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】

试题分析：文章介绍一个女孩告诉爸爸她不知道生活如何成功，厌倦于努力，奋斗，想放弃，爸爸将她带到厨房，用胡萝卜，鸡蛋和咖啡分别在锅里面煮，让孩子看这三种东西的反应，从而启发孩子在逆境的时候应该怎么做。

1.考查词组：A. make out辨认出，B. make it成功，C. make up编造，弥补，D. make through完成，从前面的句子：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，想放弃，选B

2.考查形容词：A. typical典型的，B. conscious有意识的，C. tired疲劳的，厌烦的，D. warned警告的，从前面的wanted to give up.可知她厌倦于努力，奋斗，选C

3.考查动词：A. raised举起，提高，饲养，B. arose产生，C. disappeared消失，D. faded褪色，句意：一个问题还没解决另外一个问题就出现了，选B

4.考查名词：A. room房间，B. market市场，C. kitchen厨房，D. grocery杂货店，从后面的内容：He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high   25  .可知爸爸把女儿带到厨房，选C

5.考查名词：A. shelf架子，B. temperature温度，C. fire火，D. table桌子，爸爸把三个锅里面放上水，每个放在火上，选C

6.考查动词：A. boil沸腾，B. cool冷却，C. hot热，D. smoke烟，从后面的句子：He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.可知锅里面的水沸腾了，选A

7.考查副词：A. happily快乐地，B. calmly冷静地，C. casually随意地，D. impatiently不耐烦地，从后面的句子：asking repeatedly what he was doing，可知女孩不耐烦的等待，选D

8.考查名词：A. lights光，B. burners炉子C. tap水龙头，D. water水，这些锅是放在炉子上烧的，这里是关掉炉子，选B

9.考查动词：A. see看见，B. carry携带，C. feel感觉，摸，D. fetch去拿，从后面的句子：She did and noted that they were soft.可知爸爸是让女儿摸胡萝卜，选C

10.考查名词：A. shell贝壳，B. pack背包，C. bag包，D. cover覆盖，从后面的句子：she observed the hard-boiled egg!可知女儿拨开鸡蛋壳，看见煮熟的鸡蛋，选A

11.考查连词：A. since自从，B. as正如，当…时候，C. before在…前面，D. if如果，当女儿喝着味道很棒的咖啡的时候，她笑了，选B

12.考查名词：A. occasion场合，机会，B. point观点，C. variety种类，D. adversity不幸；灾难；逆境，前面说这三种东西被放在锅里面煮，爸爸把它们说成是逆境，从最后一段的句子：When adversity knocks on your door,可知答案选D

13.考查动词：A. reflected反应，反思，B. answered回答，C. abandoned放弃，D. reacted表现，选句意：它们都有相同的逆境，但是反应不一样，选D

14.考查形容词：A. stable稳定的，B. weak虚弱的，C. strong强壮的，D. sensitive敏感的，和hard并列的是strong，选C

15.考查动词：A. softened变软，B. widened加宽，C. shortened缩短，D. sharpened削尖，从后面的became weak.可知胡萝卜被煮过后变软了，选A

16.考查形容词：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，从后面的句子：Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior.可知鸡蛋本来是易碎的，选B

17.考查介词：A. over越过，B. for为了，C. through通过，D. on在…上面，sit through：一直挺到结束，说明鸡蛋在水里面一直到最后，选C

18.考查副词：A. however然而，B. otherwise否则，C. besides在…旁边，D. moreover还有，前面说咖啡豆的味道很独特，后面说改变了水，是转折关系，选A

19.考查动词：A. melted融化，B. absorbed吸收，C. polluted污染，D. changed改变，从前面的内容可知咖啡把水的味道改变了，选D

20.考查疑问词：A. what什么B. how怎么C. when何时，D. why为什么？爸爸问孩子如果逆境敲你的门，你怎么回应？选B

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