Question

【2011·重庆南开中学5月月考】

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?"

36．A．make out                B．make it                   C．make up                 D．make through

37．A．typical                    B．conscious               C．tired                       D．warned

38．A．raised                     B．arose                      C．disappeared             D．faded

39．A．room                      B．market                    C．kitchen                   D．grocery

40．A．shelf                       B．temperature             C．fire                        D．table

41．A．boil                        B．cool                        C．hot                         D．smoke

42．A．happily                   B．calmly                    C．casually                  D．impatiently

43．A．lights                      B．burners                   C．tap                         D．water

44．A．see                         B．carry                      C．feel                        D．fetch

45．A．shell                       B．pack                       C．bag                        D．cover

46．A．since                      B．as                           C．before                    D．if

47．A．occasion                 B．point                       C．variety                    D．adversity

48．A．reflected                 B．answered                C．abandoned              D．reacted

49．A．stable                     B．weak                      C．strong                    D．sensitive

50．A．softened                 B．widened                  C．shortened               D．sharpened

51．A．half-done                B．easily-broken          C．easily-got                D．hard-boiled

52．A．over                       B．for                         C．through                  D．on

53．A．however                 B．otherwise                C．besides                   D．moreover

54．A．melted                    B．absorbed                 C．polluted                  D．changed

55．A．what                      B．how                       C．when                     D．why

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