Question

    A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know whether she was going to make it and want to _______. She was tired of fighting and_______. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one _______.

Her father, a cook, took her to the _______. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. In one he placed carrots, in the second _______, and in the last ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.

The daughter sucked (吸吮) her teeth and _______ waited, wondering what he was doing. In twenty minutes, he pulled the carrots and eggs out and _______ them in two different bowls, and the coffee in a mug. He brought her closer and asked her to _______ the carrots. She did and noted they were _______. Then he asked her to take an egg and break it. After ________ off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. ________, he asked her to sip the coffee. She ________, as she tasted its rich aroma (芳香).

“What does it mean, Father?” she curiously asked.

He explained that each of them had faced the ________ adversity (逆境), boiling water, but each ________ differently. The carrot went in strong and hard but after being subjected to the boiling water, it became soft and ________. The egg had been fragile. Its ________ outer shell had protected its liquid inside. But after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were ________, however, after they were in the boiling water, they had ________ the water .

“Which are you?” he asked his daughter.

Life will necessarily meet adversity, if so, do not be ________ . Always remember: The real success can be ________ only after the hard struggle.

1.A.give up B.go on C.clean up D.work on

2.A.devoting B.relaxing C.struggling D.arguing

3.A.invented B.appeared C.answered D.understood

4.A.kitchen B.bedroom C.supermarket D.bookstore

5.A.milk B.apples C.cabbages D.eggs

6.A.happily B.carefully C.impatiently D.early

7.A.handed B.placed C.found D.threw

8.A.enjoy B.taste C.smell D.feel

9.A.hard B.strong C.soft D.sweet

10.A.getting B.taking C.giving D.keeping

11.A.However B.Therefore C.Finally D.Instead

12.A.smiled B.boiled C.sobbed D.cried

13.A.bad B.same C.serious D.different

14.A.reacted B.created C.worked D.played

15.A.smelly B.bad C.weak D.tasty

16.A.slim B.fat C.thick D.thin

17.A.pleasant B.delicious C.unique D.usual

18.A.changed B.awaited C.mixed D.colored

19.A.excited B.discouraged C.surprised D.disappointed

20.A.arrived B.finished C.missed D.achieved

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍一个女孩告诉爸爸她不知道生活是否能成功，厌倦于努力，奋斗，想放弃，爸爸将她带到厨房，用胡萝卜，鸡蛋和咖啡分别在锅里面煮，让孩子看这三种东西的反应，从而启发孩子在逆境的时候应该怎么做。

1.

考查动词短语辨析。句意：她不知道自己能否成功，想要放弃。A. give up放弃；B. go on继续；C. clean up打扫，清理；D. work on从事。根据上一句“A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her.”可知，女儿向爸爸抱怨生活艰难，不知道最后能否成功，所以想要放弃。故选A项。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：她厌倦了奋斗和挣扎。A. devoting专心，致力于；B. relaxing放松；C. struggling挣扎；D. arguing争论。由空前and可知，空处和fighting并列，C项“挣扎”符合语境，与上文女儿抱怨生活艰难呼应。故选C项。

3.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：似乎一个问题解决了，一个新的就会出现。A. invented发明；B. appeared出现；C. answered回答；D. understood理解。根据上文“She was tired of fighting”可知，问题接连“出现”，她厌倦了奋斗。故选B项。

4.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：她的爸爸，一个厨师，把她带到厨房。A. kitchen厨房；B. bedroom卧室；C. supermarket超市；D. bookstore书店。根据下一句“He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire.”可知，爸爸把她带进厨房，在高温的火上烧了三壶水。故选A项。

5.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：他在第一个壶里放了胡萝卜，第二个放了鸡蛋，最后一个放了磨碎的咖啡豆。A. milk牛奶；B. apples苹果；C. cabbages卷心菜；D. eggs鸡蛋。根据下一段中“he pulled the carrots and eggs out and ___7___ them in two different bowls, and the coffee in a mug.”可知， 第二个壶里放的是鸡蛋。故选D项。

6.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：女儿咂巴着牙齿发出声响，不耐烦地等着，想知道他在做什么。A. happily开心地；B. carefully仔细地；C. impatiently不耐烦地；D. early早地。根据“wondering what he was doing”可知，女儿不知道爸爸要做什么，所以此处指“不耐烦地”等待着。故选C项。

7.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：二十分钟后，他把胡萝卜和鸡蛋捞出来，把它们放在两个不同的碗里，把咖啡放进杯子里。A. handed递给；B. placed放置；C. found发现；D. threw扔。此处指把胡萝卜和鸡蛋拿出来后“放进”碗里。故选B项。

8.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：他让她凑近一点摸一下胡萝卜。A. enjoy享受；B. taste品尝；C. smell闻；D. feel感觉，摸。根据下一句“Then he asked her to take an egg and break it.”爸爸让她那个鸡敲破及下一段中“it became soft”可知，此处爸爸是让女儿“摸”一下胡萝卜。故选D项。

9.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她照做了，注意到它们变软了。A. hard硬的；B. strong强壮的；C. soft柔软的；D. sweet甜的。根据下一段中“it became soft”可知，胡萝卜煮后变得“柔软”。故选C项。

10.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：把壳剥掉之后，她观察了这个煮熟的鸡蛋。A. getting得到，使；B. taking拿；C. giving给；D. keeping保持。上文“Then he asked her to take an egg and break it.”可知，爸爸让她把鸡蛋敲破，此处指她把蛋壳“剥掉”之后，get off指“（从……中）下来，脱下”，符合语境，故选B项。

11.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：最后，他让她饮一口咖啡。A. However然而；B. Therefore因此；C. Finally最后；D. Instead相反。根据上文“He brought her closer and asked her to ___8___ the carrots.”及“Then he asked her to take an egg and break it.”可知，上文父亲让她摸胡萝卜，剥鸡蛋，此处指“最后”父亲让她饮一口咖啡。故选C项。

12.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：尝着芳香四溢的咖啡，她微笑起来。A. smiled微笑；B. boiled沸腾，发怒；C. sobbed呜咽，哭泣；D. cried哭。根据“as she tasted its rich aroma”可知，尝着芳香四溢的咖啡，她应是“微笑”。故选A项。

13.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他解释说，它们每一个都面临同样的逆境，煮沸的水。A. bad不好的；B. same同样的；C. serious严肃的；D. different不同的。根据“boiling water”可知，三样东西面临的逆境是“相同的”。故选B项。

14.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：但是每一个都作出不同的反应。A. reacted作出反应；B. created创造；C. worked工作起作用；D. played玩。根据下文父亲对三样东西的解释可知，它们对沸水的“反应”各异。故选A项。

15.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：胡萝卜本来强壮且是硬的，但是受到沸水的影响后，它变得柔软且脆弱。A. smelly发臭的；B. bad不好的；C. weak虚弱的，脆弱的；D. tasty美味的。此处是说胡萝卜煮沸后的情况，空处应和“soft”意义并列，并和“strong and hard”形成对比，C项“脆弱的”符合语境。故选C项。

16.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：薄薄的外壳保护里面的液体。A. slim细长的，苗条的；B. fat胖的；C. thick厚的；D. thin薄的。根据“The egg had been fragile.”可知，此处强调鸡蛋本来是易碎的，此处指“薄薄的”外壳。故选D项。

17.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，磨碎的咖啡豆很独特。A. pleasant令人愉快的；B. delicious美味的；C. unique独特的；D. usual平常的。根据表示转折的副词“however”可知，磨碎的咖啡豆与胡萝卜和鸡蛋都不一样，是“独特的”。故选C项。

18.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：当它们被放入煮沸的水后，它们改变了水。A. changed改变；B. awaited等待，做好准备；C. mixed混合；D. colored染色。根据上文“as she tasted its rich aroma”可知，磨碎的咖啡豆被放进沸水后，使水变成了咖啡，所以“改变”了水。故选A项。

19.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：生活中难免遇到逆境，如果是这样，不要沮丧。A. excited兴奋的，激动的；B. discouraged沮丧的，泄气的；C. surprised惊讶的；D. disappointed失望的。此处是面对生活中的逆境指不要“沮丧”。故选B项。

20.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：记住：只有在艰难的挣扎后才能取得成功。A. arrived到达；B. finished完成；C. missed错过，想念；D. achieved取得，实现。根据“only after the hard struggle”可知，艰难的挣扎后会“取得”成功。故选D项。