______ to know the result of the rescue, the relatives of the mines   gathered at the door of the      manager.

 A.Curious   B. Interested   C. Dying    D. Attracted

-----Where is my key? I remember I put it here yesterday.

 --------You ______  it in the wrong place.

   A. must put   B. should have placed   C. might put  D. might have put

______ give us help is welcome.

　　A. Whoever       B. Whomever   C. No  matter who    D. No matter whom

There are, of course, bad teachers as well as ________.

　　A. good one              B. some good             C. good ones        D. those good

The old man gave ______ on behalf of an accused person.

   A. word   B. money  C. proof   D. witness.

She  has to _____ her journey because of her mother’s illness.

   A. leave   B. desert   C. quit   D. abandon

The design of the modern architecture concentrates on usefulness _____ decoration.

   A. rather than   B. more than   C. other than   D. instead

-----Is this city _______ he visited the other day?

   ------No, this is the city ________ he was born.

   A, that ,  ,that   B. the one, where   C. the one,  on which   D. that , where

A good idea _________   to  him, and he knew _______ to do next.

   A. happened , what  B. appeared ,how  C. occurred ,what  D. arrived ,how

Lucy complained to her father about her hard life. She wanted to  36 because she didn’t know how to______37___ her problems. She felt tired of fighting and fighting. Once one    ___38____  had been solved, another came.

Her father, a cook, took her into the ___39____. He poured water into three pans. After the water ___40____, in the first pan he put some carrots, the second some eggs, and in the __41____ some coffee. He waited without any   42  .

The girl closed her mouth and waited,   43 by what her father was doing. After about twenty minutes, her father    44 the stove and took out the carrots and the eggs. Then the coffee was ____45___ into a cup.

Turning back to his daughter, he asked, “what do you  46  ?”

“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she answered.

Her father suggested she   47   the carrots. She did, and felt the carrots were   48 . Then he asked her to take the eggs and   49 them. After peeling（剥）them, she felt that the eggs were hard.  Lastly, he asked her to smell the __50____. She asked impatiently  , “What’s the meaning of this, father?” He explained that   51  had felt the same misfortune to be put into the __52___ water， but had reacted   53 . The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after a while in the boiling water. The easily ___54___eggs became hard after being cooked. Coffee was very unique --- it could change water.

“   55 are you?  ”asked  her father. “When the difficulty knocks your door, what is your reaction? Are you carrots, eggs, or coffee?”

1.A. give up        B. wear out         C. catch up         D. run out

2.A．win         B. beat              C. overcome          D. defeat

3. A. matter       B. business         C. question         D. problem

4.A .room        B. dining room        C. chicken            D. kitchen

5. A. boils        B. boiled             C. boiling            D. boil

6. A. first         B. second             C. three             D. last

7. A.  breath      B. praises              C. words                D. complaints

8. A. pleased       B. frightened           C. disappointed     D. puzzled

9. A. turned off        B. turned up            C. turned down      D. turned away

10. A. poured       B. dropped           C. slipped            D. flown

11.A. mean      B. see              C. ate          D. explain

12. A. touch        B. eat              C. observe          D. keep

13.  A. bad         B. hard             C. soft             D. gentle

14. A. hit          B. break                C. beat             D. destory

15..A. coffee        B. carrot              C. eggs              D. water

16.A. nothing       B. anything         C. everything           D. something

17.A. boils          B. boiled             C. boiling            D. boil

18.A. differently       B. certainly            C. happily          D. equally

19.A. broken         B. boil                C. cooked           D. ate

20.A. How           B. Who              C. When             D. Where