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A daughter thought life was unpromising(无前途的) to her and complained to her father about it. She did not know how she was going to      and wanted to give up. She was      of fighting and struggling. It seemed as if one problem was just solved before a new one      .
Her father, a cook, took her to the      . He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high
   . Soon the pots came to the      . 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      waited, asking repeatedly what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the      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
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      , she observed the hard-boiled egg! Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. She smiled      she tasted its rich flavor. She humbly asked, “What does it mean, Father?”
He explained that each of them had faced the same      , boiling water, but each     differ-
ently. The carrot went in      and hard. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it      and became weak. The egg had been      . Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after sitting      the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique,      . After they were in the boiling water, they had      the water.
“Which are you?” he asked his daughter. “When adversity(逆境) knocks on your door,    do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”

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

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

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

A．room B．market C．kitchen D．grocery

A．shelf B．temperature C．fire D．table

A．boil B．cool C．hot D．smoke

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

A．lights B．burners C．tap D．water

A．see B．carry C．feel D．fetch

A．shell B．pack C．bag D．cover

A．since B．as C．before D．if

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

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

A．stable B．weak C．strong D．sensitive

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

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

A．over B．for C．through D．on

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

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

A．what B．how C．when D．why

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