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Two Candles Tom was a middle﹣aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depress...
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Two Candles
Tom was a middle﹣aged 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 Tom and his wife were busily__ up their new home,the light__ went out.They had to stop work.Tom was regretful to have forgotten to bring along candles and had to wait__ in a low mood.Just then he heard slight,hesitant__ on his door that sounded clear in the__ night.
"Who's it?"he wondered,since Tom 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 Tom in anger and shut the door __."What a nuisance (讨厌鬼)!"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."Tom was very__ by what he saw.When he became fully aware,he said,"Thank you and your grandmother.God bless you!"
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 life had been darkened by his unsympathetic __.
1.A.complaining B.telling C.hoping D.pretending
2.A.inspired B.disappointed C.embarrassed D.impressed
3.A.building B.turning C.coming D.tidying
4.A.horribly B.accidentally C.suddenly D.slowly
5.A.anxiously B.doubtfully C.hopefully D.helplessly
6.A.steps B.words C.knocks D.noises
7.A.dark B.quiet C.cold D.sleepless
8.A.newcomer B.traveller C.guest D.settler
9.A.called B.disturbed C.watched D.offered
10.A.surprisingly B.delightedly C.impatiently D.willingly
11.A.gently B.kindly C.politely D.violently
12.A.lend B.sell C.fetch D.borrow
13.A.And B.But C.So D.For
14.A.holding B.hiding C.blowing D.lighting
15.A.advised B.encouraged C.sent D.forced
16.A.frightened B.pleased C.puzzled D.Surprised
17.A.failure B.dissatisfaction C.complaint D.determination
18.A.responsibility B.coldness C.apology D.concept
19.A.doubtfully B.hardly C.actually D.finally
20.A.mind B.opinion C.behavior D.look
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