第二节完形填空(1)（每空一词，共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31至第40小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A girl complained（抱怨） to her father about her hard life. She wanted to 29 because she didn’t know how to overcome her problems. She felt tired of fighting and fighting. Once one
_30 had been solved, another came.
Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen. He poured water into three pans. After the water boiled, in the first pan he put some carrots, the second some eggs, and in the last some coffee. He waited without any 31 .
The girl closed her mouth and waited, 32 by what her father was doing. After about twenty minutes, her father 33 the stove and took out the carrots and the eggs. Then the coffee was poured into a cup.
Turning back to his daughter, he asked, “what do you 34 ?”
“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she answered.
Her father suggested she 35 the carrots. She did, and felt the carrots were 36 . Then he asked her to take the eggs and 37 them. After peeling（剥）them, she felt that the eggs were hard. Lastly, he asked her to smell the coffee. She asked impatiently , “What’s the meaning of this, father?” He explained that 38 had felt the same misfortune to be put into the boiling water， but had reacted（反应） 39 . The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after a while in the boiling water. The easily broken eggs became hard after being cooked. Coffee was very unique --- it could change water.
“ 40 are you? ”asked her father. “When the difficulty knocks your door, what is your reaction? Are you carrots, eggs, or coffee?”
29. A. catch up B. wear out C. give up D. run out
30. A. matter B. business C. question D. problem
31. A. breath B. praises C. words D. complaints
32. A. pleased B. frightened C. disappointed D. puzzled
33. A. turned off B. turned up C. turned down D. turned away
34. A. mean B. see C. suggest D. explain
35. A. touch B. eat C. observe D. keep
36. A. bad B. hard C. soft D. gentle
37. A. hit B. break C. beat D. destroy
38. A. nothing B. anything C. everything D. something
39. A. differently B. certainly C. happily D. equally
40. A. How B. Who C. When D. Where
