閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中,選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
A daughter
to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know whether she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was
fighting and struggling. It seemed that if one problem was solved a new one
.
Her father, a cook, took her to the
. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a
In one he placed
, in the second eggs, and in the last ground(磨成粉的)coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
The daughter sucked her teeth and impatiently waited,
what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he
the burners. He
the carrots and eggs out and placed them in a bowl! Then he
the coffee into a cup. 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 sip(啜飲)the coffee. She smiled as she
its rich aroma(芳香).
"What does it mean, Father?" she asked.
He
that each of them had
the same adversity(厄運(yùn)), boiling water, but each reacted
. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but after being subjected to the boiling water, it
and became weak. The egg had been
, with its thin outer shell protecting its liquid inside, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside 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 knocks on your door, how do you
? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?
小題1: | A.complained | B.told | C.reported | D.discussed |
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小題2: | A.boring with | B.fed up | C.tired of | D.uncertain about |
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小題3: | A.rose | B.a(chǎn)rose | C.raised | D.was happened |
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小題4: | A.kitchen | B.restaurant | C.dinning room | D.market |
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小題5: | A.conclusion | B.stop | C.life | D.boil |
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小題6: | A.eggs | B.carrots | C.beans | D.coffee |
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小題7: | A.knowing | B.understanding | C.puzzling | D.wondering |
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小題8: | A.turned on | B.turned off | C.turned in | D.turned up |
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小題9: | A.came | B.gave | C.fished | D.figured |
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小題10: | A.poured | B.painted | C.packed | D.picked |
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小題11: | A.watch | B.smell | C.feel | D.search |
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小題12: | A.space | B.shell | C.surface | D.skin |
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小題13: | A.digested | B.suffered | C.measured | D.tasted |
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小題14: | A.explained | B.demanded | C.declared | D.claimed |
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小題15: | A.sat | B.boiled | C.faced | D.fallen |
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小題16: | A.immediately | B.constantly | C.differently | D.similarly |
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小題17: | A.hardened | B.softened | C.lightened | D.tightened |
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小題18: | A.fragile | B.round | C.thin | D.small |
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小題19: | A.a(chǎn)djusted | B.a(chǎn)dapted | C.a(chǎn)ccustomed | D.changed |
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小題20: | A.change | B.face | C.represent | D.respond |
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