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 fi
ghting. 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 t
o 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?”
| 【小题1】 | A．give  up | B．wear out | C．catch up | D．run out |
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| 【小题2】 | | A．win | B．beat | C．overcome | D．defeat |
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| 【小题3】 | | A．matter | B．business | C．question | D．problem |
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| 【小题4】 | | A．room | B．dining room | C．chicken | D．kitchen |
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| 【小题5】 | | A．boils | B．boiled | C．boiling | D．boil |
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| 【小题6】 | | A．first | B．second | C．three | D．last |
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| 【小题7】 | | A．breath | B．praises | C．words | D．complaints |
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| 【小题8】 | | A．pleased | B．frightened | C．disappointed | D．puzzled |
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| 【小题9】 | | A．turned off | B．turned up | C．turned  down | D．turned away |
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| 【小题10】 | | A．poured | B．dropped | C．slipped | D．flown |
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| 【小题11】 | | A．mean | B．see | C．ate | D．explain |
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| 【小题12】 | | A．touch | B．eat | C．observe | D．keep |
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【小题13】
| A．bad | B．hard | C．soft | D．gentle |
| 【小题14】 | | A．hit | B．break | C．beat | D．destory |
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【小题15】.
| A．coffee | B．carrot | C．eggs | D．water |
| 【小题16】 | | A．nothing | B．anything | C．everything | D．something |
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| 【小题17】 | | A．boils | B．boiled | C．boiling | D．boil |
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| 【小题18】 | | A．differently | B．certainly | C．happily | D．equally |
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| 【小题19】 | | A．broken | B．boil | C．cooked | D．ate |
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| 【小题20】 | | A．How | B．Who | C．When  | D．Where |
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