第三节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白
处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams．---Eleanor Roosevelt
My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural

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disasters．When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with  21  in spite of the terrible surroundings．The families living here ,who tried to make their living from the land,   22  great losses.

I felt sorry especially for the  23  , but I   24   to be hopeless .I decided that where I was, I could do   25   to help them．I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who 26  my knock, “I know that you are   27  and give the birds that come to your yard a little 28 ．Please consider me your bird．Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your 29  ．I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the  30  children.”
No one seemed to  31  giving me a handful of rice ,even  32  they had little themselves .On Sunday ,I would go to the   33   and give my handfuls of rice  to the monks to  34 to the children．
One day ,I came to a house that had  35  to give．I told my story and asked if I could be their bird．The woman called her daughters, and  36  gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice! I began to ask for  37  and rice from the other “ bird feeders”, and they gave them to me．Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even  38  only this small way．The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to them for food and clothing.
“Consider me your bird.” My  39  idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was  40  some peace．                         
21．A．sorrow           B．hope             C．comfort      D．happiness
22．A．suffered               B．survived           C．covered      D．made
23．A．peasants           B．citizens             C．villagers      D．children
24．A．wanted            B．failed              C．refused       D．stopped
25．A．something          B．everything          C．anything     D．nothing
26．A．said               B．replied            C．answered     D．spoke
27．A．glad               B．kind                  C．rich         D．friendly
28．A．water              B．money            C．nest         D．rice
29．A．temple             B．room              C．door         D．garden
30．A．brave              B．hungry             C．promising    D．nervous
31．A．mind              B．escape             C．practice       D．enjoy
32．A．where             B．that               C．so           D．when
33．A．village             B．hometown          C．temple       D．house
34．A．give in            B．give up            C．give away    D．give out
35．A．much              B．little               C．many        D．few
36．A．every              B．each               C．neither       D．none
37．A．help               B．clothing            C．food         D．change
38．A．by                B．with              C．on           D．in
39．A．foolish            B．childish            C．clever        D．useful
40．A．creating            B．mending            C．developing    D．managing