Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failures in career made hi

Terry was a middle-aged leather traderwhose 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 wifehe was so disappointed with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to another city. It wasthe evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily engaged intidying up their new home, the lights suddenly went out and they were forced tostop work. Terry regretted to have forgotten to bring along candles and had towait helplessly in a bad mood. Just then he heard light,hesitand（犹豫的）knocks on his door thatwere clearly heard in the quiet night.

“Who’s it?”he wondered. Terry didn’t knowanybody in the new city, and this was the moment he especially hated to bedisturbed. He went to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was alittle girl, asking in a shy voice,“Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor.”“NO,”answeredTerry rudely. He shut the door.“What a nuisance!”he grumbled（嘟囔）over it with his wife.“Nosooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to borrow things. What’ll bethe next? How bothering!”

He was angry about it when the door wasknocked at again. He opened it and found the same little girl outside. But thistime she was holding two candles. She said, “My grandma told me the newneighbor downstairs might need candles. She sent me here to give youthese.”Terry was struck by what he saw. When he became fully aware, hesaid,“Thank you and your grandma. God bless you!”

At that moment he suddenly realized whatcaused his failure in life. It was his coldness and harshness（刻薄）with other people. Theperson who had cheated him in life was actually nobody else but himself, forhis eyes had been blurred（使模糊）by his cold mind.

63.Terry decided to move to another citybecause___________.

A.he wanted to earn more money there

B.he found it more challenging to live in anew place

C.he didn’t like the place where he lived

D.he thought he should change his job

64.Terry treated the little girl rudelybecause he thought_________.

A.the neighbor would often borrow thingsfrom 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

65.It can be concluded that Terry realizedthat he used to be_________.

A.cold andharsh                                      B.lazy and negative

C.friendly andkind                                     D.crazy and rude

66.What would be the best title for thispassage?

A.Help others to helpyourself             B.Light the candle in your heart

C.Terry’s goodneighbor                            D.God bless you

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【答案】

63-66 CAAB  

【解析】略