完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ------ Eleanor Roosevelt
My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural disasters. When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with
__36__ in spite of the terrible surroundings. The families living here, who tried to make their living from the land,
__37__ great losses.
For the
__38__ I felt sorry especially, but I
__39__ to be hopeless. I decided that where I was, I could do
__40__ to help them. I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who
__41__ my knock, “I know that you are
__42__ and give the birds that come to your yard a little
__43__. Please consider me your bird. Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your _
_44__. I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the _
_45__ children.”
No one seemed to __
46__ giving me a handful of rice, even _
_47__ they had little themselves. On Sunday, I would go to the __
48__ and give my handfuls of rice to the monks to __
49__ to the children.
One day, I came to a house that had __
50__ to give. I told my story and asked if I could be their bird. The woman called her daughters, and _
_51__ gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice! I began to ask for _
_52__ and rice from the other “bird feeders”, and they gave them to me. Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even _
_53__ only this small way. The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to it for food and clothing.
“Consider me your bird.” My _
_54__ idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was __
55__ some peace.
| 小题1: | | A．sorrow | B．hope | C．comfort | D．happiness |
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| 小题2: | | A．suffered | B．survived | C．covered | D．made |
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| 小题3: | | A．farmers | B．citizens | C．villagers | D．children |
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| 小题4: | | A．wanted | B．failed | C．refused | D．stopped |
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| 小题5: | | A．something | B．everything | C．anything | D．nothing |
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| 小题6: | | A．said | B．replied | C．answered | D．spoke |
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| 小题7: | | A．glad | B．kind | C．rich | D．friendly |
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| 小题8: | | A．water | B．money | C．nest | D．rice |
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| 小题9: | | A．kitchen | B．room | C．door | D．garden |
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| 小题10: | | A．brave | B．hungry | C．promising | D．nervous |
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| 小题11: | | A．mind | B．escape | C．practice | D．enjoy |
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| 小题13: | | A．village | B．hometown | C．temple | D．house |
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| 小题14: | | A．give in | B．give up | C．give away | D．give over |
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| 小题15: | | A．much | B．little | C．many | D．few |
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| 小题16: | | A．every | B．each | C．neither | D．none |
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| 小题17: | | A．help | B．advice | C．food | D．change |
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| 小题19: | | A．clever | B．childish | C．foolish | D．effective |
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| 小题20: | | A．creating | B．mending | C．developing | D．managing |
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