文章大意:本文是夹叙夹议文。文章介绍了一个女孩告诉爸爸她不知道生活如何成功,厌倦于努力,奋斗,想放弃,爸爸将她带到厨房,用胡萝卜,鸡蛋和咖啡分别在锅里面煮,让孩子看这三种东西的反应,从而启发孩子在逆境的时候应该怎么做。
A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her, and she did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.
Her father, a cook, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and in the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
The daughter impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them on a plate. Then he ladled the coffee out and placed it in a glass. Turning to her, he asked, “Darling, what do you see?” “Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.
He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. She smiled, as she tasted it.
“What does it mean, father?” she asked. He explained that each of them had faced the same adversity, boiling water, but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong end hard. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they changed the water.
“Which are you?” he asked his daughter. When adversity knocks on your door in your life, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
8. What can be known from the first paragraph?
A.She found her life full of difficulties and she could do nothing about them. |
B.They were very poor and the daughter complained about it. |
C.She was fighting and struggling with her classmates so she was not satisfied. |
D.The daughter complained about her food. |
9. What happened after the father turned off the burners?
A.The carrot was hard as it had been. | B.The egg became soft and fragile. |
C.There was a different change in every pot. | D.Similar changes happened in the three |
10. The underlined word “
adversity” most probably means
A.Temperature | B.difficulty | C.Requirement | D.attitude |
11. The author wants to tell us________________.
A.that it is natural for people to complain about their difficulties in life |
B.that a father taught her daughter how to cook at home |
C.how carrots, eggs and coffee beans change when they are cooked |
D.what we should do when facing difficulties |