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A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn't know what she could do and wanted to
_
__1___. She was tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been settled, but
___2___appeared.
Her
father, a cook, took her into the
___3___. He poured water into three pots and boiled it. After
the water came to a boil, he put some
___4___in the first pot, eggs in the second and coffee in the last.
He waited for them for a few minutes _
__5___ any words.
The girl closed her mouth and waited, impatient and _
__6___by what her father was doing. After
about 20 minutes, her father ___
7___ the stove, took out the carrots
and put them in a bowl. He took
the eggs and put them in another bowl. After that he ___
8___ the coffee into a cup. Turning back to his
__
_9___ , he asked, "Sweetheart, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs and coffee," she replied.
Her father asked her to __
10 _ the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were ___
11___.
___
12___ he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling them, she felt the eggs were
hard.
Last, her father asked her to smell the coffee.
S
he asked, "What does this _
_
13__, Father?"
He __
14__ that each of the things had felt the same unfortunate fate. They were all boiled in ___
15__, but with a ___
16___ result. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after being boiled. The
fragile eggs became _
_17___ after cooking. Coffee grounds were very unique. They could change the
water.
"___
18___ one are you?" asked her fath
er. "When calamity(不幸的事) __
19___ on your door,
what will your ___
20___ be? Are you carrots, eggs of coffee?"
( )1. A. give in ( )2. A. the other ( )3. A. kitchen ( )4. A. potatoes ( )5. A. with ( )6. A. confused ( )7. A. turned on ( )8. A. put ( )9. A. son ( )10. A. touch ( )11. A. strong ( )12. A. Now that ( )13. A. mean ( )14. A. questioned ( )15. A. water ( )16. A. similar ( )17. A. hard ( )18. A. What ( )19. A. looks ( )20. A. reaction |
B. give up B. the rest B. storeroom B. carrots B. over B. excited B. turned down B. poured B. pot B. eat B. heavy B. Since then B. say B. explained B. pot B. same B. calm B. Whichever B. touches B. responsibility |
C. go on C. another C. backyard C. tomatoes C. beyond C. surprised C. turned off C. flew C. kitchen C. smell C. light C. After that C. refer C. required C. stove C. different C. delicious C. Whose C. knocks C. answer |
D. carry on D. the second D. bedroom D. apples D. without D. relaxed D. turned out D. picked D. daughter D. taste D. soft D. Once again D. think D. suggested D. fire D. wonderful D. broken D. Which D. waits D. impression |