阅读下面短文，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。

Jane was a young girl. She loved to see the negative side of life.

Once, her father took her to the kitchen. He asked Jane to take a potato, an egg ____（1）____ two spoons of tea leaves. Jane was ____（2）____, and asked her father, “Do you want me to cook?”

“No,” her father said.

He then took three pots and ____（3）____ some water into each pot. The pots were placed on the stove. Once the water started to boil, he dropped the potato in a pot, egg in ____（4）____ one and the tea leaves in the third one.

“Why are you doing all these things?” Jane felt puzzled and asked.

“You’ll get the answer in fifteen minutes,” said her father.

The impatient daughter tried her best ____（5）____ for around 15 minutes.

Now, he placed the two plates, one with the potato and ____（6）____ with the egg, and the cup of tea in front of Jane.

Jane asked, “What does it mean, father? I don’t understand!”

“Each object faced similar adversities（不幸）, but reacted（反应）____（7）____. After we put the potato into boiling water, it became very weak. The soft egg became very hard ____（8）____ we put it in boiling water. And the tea leaves changed the water itself, giving it a nice smell. ____（9）____ fantastic it is!”

Jane understood that we could create ____（10）____ new even when we experienced adversities.

So, what are you? A potato, an egg or tea leaves?

（1）

A．

and

B．

but

C．

or

D．

while

（2）

A．

disappointing

B．

disappointed

C．

surprised

D．

surprising

（3）

A．

poured

B．

emptied

C．

pulled

D．

threw

（4）

A．

second

B．

the second

C．

a second

D．

secondly

（5）

A．

to leave

B．

to look

C．

to pay

D．

to wait

（6）

A．

other

B．

the other

C．

another

D．

others

（7）

A．

hardly

B．

regularly

C．

possibly

D．

differently

（8）

A．

before

B．

when

C．

though

D．

until

（9）

A．

How

B．

What

C．

What a

D．

How much

（10）

A．

nothing

B．

anything

C．

something

D．

everything