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. 小题1: A．little B．many C．much D．lot 小题2: A．so B．because C．however D．and 小题3: A．bad B．wrong C．well D．good 小题4: A．go B．sit C．watch D．wait 小题5: A．went B．put C．cleaned D．took 小题6: A．bought B．sold C．washed D．took 小题7: A．always B．hardly C．even D．sometimes 小题8: A．nothing B．everything C．something D．anything 小题9: A．sad B．surprised C．worried D．frightened 小题10: A．coming B．going C．leaving D．singing 小题11: A．That B．Which C．How D．What 小题12: A．spend B．take C．bring D．come 小题13: A．hoping B．dreaming C．watching D．asking 小题14: A．so B．such C．much D．very 小题15: A．dream B．patience C．volunteering D．lesson