Question

A daughter thought life was unpromising(無前途的) to her and complained to her father about it. She did not know how she was going to and wanted to give up. She was of fighting and struggling. It seemed as if one problem was just solved before a new one .

Her father, a cook, took her to the . He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high

. Soon the pots came to the . In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.

The daughter sucked her teeth and waited, asking repeatedly what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then he spooned the coffee out and placed it in another. Turning to her he asked, “Darling, what do you see?”

“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.

He brought her closer and asked her to

the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the , she observed the hard-boiled egg! Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. She smiled she tasted its rich flavor. She humbly asked, “What does it mean, Father?”

He explained that each of them had faced the same , boiling water, but each differ-

ently. The carrot went in and hard. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it and became weak. The egg had been . Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after sitting the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, . After they were in the boiling water, they had the water.

“Which are you?” he asked his daughter. “When adversity(逆境) knocks on your door, do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”

1. A. make outB. make it

C. make upD. make through

2.A. typicalB. conscious

C. tiredD. warned

3. A. raisedB. arose

C. disappearedD. faded

4.A. roomB. market

C. kitchenD. grocery

5. A. shelfB. temperature

C. fireD. table

6. A. boilB. cool

C. hotD. smoke

7. A. happilyB. calmly

C. casuallyD. impatiently

8. A. lightsB. burners

C. tapD. water

9. A. seeB. carryC. feelD. fetch

10. A. shellB. packC. bagD. cover

11. A. sinceB. asC. beforeD. if

12. A. occasionB. point

C. varietyD. adversity

13. A. reflectedB. answered

C. abandonedD. reacted

14.A. stableB. weak

C. strongD. sensitive

15. A. softenedB. widened

C. shortenedD. sharpened

16. A. half-doneB. easily-broken

C. easily-gotD. hard-boiled

17. A. overB. forC. throughD. on

18. A. howeverB. otherwise

C. besidesD. moreover

19.A. meltedB. absorbed

C. pollutedD. changed

20. A. whatB. howC. whenD. why

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.D

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

1.B make it設(shè)法做到，獲得成功，與后面的and wanted to give up相照應。make out辨認出；make up構(gòu)成；make through通過。

2.2】C be tired of對……厭倦/厭煩。typical典型的；conscious有意識的。

3.3】 B arise出現(xiàn)。句意：似乎一個問題剛解決另一個就會出現(xiàn)。raise提升；fade消退；disappear消失。

4.4】 C 由后文可知他們應該是進了廚房。

5.5】 C a high fire旺火。

6.6】 A 由前文可知此處意為鍋里的水開了。

7.7】 D 由后文asking repeatedly what he was doing可知女兒此時已經(jīng)不耐煩了(impatiently)。

8.8】 B turn off the burners關(guān)掉爐火。

9.9】 C 由后文…they were soft可知此處為“感覺”。

10.0】A put off the shell意為“剝?nèi)サ皻ぁ薄?/p>

11.1】 B as在此處引導一個時間狀語從句。

12.2】 D 此處這位父親把開水比作不幸、災難(adversity)。

13.3】 D react起反應，符合語境。

14.4】 C strong and hard強硬，與下一句中的weak相對應。

15.5】A soften變軟，符合語境。

16.6】 B easily-broken易碎的。

17.7】 C through此處意為“經(jīng)由，憑借”。

18.8】 A however可是，然而，表轉(zhuǎn)折。

19.9】 D 句意：咖啡豆改變了水。

20.20】B 句意：當災難降臨在你的頭上時，你會怎么反應呢？