完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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.
She 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 father. “When calamity（不幸的事） __
19___ on your door, what will your ___
20__ be? Are you carrots, eggs of coffee?”
| 小题1: | | A．give in | B．give up | C．go on | D．carry on |
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| 小题2: | | A．the other | B．the rest | C．another | D．the second |
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| 小题3: | | A．kitchen | B．storeroom | C．backyard | D．bedroom |
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| 小题4: | | A．potatoes | B．carrots | C．tomatoes | D．apples |
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| 小题5: | | A．with | B．over | C．beyond | D．without |
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| 小题6: | | A．confused | B．excited | C．surprised | D．relaxed |
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| 小题7: | | A．turned on | B．turned down | C．turned off | D．turned out |
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| 小题8: | | A．put | B．poured | C．flew | D．picked |
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| 小题9: | | A．son | B．pot | C．kitchen | D．daughter |
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| 小题10: | | A．touch | B．eat | C．smell | D．taste |
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| 小题11: | | A．strong | B．heavy | C．light | D．soft |
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| 小题12: | | A．Now that | B．Since then | C．After that | D．Once again |
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| 小题13: | | A．mean | B．say | C．refer | D．think |
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| 小题14: | | A．questioned | B．explained | C．required | D．suggested |
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| 小题15: | | A．water | B．pot | C．stove | D．fire |
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| 小题16: | | A．similar | B．same | C．different | D．wonderful |
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| 小题17: | | A．hard | B．calm | C．delicious | D．broken |
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| 小题18: | | A．What | B．Whichever | C．Whose | D．Which |
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| 小题19: | | A．looks | B．touches | C．knocks | D．waits |
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| 小题20: | | A．reaction | B．responsibility | C．answer | D．impression |
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