Last fall I put a bird feeder outside my
window. I thought as soon as I hung up, a great ___16____ beautiful birds would
come. Days, weeks and months went by; ____17____, no birds.
I asked many people, why? What
was I doing ___18____? “Nothing,” most of them replied. “Just ____19____.” So I
waited, waited and waited.
I ____20____ off the deck (露臺), I changed the feed, I ___21____
the feeders, and I ____22____ made the cat go out the other door! But ____23___
seemed to work. So --- I waited, “with patience and hope. ”
Two months later, early in the
morning, I was ____24____. A beautiful bird had been on the bird feeder. All of
a sudden, I saw hundreds upon hundreds of birds____25____ from everywhere.
____26____ a beautiful lesson
this living thing taught me! “Patience and hope” will ____27____ the most
beautiful things in life.
So I keep hoping and waiting, waiting and ___28____.
I will try to use this “l(fā)ittle lesson” in ____29____ many other things in my
life. I guess, “____30____ is a virtue (美德)” after all.
1.A. little B.
many C. much D.
lot
2.A. so B.
because C. however D. and
3.A. bad B.
wrong C. well D.
good
4.A. go B.
sit C.
watch D. wait
5.A. went B.
put C. cleaned
D. took
6.A. bought B.
sold C. washed D.
took
7.A. always B.
hardly C. even D.
sometimes
8.A. nothing B.
everything C. something D. anything
9.A. sad B.
surprised C.
worried D. frightened
10.A. coming B.
going C.
leaving D. singing
11.A. That B.
Which C. How D.
What
12.A. spend B.
take C. bring D.
come
13.A. hoping B.
dreaming C. watching D. asking
14.A. so B.
such C. much D.
very
15.A. dream B.
patience C. volunteering D. lesson