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.

A．little B．many C．much D．lot

A．so B．because C．however D．and

A．bad B．wrong C．well D．good

A．go B．sit C．watch D．wait

A．went B．put C．cleaned D．took

A．bought B．sold C．washed D．took

A．always B．hardly C．even D．sometimes

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

A．sad B．surprised C．worried D．frightened

A．coming B．going C．leaving D．singing

A．That B．Which C．How D．What

A．spend B．take C．bring D．come

A．hoping B．dreaming C．watching D．asking

A．so B．such C．much D．very

A．dream B．patience C．volunteering D．lesson