Last fall I put a bird feeder outside my window. I thought as soon as I hung up, a great 16 beautiful birds would e. 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．littleB．manyC．muchD．lot【小题2】A．soB．becauseC．howeverD．and【小题3】A．badB．wrongC．wellD．good【小题4】A．goB．sitC．watchD．wait【小题5】A．wentB．putC．cleanedD．took【小题6】A．boughtB．soldC．washedD．took【小题7】A．alwaysB．hardlyC．evenD．sometimes【小题8】A．nothingB．everythingC．somethingD．anything【小题9】A．sadB．surprisedC．worriedD．frightened【小题10】A．ingB．goingC．leavingD．singing【小题11】A．ThatB．WhichC．HowD．What【小题12】A．spendB．takeC．bringD．e【小题13】A．hopingB．dreamingC．watchingD．asking【小题14】A．soB．suchC．muchD．very【小题15】A．dreamB．patienceC．volunteeringD．lessonB
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(答案→)B
解析：
【小题1】a great many 后接可数名词复数形式，故选B，表示大量的意思。
【小题2】根据前后句子的关系，可知答案为C，表示转折的意思，故选C
【小题3】do sth wrong，表示做错了某事，故选B
【小题4】根据后文的内容So I waited, waited and waited.可知答案为D，表示只有等的意思。
【小题5】clean off ，表示打扫的意思，故选C
【小题6】根据上下文的内容，应该选择wash ，表示洗的意思，故选C
【小题7】根据上下文的内容可知答案为C，表示甚至的意思。
【小题8】根据下文的内容，表示什么效果也没有，故选A
【小题9】be surprised，表示惊奇的意思，故选B，符合上下文语境。
【小题10】e from 表示来自某地，故选A
【小题11】本题考查的what 引导的感叹句，what a adj +n +主谓！
【小题12】根据上下文的意思，可知答案为C，表示带来的意思。
【小题13】根据上下文的内容，可知答案为A
【小题14】so many 后接可数名词复数形式，故选A
【小题15】根据上文的内容，可知答案为B，表示耐心的意思。