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阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。 A girl told her father about her hard life. There were so many problems! Before she could 1 one problem, another came. She wanted to give up.
Her father smiled and took her into the 2 . He put some carrots, eggs and coffee into three different pots. Then he boiled them. The girl watched her father. Her father just waited(等待) 3 saying a word.
The girl 4 why her father did that. 20 minutes later, her father 5 the three things and put them on a plate. Turning back to his daughter, Dad asked, "What do you see?" "Carrots, eggs and coffee," she answered.
Her father told her to close her 6 and let her feel them. She did and felt the carrots were soft(柔软的). The eggs were hard. 7 , her father asked her to taste the coffee. "What do you mean, Dad?" He explained (解释) that he put all the three things into the same boiling water, but they had different 8 .
The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak 9 they got into the boiling water. The eggs became hard. The coffee was very special and it changed the water. "Which one will you 10 to be, a carrot, an egg or coffee? That's up to you to decide." said her father.
