题型:完形填空 题类:模拟题 难易度:困难
河北省保定市2019届高三下学期英语第二次模拟考试试卷
A girl complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her.
Without a 1, the father took his daughter to the kitchen. He filled three pots with 2 and placed each on a high 3. In one he placed carrots, in the second eggs, and in the last coffee beans. The daughter sucked her teeth and waited 4, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes the father turned off the heat. He 5 the carrots and eggs out and placed them in two plates. Then he poured the coffee into a cup.
He asked 6, "Darling, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee." she replied.
He asked her to 7 the carrots. She did and said they were 8. Then he asked her to take an egg and 9 it. After pulling off the shell, she 10 the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to drink the coffee. She 11, as she tasted its rich aroma (芳香).
"What does it 12, Father?" She asked.
He explained that each of them had 13 the same adversity (困境), boiling water, but each reacted 14. The carrot went in strong and hard but it turned soft and 15. The egg had been fragile, but after sitting through the boiling water its 16 became hardened. The coffee beans were 17, however, after they were in the boiling water, they had 18 the water.
"Which are you?" Father asked his daughter. She was then wordless as if 19 in thought.
When adversity knocks on your door, how do you 20? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
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