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
A good idea _________ to him, and he knew _______ to do next.
A. happened , what B. appeared ,how C. occurred ,what D. arrived ,how
-----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
The design of the modern architecture concentrates on usefulness _____ decoration.
A. rather than B. more than C. other than D. instead
She has to _____ her journey because of her mother’s illness.
A. leave B. desert C. quit D. abandon
The old man gave ______ on behalf of an accused person.
A. word B. money C. proof D. witness.
