Question

A daughter thought life was unpromising to her and complained to her father about it. She did not know how she was going to   21   and wanted to give up. She was   22   of fighting and struggling. It seemed as if one problem was just solved before a new one   23  .

Her father, a cook, took her to the   24  . He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high   25  . Soon the pots came to a   26  . 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   27   waited, asking repeatedly what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the   28  . 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   29   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   30  , she observed the hard-boiled egg! Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. She smiled   31   she tasted its rich flavor. She humbly asked, “What does it mean, Father?”

He explained that each of them had faced the same   32  , boiling water, but each   33    differently. The carrot went in   34   and hard. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it   35   and became weak. The egg had been   36  . Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after sitting   37   the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique,   38  . After they were in the boiling water, they had   39   the water.

“Which are you?” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door,   40   do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”

1.A. make out   B. make it C. make up        D. make through

2.A. typical        B. conscious      C. tired      D. warned

3.A. raised         B. arose    C. disappeared D. faded

4.A. room B. market  C. kitchen D. grocery

5.A. shelf  B. temperature C. fire        D. table

6.A. boil    B. cool       C. hot        D. smoke

7.A. happily       B. calmly   C. casually          D. impatiently

8.A. lights B. burners         C. tap         D. water

9.A. see    B. carry     C. feel       D. fetch

10.A. shell         B. pack      C. bag        D. cover

11.A. since        B. as C. before  D. if

12.A. occasion  B. point     C. variety  D. adversity

13.A. reflected B. answered      C. abandoned   D. reacted

14.A. stable       B. weak     C. strong   D. sensitive

15.A. softened  B. widened        C. shortened     D. sharpened

16.A. half-done          B. easily-broken        C. easily-got       D. hard-boiled

17.A. over         B. for         C. through         D. on

18.A. however  B. otherwise      C. besides D. moreover

19.A. melted     B. absorbed       C. polluted         D. changed

20.A. what         B. how       C. when    D. why

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

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】

試題分析：文章介紹一個女孩告訴爸爸她不知道生活如何成功，厭倦于努力，奮斗，想放棄，爸爸將她帶到廚房，用胡蘿卜，雞蛋和咖啡分別在鍋里面煮，讓孩子看這三種東西的反應(yīng)，從而啟發(fā)孩子在逆境的時候應(yīng)該怎么做。

1.考查詞組：A. make out辨認(rèn)出，B. make it成功，C. make up編造，彌補，D. make through完成，從前面的句子：A daughter thought life was unpromising to her and complained to her father about it.可知女孩不知道生活如何成功，想放棄，選B

2.考查形容詞：A. typical典型的，B. conscious有意識的，C. tired疲勞的，厭煩的，D. warned警告的，從前面的wanted to give up.可知她厭倦于努力，奮斗，選C

3.考查動詞：A. raised舉起，提高，飼養(yǎng)，B. arose產(chǎn)生，C. disappeared消失，D. faded褪色，句意：一個問題還沒解決另外一個問題就出現(xiàn)了，選B

4.考查名詞：A. room房間，B. market市場，C. kitchen廚房，D. grocery雜貨店，從后面的內(nèi)容：He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high   25  .可知爸爸把女兒帶到廚房，選C

5.考查名詞：A. shelf架子，B. temperature溫度，C. fire火，D. table桌子，爸爸把三個鍋里面放上水，每個放在火上，選C

6.考查動詞：A. boil沸騰，B. cool冷卻，C. hot熱，D. smoke煙，從后面的句子：He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.可知鍋里面的水沸騰了，選A

7.考查副詞：A. happily快樂地，B. calmly冷靜地，C. casually隨意地，D. impatiently不耐煩地，從后面的句子：asking repeatedly what he was doing，可知女孩不耐煩的等待，選D

8.考查名詞：A. lights光，B. burners爐子C. tap水龍頭，D. water水，這些鍋是放在爐子上燒的，這里是關(guān)掉爐子，選B

9.考查動詞：A. see看見，B. carry攜帶，C. feel感覺，摸，D. fetch去拿，從后面的句子：She did and noted that they were soft.可知爸爸是讓女兒摸胡蘿卜，選C

10.考查名詞：A. shell貝殼，B. pack背包，C. bag包，D. cover覆蓋，從后面的句子：she observed the hard-boiled egg!可知女兒撥開雞蛋殼，看見煮熟的雞蛋，選A

11.考查連詞：A. since自從，B. as正如，當(dāng)…時候，C. before在…前面，D. if如果，當(dāng)女兒喝著味道很棒的咖啡的時候，她笑了，選B

12.考查名詞：A. occasion場合，機會，B. point觀點，C. variety種類，D. adversity不幸；災(zāi)難；逆境，前面說這三種東西被放在鍋里面煮，爸爸把它們說成是逆境，從最后一段的句子：When adversity knocks on your door,可知答案選D

13.考查動詞：A. reflected反應(yīng)，反思，B. answered回答，C. abandoned放棄，D. reacted表現(xiàn)，選句意：它們都有相同的逆境，但是反應(yīng)不一樣，選D

14.考查形容詞：A. stable穩(wěn)定的，B. weak虛弱的，C. strong強壯的，D. sensitive敏感的，和hard并列的是strong，選C

15.考查動詞：A. softened變軟，B. widened加寬，C. shortened縮短，D. sharpened削尖，從后面的became weak.可知胡蘿卜被煮過后變軟了，選A

16.考查形容詞：A. half-done做了一半的，B. easily-broken容易破碎的，C. easily-got容易得到的，D. hard-boiled很煮熟的，從后面的句子：Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior.可知雞蛋本來是易碎的，選B

17.考查介詞：A. over越過，B. for為了，C. through通過，D. on在…上面，sit through：一直挺到結(jié)束，說明雞蛋在水里面一直到最后，選C

18.考查副詞：A. however然而，B. otherwise否則，C. besides在…旁邊，D. moreover還有，前面說咖啡豆的味道很獨特，后面說改變了水，是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，選A

19.考查動詞：A. melted融化，B. absorbed吸收，C. polluted污染，D. changed改變，從前面的內(nèi)容可知咖啡把水的味道改變了，選D

20.考查疑問詞：A. what什么B. how怎么C. when何時，D. why為什么？爸爸問孩子如果逆境敲你的門，你怎么回應(yīng)？選B

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