A girl went to her father to ask for his advice. She was having a hard time in life, and it seemed that as soon as one problem disappeared, another one appeared in its place.
Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen. He poured water into three pans and put them on the stove to boil. After the water boiled, he put some carrots into the first pan, some eggs into the second pan and coffee beans into the last one. He waited without saying a word.
After 20 minutes, her father turned off the stove, took out carrots and eggs, and put them in the bowl. He poured the coffee into the cup.
He asked his daughter, “Dear, what do you see?”
“Carrots, eggs and coffee,” she replied.
“Touch the carrots,” he told her. She did and felt that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take an egg and break it. She found that the egg was hard. At last, her father asked her to taste the coffee.
She asked, “What's the meaning, Father?” Her father said, “As you see, each thing reacted differently to the boiling water. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after boiling. The fragile(易碎的) eggs became hard after being cooked. The coffee beans were very special, but they changed in the water too.”
“What are you?” asked her father. “When trouble knocks at your door, how do you react? Are you carrots, eggs or coffee beans?”
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B
) 1. What does the first paragraph tell us?
A. A girl's father had much advice.
B. A girl was having a lot of difficulties.
C. A girl had no problems.
D. A girl could solve the problems alone.
(
B
) 2. What does the underlined word “reacted” mean?
A. Answered. B. Behaved. C. Influenced. D. Planned.
(
D
) 3. What is the CORRECT order of what the father did?
a. He turned off the stove, put the carrots and eggs in a bowl and poured the coffee into a cup.
b. He poured water into three pans and boiled it.
c. He asked his daughter to touch the carrots.
d. He put carrots, eggs and coffee beans into the three pans.
A. c - b - d - a B. b - d - c - a C. c - b - a - d D. b - d - a - c
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C
) 4. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. We should run away from our problems.
B. It's best not to think about our problems.
C. We should face our problems and try to solve them smartly.
D. Doing some cooking can help us solve problems.
