I hope everything________ well.

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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

My father and I used to climb the mountains near my house. In Korea（韩国） there are more mountains than plains（平原）. For this reason, climbing has been a very   1   thing for me since I was a kid.

Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations and   2   them I learned a lot. In fact, without mountaineering, Dad couldn't have had enough time to   3   with me because he was very   4  himself.  So I believe mountaineering gave me time to talk with him and to be in deep thought as well as to develop my patience（耐心）. I   5   to be able to do what I   6   do for a longer time.

Once we climbed Palgoly Mountain. It was very   7   for me because I was only ten years old. At first, I felt very   8  . But soon I had. pain（疼） in   9  of my legs, so I wanted to give up   10   My father said, "  11   is a season when everything comes to life again. The mountain and the field where we are standing are beautiful. You can   12   see a beautiful sky at the   13   of the mountain, but you can't see it before you   14   the top. You can always enjoy a lot of beautiful scenery at the top,  but you can't when you are halfway（中途） up."

At that time, I was   15   young to understand his words, but now I get it. And I also have new hope and confidence.

1. A. strange                 B. unforgettable（不可忘记）C. natural             D. sad

2. A. among                  B. through                          C. during             D. on

3. A. waste                        B. take                             C. cost                D. spend

4. A. free                  B. busy                            C. happy              D. angry

5. A. had                   B. grew                            C. played            D. saved

6. A. should                 B. might                            C. ought（应当） D. would

7. A. easy                 B. interesting                    C. excited        D. challenging

8. A. happy                 B. annoyed                        C. worried          D. sad

9. A. neither                       B. both                           C. some              D. several

10. A. climb                B. climbing                        C. run                D. running

11. A. Spring               B. Summer                        C. Autumn           D. Winter

12. A. never                B. always                          C. hardly              D. ever

13. A. foot                 B. side                             C. top                D. bottom

14. A. arrive               B. get                             C. reach               D. go

15. A. so                  B. enough                          C. such               D. too