settled down than the neighbor came to___13____ things. "
After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside___14____this
time she was___15____ two candles,  saying,  " My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might
need candles. She ___16____ me here to give you these. " Terry
was ___17____ dumb by what he saw.
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his __18___ in life. It was his ___19____ and
harshness with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was  __20___ nobody else but
himself, for his eyes had been blurred(蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.

(     )1 .A. complaining     (     )2. A. inspired         (     )3. A. abandoned       (     )4. A. went on         (     )5 .A. candles         (     )6. A. happily         (     )7. A. steps           (     )8. A. dark             (     )9. A. acquaintances   (     )10. A. offered         (     )11. A. cheerfully     (     )12. A. gently         (     )13. A. lend           (     )14. A. And             (     )15. A. holding         (     )16. A. suggested       (     )17. A. frightened     (     )18. A. failure         (     )19. A. warmth         (     )20. A. doubtfully

B. reflecting       B. disappointed     B. wasted           B. went down       B.  matches         B. patiently       B. words           B. quiet           B. enemies         B. disturbed       B. intently         B. deliberately     B. sell             B. But             B. hiding           B. forbad           B.  disturbed       B. success         B. coldness         B. hardly

C. praying         C. thrilled         C. absorbed         C. went out         C. lights           C. willingly       C. knocks           C. noisy           C. neighbors       C. embarrassed     C. impatiently     C. slightly         C. purchase         C. So               C. fetching         C. sent             C.  confused       C. complaint       C. kindness         C. actually

D. pretending           D. encouraged           D. occupied             D. went through         D. flashlights         D. helplessly           D. screams             D. crowded             D. bosses               D. panicked             D. relevantly           D. abruptly             D. borrow               D. For                 D. seeking             D. forced               D. struck               D. determination       D. sympathy             D. specifically

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