Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him

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, hesitant   7   on his door that were dearly audible (听到) 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 (目瞪口呆) by what he saw.

At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his   18   in life. It was his   19  and harshness (刻薄的) with other people, The person who had cheated him in life was   20   nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been bluffed (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.

1. A. complaining    B. reflecting       C. praying     D. pretending

2. A. inspired       B. disappointed     C. thrilled    D. encouraged

3. A. abandoned      B. wasted           C. absorbed    D. occupied

4. A. went on        B. went down        C. went out    D. went through

5. A. candles        B. matches          C. lights      D. flashlights

6. A. happily        B. patiently        C. willingly   D. helplessly

7. A. steps          B. words            C. knocks      D. screams

8. A. dark           B. quiet            C. noisy       D. crowded

9. A. acquaintances  B. enemies          C. neighbors   D. bosses

10. A. offered        B. disturbed        C. embarrassed D. panicked

11. A. cheerfully     B. contently        C. impatiently D. relevantly

12. A. gently         B. deliberately     C slightly     D. abruptly

13. A. lend           B. sell             C. purchase    D. borrow

14. A. And            B. But              C. So          D. For

15. A. holding        B. hiding           C. fetching    D. seeking

16. A. suggested      B. forbad           C. sent        D. forced

17. A. frightened     B. disturbed        C. confused    D. struck

18. A. failure        B. success          C. complaint   D. determination

19. A. warmth         B. coldness         C. kindness    D. sympathy

20. A. doubtfully     B. hardly           C. actually    D. specifically

试题答案

1—-5 ABDCA  6一10 DCBAB    11—15 CDDBA    16—20CDABC