A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn't know what she had to do and wanted to give up. She felt tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been finished but another came over.

Her father,a cook,took her into the kitchen. He poured water into three pans and boiled(煮沸) them. After boiling,in the first pan was put some carrots,the second was put some eggs and the last was put with coffee.

The girl waited impatiently (不耐烦的) ,confused by what her father did. About 20 minutes later,her father took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took the eggs and put them in a bowl. After that the coffee was poured into a cup. “My sweet heart,what do you see?” he asked.

“Carrots,eggs and coffee,” she replied.

Her father told her to close her eyes and asked her to touch the carrots. She did so and felt that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling (剥开) them,she got the eggs,cooked and hard. The last,the father let her smell the coffee. She asked,“What did you do this for,Father?” He explained that each had the same unlucky experience—the boiling water,but each had a different result. The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak. The fragile eggs became hard after being cooked. The coffee was very special,they could change water. “Who are you?” asked her father. “When bad luck knocks at your door,what is your decision? Are you carrots,eggs or coffee?”

(  ) 1. The girl complained about her hard life because she didn't ________.

A. want to give up  B. finish one problem

C. know what to do  D. get tired of fighting

(  ) 2. The girl's father took her to the kitchen to ________.

A. ask her how to boil eggs  B. show her how to make coffee

C. teach her how to be a cook  D. tell her how to face difficulties

(  ) 3. After about twenty minutes,the carrots became ________.

A. soft  B. hard  C. salty  D. sweet

(  ) 4. The underlined word “fragile” in the passage means “________”.

A. 美味的  B. 易碎的  C. 特别的  D. 可怜的

(  ) 5. What can we learn from the passage?

A. The girl's father liked to eat some kinds of food.

B. Bad luck always knocks at strong people's doors.

C. Boiled carrots,eggs and coffee had the same result.

D. People should make right decisions when in trouble.


Many people go to school for education. School education is very important and useful, but no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can't teach his student everything. His work is to show his students how to learn .He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by students themselves.

successful. They invented so many things. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study. They read many books outside school. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. The most important thing is that they know how to use their brains(大脑).

(  )1. Students can’t learn everything in school because _____________.

A.     the teacher doesn’t know much

B.     the teacher can only teach them how to read and write

C.     the teacher would not like to teach

D.     there are still many things for the students to learn outside

(  )2.A teacher’s work is _________________

A.     to teach all subjects                       B. to teach everything

C. to teach the students how to read and think     D. to work hard

(  )3.To know how to____is much more important than facts or formulas by heart.

A.     work out maths problems          B. remember all the facts

C. study science                    D. studyx k  b  1 .c o  m

(  )4.Why did the famous scientists become successful ? Because__________

A.     they knew how to study

B.     they remembered all the formulas

C.     they didn’t get everything from school

D.     they didn’t know how to use their brains

(  )5.Which is WRONG according  to the passage?

A.     Outside school study is as important as school study

B.     It’s more important to know how to learn than only remember some facts

 and formulas.

C.     It’s very easy to use a formula in working out a maths problem.

D.     It’s helpful to read more books outside school.

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