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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
disappointed 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 engaged in tidying up their new home, the lights suddenly went out and they were forced to stop work.
Terry regretted to have forgotten to bring along candles and had to wait helplessly in a bad mood. Just then he
heard light, hesitand (犹豫的) knocks on his door that were clearly heard in the quiet night.
"Who's it?" he wondered. Terry didn't know anybody in the new city, and this was the moment he
especially hated to be disturbed. He went to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was a little girl,
asking in a shy voice, "Sir, do you have candles? I'm your neighbor." "NO," answered Terry rudely. He shut
the door. "What a nuisance!" he grumbled (嘟囔) over it with his wife. "No sooner had we settled down than
the neighbor came to borrow things. What'll be the next? How bothering!"
He was angry about it when the door was knocked at again. He opened it and found the same little girl
outside. But this time she was holding two candles. She said, "My grandma told me the new neighbor
downstairs might need candles. She sent me here to give you these." Terry was struck by what he saw. When
he became fully aware, he said, "Thank you and your grandma. God bless you!"
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his failure in life. It was his coldness and harshness
(刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was actually nobody else but himself, for
his eyes had been blurred (使模糊) by his cold mind.
1. Terry decided to move to another city because ______.
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A. he wanted to earn more money there
B. he found it more challenging to live in a new place
C. he didn't like the place where he lived
D. he thought he should change his job
2. Terry treated the little girl rudely because he thought ______.
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A. the neighbor would often borrow things from him later
B. he had no friends in the new city
C. she was too young to play with candles
D. he was cheated at that time
3. It can be concluded that Terry realized that he used to be ______.
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A. cold and harsh
B. lazy and negative
C. friendly and kind
D. crazy and rude
4. What would be the best title for this passage?
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A. Help others to help yourself
B. Light the candle in your heart
C. Terry's good neighbor
D. God bless you