完型填空（共20小題；每小題1．5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上涂黑。
A daughter thought life was unpromising to her and complained to her father about it．She did not know how she was going to
__36_and wanted to give up．She was_
_37_of fighting and struggling．It seemed as if one problem was just solved before a new one__
38__．
Her father, a cook, took her to the_
_39 _．He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high
40 Soon the pots came to a
41 __．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
_42_waited, asking repeatedly what he was doing．In about twenty minutes he turned offthe_
_43_ 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
44 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
45 , she observed the hard-boiled egg! Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee．She smiled_46_she tasted its rich flavor．She humbly asked, "What does it mean, Father?"
He explained that each of them had faced the same
47 , boiling water, but each_
48 differently．The carrot went in
49 and hard．But after being subjected to the boiling water, it _50_and became weak． The egg had been
51 .Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior．But after sitting__
52_the boiling water, its inside became hardened．The ground coffee beans were unique,
53 ．After they were in the boiling water, they had_
_54_the water．
"Which are you?" he asked his daughter．"When adversity knocks on your door, _
_55 _do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"
| 小題1: | | A．make out | B．make it | C．make up | D．make through |
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| 小題2: | | A．typical | B．conscious | C．tired | D．warned |
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| 小題3: | | A．raised | B．a(chǎn)rose | C．disappeared | D．faded |
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| 小題4: | | A．room | B．market | C．kitchen | D．grocery |
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| 小題5: | | A．shelf | B．temperature | C．fire | D．table |
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| 小題7: | | A．happily | B．calmly | C．casually | D．impatiently |
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| 小題8: | | A．lights | B．burners | C．tap | D．water |
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| 小題9: | | A．see | B．carry | C．feel | D．fetch |
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| 小題10: | | A．shell | B．pack | C．bag | D．cover |
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| 小題11: | | A．since | B．a(chǎn)s | C．before | D．if |
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| 小題12: | | A．occasion | B．point | C．variety | D．a(chǎn)dversity |
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| 小題13: | | A．reflected | B．a(chǎn)nswered | C．a(chǎn)bandoned | D．reacted |
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| 小題14: | | A．stable | B．weak | C．strong | D．sensitive |
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| 小題15: | | A．softened | B．widened | C．shortened | D．sharpened |
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| 小題16: | | A．half-done | B．easily-broken | C．easily-got | D．hard-boiled |
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| 小題18: | | A．however | B．otherwise | C．besides | D．moreover |
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| 小題19: | | A．melted | B．a(chǎn)bsorbed | C．polluted | D．changed |
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: “Dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you 53 yourself too. It shows by the 54 you treat others. You have found the secret of happiness. Your kind gestures will shine through 55 meets you.”
“ 33 I help you?” 
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how he managed to be healthy at seventy—five. 
Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection （注射） in my neck each evening.” he told the newspaperman， thinking of his evening glass of whisky.
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