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B.選擇最恰當?shù)倪x項完成短文

A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn’t know what she had to do and wanted to_______. She felt tired for fighting and fighting. One problem had been finished but another came.

Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen. He poured water into the pans（鍋）and boiled it. When the water was boiling, in the first pan he put some carrots, in the second he put some eggs and in the last he put some coffee. he boiled them for a few minutes _______ any words.

The girl closed her mouth, too. And she waited unhappily not knowing _______ her father was doing that. After about 20 minutes, her father turned off the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took out the eggs and put them in another bowl. After that the coffee was poured into a cup. Turning back to his daughter, he asked, “What do you see?” “Carrots, eggs and coffee,” she answered.

Her father told her to close her eyes and let her touch the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take eggs and break them. Then, she got boiled and hard eggs._______, the father asked her to smell the coffee. “What’s the meaning, Father?” He _______ that each one had the same unlucky experience, but each had a different reaction（反應）. The strong and hard carrots had become soft and _______ after being boiled in the boiling water. The eggs became hard after being cooked. The coffee was very special and it changed the water. “Who are you?” asked her father, “When bad luck knocks at your door, what’s your reaction? Are you carrots, eggs or coffee?’

1.A.look up B.give up C.grow up D.put up

2.A.about B.in C.without D.with

3.A.what B.how C.why D.when

4.A.However B.In addition C.At last D.At first

5.A.explained B.examined C.denied D.expressed

6.A.delicious B.sweet C.healthy D.weak

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