Jenny used to get angry when meeting problems.
One day, her father took her to the ________. Then he poured water into two pots and put them on the fire. When the water ________, he put a potato in a pot and tea leaves in the other.
“Why are you doing this?” Jenny asked.
“Just be ________ and wait for fifteen minutes.”
When time was up, Jenny’s father took the potato out and poured the tea into a cup. He asked Jenny, “Have you learned anything from them?”
“No.”
Her father said, “The potato was hard before; now the water has turned it soft. ________, the tea leaves changed the water and created something new.”
Jenny then knew what her father ________. Both objects were boiled, but they reacted differently, just as people could deal with the same situation with different attitudes (态度). Then Jenny decided to change her attitude towards problems.
16. 17. 18. A.patient | B.active | C.creative |
19. A.Wisely | B.Normally | C.Oppositely |
20. A.meant | B.required | C.valued |