7. 【2011·重庆南开中学5月月考】完型填空

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

答案：BDBCC ADBCA BDDCA BCADB