Question

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.

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

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.B

【解析】

1.a great many 后接可数名词复数形式，故选B，表示大量的意思。

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

3.do sth wrong，表示做错了某事，故选B

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。

5.clean off ，表示打扫的意思，故选C

6.根据上下文的内容，应该选择wash ，表示洗的意思，故选C

7.根据上下文的内容可知答案为C，表示甚至的意思。

8.根据下文的内容，表示什么效果也没有，故选A

9.be surprised，表示惊奇的意思，故选B，符合上下文语境。

10.come from 表示来自某地，故选A

11.本题考查的what 引导的感叹句，what a adj +n +主谓！

12.根据上下文的意思，可知答案为C，表示带来的意思。

13.根据上下文的内容，可知答案为A

14.so many 后接可数名词复数形式，故选A

15.根据上文的内容，可知答案为B，表示耐心的意思。