The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams．---Eleanor

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

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disasters．When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with  1  in spite of the terrible surroundings．The families living here , who tried to make their living from the land,   2  great losses.

I felt sorry especially for the  3  , but I   4   to be hopeless .I decided that where I was, I could do   5   to help them．I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who 6  my knock, “I know that you are   7  and give the birds that come to your yard a little 8  ．Please consider me your bird．Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your 9   ．I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the  10  children.”

No one seemed to  11  giving me a handful of rice ,even  12  they had little themselves .On Sunday ,I would go to the  13   and give my handfuls of rice to the monks to  14 to the children．

One day ,I came to a house that had  15  to give．I told my story and asked if I could be their bird．The woman called her daughters, and  16  gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice! I began to ask for  17  and rice from the other “ bird feeders”, and they gave them to me．Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even  18  only this small way．The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to them for food and clothing.

“Consider me your bird.” My  19  idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was  20  some peace．

1．A．sorrow              B．hope               C．comfort          D．happiness

2．A．suffered           B．survived         C．covered          D．made

3．A．peasants          B．citizens          C．villagers           D．children

4．A．wanted           B．failed            C．refused            D．stopped

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

6．A．said               B．replied            C．answered         D．spoke

7．A．glad              B．kind             C．rich              D．friendly

8．A．water             B．money           C．nest             D．rice

9．A．temple            B．room            C．door             D．garden

10．A．brave           B．hungry           C．promising         D．nervous

11．A．mind            B．escape           C．practice           D．enjoy

12．A．where         B．that             C．so              D．when

13．A．village           B．hometown       C．temple           D．house

14．A．give in         B．give up          C．give away         D．give out

15．A．much           B．little              C．many           D．few

16．A．every           B．each            C．neither            D．none

17．A．help             B．clothing          C．food             D．change

18．A．by            B．with           C．on              D．in

19．A．foolish          B．childish          C．clever            D．useful

20．A．creating         B．mending          C．developing         D．managing

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