阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
Tom was a businessman and he suffered many failures in his career, which made him a depressed（沮丧的）man, he often complained that others had been playing tricks on him. One day he told his wife he was so
with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to
city. In the evening of a weekend, Tom and his wife were busy
up their new home
the light suddenly went out. So they had to ___
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 knocks on his door that sounded clear in the
night.
“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Tom had no
in the new city. And this was the moment he especially disliked being disturbed.
, he went reluctantly(不情愿地) to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have
? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Tom in anger and shut the door violently. “What a nuisance（讨厌的人）!” he complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down
the neighbor came to
things.” After a while, the door was knocked
. He opened it and found the same girl outside. But this time she was holding 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
. 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 he had fallen for his unsympathetic
.
| 小题1: | | A．inspired | B．satisfied | C．encouraged | D．disappointed |
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| 小题2: | | A．the other | B．other | C．another | D．every |
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| 小题3: | | A．looking | B．cleaning | C．turning | D．ending |
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| 小题5: | | A．continue | B．quit | C．start | D．change |
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| 小题6: | | A．helplessly | B．happily | C．patiently | D．hopefully |
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| 小题7: | | A．noisy | B．quiet | C．dark | D．crowded |
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| 小题8: | | A．friend | B．consultant | C．stranger | D．adolescent |
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| 小题9: | | A．So | B．However | C．Though | D．In case |
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| 小题10: | | A．lights | B．tricks | C．candles | D．failures |
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| 小题11: | | A．when | B．that | C．than | D．while |
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| 小题12: | | A．borrow | B．sell | C．purchase | D．lend |
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| 小题13: | | A．suddenly | B．too | C．constantly | D．again |
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| 小题14: | | A．suggested | B．sent | C．forbade | D．forced |
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| 小题15: | | A．frightened | B．surprised | C．puzzled | D．pleased |
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| 小题16: | | A．brother | B．mother | C．father | D．grandma |
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| 小题17: | | A．dissatisfaction | B．success | C．failure | D．determination |
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| 小题18: | | A．apology | B．responsibility | C．coldness | D．concept |
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| 小题19: | | A．in particular | B．in all | C．in general | D．in reality |
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| 小题20: | | A．brain | B．thought | C．idea | D．mind |
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