Terry 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 Terry and his wife were busily  (3)  up their new home, the light suddenly   (4)  . Terry was regretful to have forgotten to bring along   (5)   and had to wait   (6)   in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant   (7)   on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the   (8)   night.

  “Who’s it?” he wondered, since Terry was a   (9)  to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be   (10)  , so he went to the door and opened it   (11)  . 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   (12)  . “What a nuisance(讨厌)!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to   (13)   things.”

  After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside.  (14)  this time she was   (15)   two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She   (16)   me here to give you these.” Terry was very   (17)   by what he saw and heard.

  At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his   (18)   in life. It was his   (19)   and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was   (20)   nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.