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 （露臺）, 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

【答案】

 

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 后接可數名詞復數形式，故選B，表示大量的意思。

2.根據前后句子的關系，可知答案為C，表示轉折的意思，故選C

3.do sth wrong，表示做錯了某事，故選B

4.根據后文的內容So I waited, waited and waited.可知答案為D，表示只有等的意思。

5.clean off ，表示打掃的意思，故選C

6.根據上下文的內容，應該選擇wash ，表示洗的意思，故選C

7.根據上下文的內容可知答案為C，表示甚至的意思。

8.根據下文的內容，表示什么效果也沒有，故選A

9.be surprised，表示驚奇的意思，故選B，符合上下文語境。

10.come from 表示來自某地，故選A

11.本題考查的what 引導的感嘆句，what a adj +n +主謂！

12.根據上下文的意思，可知答案為C，表示帶來的意思。

13.根據上下文的內容，可知答案為A

14.so many 后接可數名詞復數形式，故選A

15.根據上文的內容，可知答案為B，表示耐心的意思。