题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
宁夏石嘴山市第三中学2018-2019学年高二下学期英语期中考试试卷
Two Candles
Tom 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 Tom and his wife were busily 3 up their new home, the light suddenly 4. They had to stop work. Tom was regretful to have forgotten to bring along candles and had to wait 5 in a low mood. Just then he heard slight, hesitant 6 on his door that sounded clear in the 7 night.
"Who's it?" he wondered, since Tom was a 8 to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be 9, so he went to the door and opened it 10. 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 11. "What a nuisance (讨厌鬼)!" He complained over it with his wife. "No sooner had we settled down 12 the neighbor came to borrow things."
After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. 13 this time she was 14 two candles, saying, "My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She 15 me here to give you these." Tom was very 16 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 17 in life. It was his 18 and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was actually19 else but himself, for his life had been darkened by his unsympathetic 20.
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