1 . Once there was a little girl who had many misfortunes in life and was struggling with problems. One day she felt so upset that she couldn’t help ________ to her father why her life was so ________.
Sensing her ________, her father, a chef, took her to their ________. He asked her to just ________ till he finished everything. He filled three small pots with water and placed each on a burner. Once the water began to ________, he placed a potato, an egg, and some ground coffee beans in each pot. Curious, though, she kept ________ as her father instructed her to do so.
About twenty minutes later, he turned off the ________. The chef turned towards his daughter and said, “See, the potato went in strong and hard but in boiling water, it became soft and weak. The egg was ________, but now the egg became hard. ________, the ground coffee beans were unique. After being ________ the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.”
Seeing the little girl was still confused, he then ________, “The potato, the egg and coffee beans had each faced the same ________-the boiling water. However, each reacted ________. When hardships come your way, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean?” Hearing these words, the girl made her choice inside-she would be the ________, which could not only change the whole situation but also change in its own way. After all, life is 10% what happens to you and 90%how you react to it.
1. A.explaining | B.complaining | C.requesting | D.obtaining |
2. A.fortunate | B.permanent | C.memorial | D.miserable |
3. A.depression | B.desire | C.enthusiasm | D.curiosity |
4. A.study | B.kitchen | C.bedroom | D.cupboard |
5. A.absorb | B.listen | C.observe | D.seize |
6. A.cool | B.freeze | C.melt | D.boil |
7. A.cruel | B.silent | C.noble | D.modest |
8. A.lights | B.microwaves | C.burners | D.taps |
9. A.rough | B.plain | C.precious | D.fragile |
10. A.Therefore | B.Moreover | C.However | D.Otherwise |
11. A.exposed to | B.connected with | C.committed to | D.motivated by |
12. A.revolved | B.proceeded | C.teased | D.responded |
13. A.emergency | B.dilemma | C.choice | D.adversity |
14. A.sufficiently | B.generously | C.differently | D.primitively |
15. A.coffee beans | B.potato | C.egg | D.chef |