Last fall I hung outside my window a bird feeder(喂鸟的食槽). Knowing  36   about wild birds, I   37   that   38  I hung this bird feeder outside, numbers of beautiful birds would be swooping (飞扑) to my new addition. However, days, weeks, and months   39  , NO BIRDS.

I asked so many people what to do?   40   was I doing wrong? “Nothing,” most of them replied, “just  41  !” So I waited and waited and waited, trying everything   42  to attract these birds. I cleaned off the deck (平台),    43    the feed, and washed the feeder. I   44   made the cat go out the other door! But nothing seemed to   45   . So I waited with patience and   46  .     

    Two months later, on a Saturday afternoon, I   47   ! What came to my eyes was the most beautiful bird I have ever seen in my life! All of a   48  , hundreds upon hundreds of birds were  49   from everywhere!

What a beautiful   50   I learned from this little creature! Patience and hope, and things will  51  the beautiful things in life. Yet I had never   52  how much patience I really do have and how much I do rely on hope to   53  the questions in my heart.

So I  54   hoping and waiting, waiting and hoping. I will try to use this “little lesson” with so many other things in my life. I guess patience is a    55  after all.

Last fall I hung outside my window a bird feeder（喂鸟的食槽）. Knowing  1   about wild birds, I   2   that   3  I hung this bird feeder outside, numbers of beautiful birds would be swooping （飞扑） to my new addition. However, days, weeks, and months   4  , NO BIRDS.

I asked so many people what to do?   5   was I doing wrong? “Nothing,” most of them replied, “just  6  !” So I waited and waited and waited, trying everything   7  to attract these birds. I cleaned off the deck （平台）,    8    the feed, and washed the feeder. I   9   made the cat go out the other door! But nothing seemed to   10   . So I waited with patience and   11  .     

    Two months later, on a Saturday afternoon, I   12   ! What came to my eyes was the most beautiful bird I have ever seen in my life! All of a   13  , hundreds upon hundreds of birds were  14   from everywhere!

What a beautiful   15   I learned from this little creature! Patience and hope, and things will  16  the beautiful things in life. Yet I had never   17  how much patience I really do have and how much I do rely on hope to   18  the questions in my heart.

So I  19   hoping and waiting, waiting and hoping. I will try to use this “little lesson” with so many other things in my life. I guess patience is a    20  after all.

1．A．something             B．nothing               C．anything             D．everything

2．A．assumed               B．denied                 C．required              D．stated

3．A．once                     B．since                  C．until                    D．before

5．A When                 B．Why               C．How                   D．What

6．A．wait                      B．seek                    C．try                     D．watch

7．A．reliable                  B．movable             C．possible              D．incredible

8．A．cleared                  B．picked                 C．selected              D．changed

9．A．still                       B．even                    C．just                     D．too

10．A．run                    B．work                   C．do                      D．go

11．A．courage               B．hope                   C．attention              D．desire

12．A．failed                  B．sighed                 C．calmed                D．froze

13．A．sort                    B．jump                   C．sweat                 D．sudden

14．A．climbing             B．spreading            C．gathering            D．disappearing

15．A．lesson                 B．class                   C．drill                     D．training

16．A．attach                 B．connect              C．attract                D．contain

17．A．admitted             B．recognized          C．realized               D．neglected

18．A．adjust to             B．focus on             C．deal with             D．make up

19．A．keep                   B．avoid                  C．hate                    D．allow

20．A．gift                    B．virtue              C．pleasure              D．belief