Terry was a middleaged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often____that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so___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__up their new home, the light suddenly____.Terry was regretful to have forgotten bringing along___and had to wait____in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant____on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the___night.
“Who's it？” he wondered, since Terry was a____to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be____， so he went to the door and opened it___. 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____. “What a nuisance (讨厌)！” he complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to___things.”
After a while，the door was knocked again, he opened it and found the same girl outside.___this time she was____two candles，saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She____me here to give you these.” Terry was very____by what he saw.
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his___in life. It was his____and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was____nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.
A. complaining   B. reflecting
C. praying   D. pretending
A.inspired   B．disappointed
C．thrilled   D．encouraged
A.looking   B．turning
C．coming   D．tidying
A.went on   B．went down
C．went out   D．went through
A.candles   B．matches
C．lights   D．flashlights
A.happily   B．patiently
C．hopefully   D．helplessly
A.steps   B．words
C．knocks   D．screams
A.dark   B．quiet
C．noisy   D．crowded
A.newcomer   B．stranger
C．guest   D．settler
A.called   B．disturbed
C．watched   D．offered
A.surprisedly   B．delightedly
C．impatiently   D．willingly
A.gently   B．kindly
C．politely   D．violently
A.lend    B．sell
C．purchase  D．borrow
A.And   B．But
C．So   D．For
A.holding  B．hiding
C．fetching   D．seeking
A.suggested   B．forbade
C．sent   D．forced
A.frightened   B．pleased
C．puzzled   D．surprised
A.failure   B．success
C．complaint   D．determination
A.warmth   B．coldness
C．kindness   D．sympathy
A.doubtfully   B．hardly
C．really   D．probably