Question

A girl went to her father to ask for his suggestion. She was having a        time in life, and it seemed that as soon as one problem disappeared another one        in its place.

Her father, a chef, took her into the kichen. He poured water into three pans and put them on to boil. After the water boiled, he put some carrots into the first pan, some        into the second pan and coffee into the last one. He waited without saying a word.

After 20 minutes, her father turned        the stove(炉子), took out the carrots and the eggs and put them in a bowl. He poured the coffee into a cup.

He asked his daughter, “Dear,        do you see?”

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

“Touch the carrots,” he told her. She did and felt that the carrots were     . After that he asked her to take an egg and break it. She found that the egg was hard.     , her father asked her to taste the coffee.

She asked, “What’s the         , Father?”

Her father said, “As you see, each thing reacted(起反应) differently to the boiling water. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after boiling. The fragile(脆弱的) eggs became hard after being cooked. The coffee beans were very special, but they changed in the water, too.”

“Who are you?”asked her father. “When trouble       at your door, how do you react? Are you carrots, eggs,         coffee?”

1.A. hard                      B. happy                 C. busy

2.A. happended                 B. took                  C. appeared

3.A. meat                      B. fish                  C. eggs

4.A. on                        B. off                   C. over

5.A. what                      B. why                  C. how

6.A. delicious                   B. crispy                C. soft

7.A. At once                    B. At last                C. At present

8.A. meaning                   B. reason                C. consequence

9.A. shouts                     B. stares                C. knocks

10.A. and                      B. or                  C. but

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.B

【解析】

试题分析： 本文讲述一个女孩儿遇到了困难，于是向他的父亲寻求建议。他的父亲煮开了三锅水，第一锅里放入一个胡萝卜，第二锅里放入一个鸡蛋，第三锅里放入咖啡。遇到沸水，胡萝卜变软了，鸡蛋变硬了，咖啡豆变成了水，通过这个现象父亲让女儿自己考虑，当她遇到困难的时候，她想变成怎样的人？

1.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. hard 困难的，艰难的，B. happy高兴的，C. busy繁忙的，根据文章最后出现的trouble，可知句意：她的生活正处于困难的时候。故选A。

2.考查动词及语境的理解。as soon as 当，与此同时。one 一个， another one 另一个，disappear消失，所以此处填其反义词appear出现。句意：当一个问题消失，另一个问题就会出现。故选C。

3.A. meat肉，B. fish鱼，C. eggs鸡蛋，通过下文took out the carrots and the eggs，故选C。

4.考查动词短语及语境的理解。Turn on打开，turn off关闭，turn over翻阅。句意：20分钟后，父亲关闭了炉子。故选B。

5.考查特殊疑问词及语境的理解。根据女孩儿的回答：Carrots, eggs, and coffee 可知父亲问女孩儿：你看见了什么？故选A。

6.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. delicious美味的，B. crispy酥脆的， C. soft软的。通过阅读用开水煮20分钟胡萝卜后，胡萝卜会变软。故选C。

7.考查介词短语及语境的理解。 A. At once立刻，马上，B. At last最后，C. At present现在，目前。父亲先让女孩儿摸一下胡萝卜，再摸了一下鸡蛋，最后尝了尝咖啡。故选B。

8.考查名词及语境的理解。A. meaning意义，B. reason原因，C. consequence结果。句意：什么意思？故选A。

9.考查动词及语境的理解。Knock at敲，句意：当麻烦来敲你的门，你有什么反应？故选C。

10.考查连词及语境的理解。A. and和，B. or或者，C. but但是，句意：你是胡萝卜，鸡蛋还是咖啡？表示选择，故选B。

考点：人生百味类短文。