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 （露台）, 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 “little lesson” in ____29____ many other things in my life. I guess, “____30____ is a virtue （美德）” after all.
| 小题1: | | A．little | B．many | C．much | D．lot |
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| 小题2: | | A．so | B．because | C．however | D．and |
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| 小题5: | | A．went | B．put | C．cleaned | D．took |
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| 小题6: | | A．bought | B．sold | C．washed | D．took |
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| 小题7: | | A．always | B．hardly | C．even | D．sometimes |
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| 小题8: | | A．nothing | B．everything | C．something | D．anything |
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| 小题9: | | A．sad | B．surprised | C．worried | D．frightened |
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| 小题10: | | A．coming | B．going | C．leaving | D．singing |
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| 小题12: | | A．spend | B．take | C．bring | D．come |
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| 小题13: | | A．hoping | B．dreaming | C．watching | D．asking |
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| 小题15: | | A．dream | B．patience | C．volunteering | D．lesson |
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