1、Last fall I hung outside my window a bird feeder(喂鸟的食槽). Knowing  36   about wild birds, I   37   that   38  I hung this bird feeder outside, numbers of beautiful birds would be swooping (飞扑) to my new addition. However, days, weeks, and months   39  , NO BIRDS.

I asked so many people what to do?   40   was I doing wrong? “Nothing,” most of them replied, “just  41  !” So I waited and waited and waited, trying everything   42  to attract these birds. I cleaned off the deck (平台),    43    the feed, and washed the feeder. I   44   made the cat go out the other door! But nothing seemed to   45   . So I waited with patience and   46  .     

    Two months later, on a Saturday afternoon, I   47   ! What came to my eyes was the most beautiful bird I have ever seen in my life! All of a   48  , hundreds upon hundreds of birds were  49   from everywhere!

What a beautiful   50   I learned from this little creature! Patience and hope, and things will  51  the beautiful things in life. Yet I had never   52  how much patience I really do have and how much I do rely on hope to   53  the questions in my heart.

So I  54   hoping and waiting, waiting and hoping. I will try to use this “little lesson” with so many other things in my life. I guess patience is a    55  after all.

40、It is difficult to           the exact meaning of some words when you translate them into a foreign language.

A. show off          B. turn out                   C. bring out                 D. take to

39、We can see monuments here and there. Those who have made great          to human beings and society will never be forgotten.

      A. advance            B. progress                  C. contribution             D. achievement

38、Recently, there ________ a boom in population mobility, and according to the survey in 2000, 17 percent of the population _______ every year.

       A. is; moves          B. has been; moves             C. is; move                   D. has been; move

37、Anyone who has spent time with children          the difference in the way boys and girls           similar situations.

       A．aware of; respond to                           B．is aware of; respond to

       C．aware; responding                               D．is aware of; respond

36、If the safety protections against the accidents         , the miners         a chance to survive then.

       A．were taken; would have                        B．had been taken; didn’t have

       C．had been taken; would have had            D．were taken; would have

35、D

34、The supermarket offers the goods at a _____ low price, hoping to attract more customers.  

33、 It is ______ that all the governments should join hands to prevent H1Ni flu from spreading.