[综合题]从下列单词中选择恰当的词填空，每个词只能用一次。

it       dreamed     if       complain         except            sunshine

sooner      tell       fast   before             than               down

     My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years ______ he returned to England. He had often ______ of retiring in England and had planned to settle ______ in the country. He had no ______ returned ______ he bought a fine house and went to live there. Almost immediately he began to ______ about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold. After so many years of ______, Harrison got a shock. He acted as ______ he had never lived in England before. In the end, ______ was more than he could bear. He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended there. Harrison had thought of everything ______ the weather.