Terry 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 Terry and his wife were busily _23_ up their new home, the light suddenly __ . Terry was regretful to have forgotten to bring 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(麻烦事)!” 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.
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:C
题目分析：有时我们总是觉得这个世界上有很多坏人，把失败的原因归结于他人。事实上，我们自己更应该打开自己的心胸，只有自己敞开心扉去接纳、理解、包容的帮助，这个世界才会对我们微笑。
小题1:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. complaining抱怨；B. telling告诉；C. hoping希望；D. pretending假装。Terry是一个中年的皮革商，他的事业反复失败使他很沮丧，这里是Terry的一种消极的心情的反映：他经常抱怨被人骗了。故选A。
小题2:考查形容词辨析及对语境的理解。A. pleased 高兴；B disappointed失望；C. exhausted筋疲力尽的；D. encouraged鼓励；一天他告诉他的妻子他对这个城市很失望以至于要离开它。事业失败的心情应该是失望，感到受挫。所以用disappointed选B。
小题3:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. look up 向上看，查阅；B. turn up 开大音量，出现；C. come up上来；D. tidy up 收拾，整理。结合语境可知，Terry和他的妻子搬到另一个城市，在周末的傍晚，他们正忙着收拾新家。故选D。
小题4:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. went on发生，持续；B. went down下去；C. went out熄灭；D. went through经历。根据do you have candles?可知，灯突然灭了。故选C。
小题5:考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. candles蜡烛；B. matches火柴；C. lights灯；D. flashlights手电。灯突然灭了。根据常识理解，Terry后悔自己忘了带蜡烛，故选A最佳。
小题6:考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。 A. happily高兴地；B. patiently耐心地；C. hopefully满怀希望地；D. helplessly无助地。Terry情绪很差，不知道什么时候会有电，所以应该是无助地等待，故选D。
小题7:考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. steps台阶，步伐；B. words话；C. knocks敲；D. screams尖叫声。就在那时，他听到听到轻轻的犹豫的敲门声。宾语是door，所以应该是knock，敲。后面有the door was knocked again.故选C。
小题8:考查形容词辨析及对语境的理解。A. dark黑暗的；B. quiet安静的；C. noisy喧闹的；D. crowded拥挤的。前面说敲门声很轻，所以只有在安静的环境下才能听到，故选B。
小题9:考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. newcomer新来的人；B. stranger陌生人；C. guest 客人；D. settler定居者。会是谁？他很纳闷。因为Terry是新来到这个城市的人。根据前面他们搬家收拾东西可知，Terry是新来的，故选A。
小题10:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. called被叫；B. disturbed被打扰；C. watched被监视；D. offered被提供。没有电不能收拾东西，他心情不好的时候Terry尤其不喜欢被打扰，故选B。
小题11:考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。A. surprisingly吃惊地；B. delightedly高兴地；C. impatiently不耐烦地；D. willingly自愿地。根据前面的介绍可知，Terry情绪很糟糕，不喜欢被打扰，这时有人敲门，所以“他很不耐烦地去开门”才符合语境，故选C。
小题12:考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。A. gently轻轻地；B. kindly友好地；C. politely礼貌地；D. violently猛烈地。门口站着一个小女孩，说自己是邻居，问Terry有蜡烛没有？Terry很生气地回答说没有。由此可知，他是猛地把门一关，表达他的愤怒。故选D。
小题13:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. lend借入；B. sell卖；C. harness治理；D. borrow借出。他抱怨说：“我们刚安顿下来邻居就来借东西了。”根据后面可知选borrow，他生气的原因是，他认为邻居是来借东西的。故选D。
小题14:考查连词辨析及对语境的理解。A. And和，而且；B. But但是；C. So因此；D. For为了。和前一次比较，所以用but表转折，意思是：但是，这一次小女孩手里拿着两根蜡烛。故选B。
小题15:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. holding握住；B. hiding藏；C. fetching取回；D. lifting抬高。结合女孩说的话“我奶奶告诉我楼下的新邻居可能需要蜡烛。”可知，这一次小女孩手里拿着两根蜡烛。选A。
小题16:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. suggested建议；B. commanded命令；C. sent派遣；D. forced强迫。她让我来这里给你这些. 分析四个选项在语境的意思可知是sent，故选C。
小题17:考查形容词辨析及对语境的理解。A. frightened害怕；B. pleased高兴；C. puzzled困惑；D. surprised惊讶。Terry惊讶于他所看到的这一切。 听到小女孩说的话，Terry知道事实和自己想的正好相反，所以用surprised更符合语境，故选D。
小题18:考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. failure失败；B. success成功；C. complaint抱怨；D. determination决心。在那一刻他突然意识到是什么导致他在生活中的失败。文章最后和文章开头遥相呼应。故选A。
小题19:考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。 A. warmth温暖；B. coldness寒冷、冷淡；C. kindness善良；D. nearly几乎。失败是因为他对其他人冷淡和刻薄。从他第一次对带小女孩的态度可以看出，他对人态度冷淡，总认为别人是想从他那里得到什么。故选B。
小题20:考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。A. doubtfully怀疑地；B. hardly几乎不；C. actually事实上、实际上；D. sympathy 同情。生活中欺骗他的人实际上是他自己而不是其他人，他的眼睛被他无情的心灵蒙蔽了。文章开头提到，Terry总是认为自己被人欺骗，所以事业总是失败。而这个小女孩却让他有了不同的认识。Terry的人生观改变了。所以选actually更合适，故选C。