完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
A daughter thought life was unpromising to her and complained to her father about it．She did not know how she was going to
__36_and wanted to give up．She was_
_37_of fighting and struggling．It seemed as if one problem was just solved before a new one__
38__．
Her father, a cook, took her to the_
_39 _．He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high
40 Soon the pots came to a
41 __．In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans．He let them sit and boil, without saying a word．
The daughter sucked her teeth and
_42_waited, asking repeatedly what he was doing．In about twenty minutes he turned offthe_
_43_ He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl．He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl．Then he spooned the coffee out and placed it in another．Turning to her he asked, "Darling, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied．
He brought her closer and asked her to
44 the carrots．She did and noted that they were soft．He then asked her to take an egg and break it．After pulling off the
45 , she observed the hard-boiled egg! Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee．She smiled_46_she tasted its rich flavor．She humbly asked, "What does it mean, Father?"
He explained that each of them had faced the same
47 , boiling water, but each_
48 differently．The carrot went in
49 and hard．But after being subjected to the boiling water, it _50_and became weak． The egg had been
51 .Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior．But after sitting__
52_the boiling water, its inside became hardened．The ground coffee beans were unique,
53 ．After they were in the boiling water, they had_
_54_the water．
"Which are you?" he asked his daughter．"When adversity knocks on your door, _
_55 _do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"
| 小题1: | | A．make out | B．make it | C．make up | D．make through |
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| 小题2: | | A．typical | B．conscious | C．tired | D．warned |
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| 小题3: | | A．raised | B．arose | C．disappeared | D．faded |
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| 小题4: | | A．room | B．market | C．kitchen | D．grocery |
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| 小题5: | | A．shelf | B．temperature | C．fire | D．table |
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| 小题7: | | A．happily | B．calmly | C．casually | D．impatiently |
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| 小题8: | | A．lights | B．burners | C．tap | D．water |
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| 小题9: | | A．see | B．carry | C．feel | D．fetch |
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| 小题10: | | A．shell | B．pack | C．bag | D．cover |
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| 小题12: | | A．occasion | B．point | C．variety | D．adversity |
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| 小题13: | | A．reflected | B．answered | C．abandoned | D．reacted |
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| 小题14: | | A．stable | B．weak | C．strong | D．sensitive |
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| 小题15: | | A．softened | B．widened | C．shortened | D．sharpened |
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| 小题16: | | A．half-done | B．easily-broken | C．easily-got | D．hard-boiled |
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| 小题18: | | A．however | B．otherwise | C．besides | D．moreover |
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| 小题19: | | A．melted | B．absorbed | C．polluted | D．changed |
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