完形填空

　　Tom was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often complaining that others had been playing tricks on him．One day he told his wife he was so 　　1　　 with the city that he had to leave．

　　So his family moved to 　　2　　 city．It was in the evening of a weekend when Tom and his wife were busy 　　3　　 up their new home 　　4　　 the light suddenly went out．So they had to 　　5　　 work．Tom was regretful to have forgotten bringing along candles and had to wait 　　6　　 in a low mood．Just then he heard slight, hesitant knocks on his door that sounded clear in the 　　7　　 night．

　　“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Tom had no 　　8　　 in the new city．And this was the moment he especially disliked being disturbed．　　9　　, he went reluctantly to the door and opened it impatiently．At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have 　　10　　? I’m your neighbor．” “No,” answered Tom in anger and shut the door violently．“What a nuisance!” he complained over it with his wife．“No sooner had we settled down 　　11　　 the neighbor came to 　　12　　 things．” After a while, the door was knocked 　　13　　．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 　　14　　 me here to give you these．”Tom was very 　　15　　 by what he saw．When he became fully aware, he said, “Thank you and your 　　16　　．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 　　19　　 nobody else but himself, for he had fallen for his unsympathetic 　　20　　．