A girl complained to her father about her hard life．She didn't know what she had to do and wanted to give up．She felt tired of fighting and fighting．One problem had been finished but another came over．
Her father，a cook，took her into the kitchen．He poured water into three pans and boiled(煮沸) them．After boiling，in the first pan was put some carrots，the second was put some eggs and the last was put with coffee．
The girl waited impatiently (不耐烦的)，confused by what her father did．About 20 minutes later，her father took out the carrots and put them in a bowl．He took the eggs and put them in a bowl．After that the coffee was poured into a cup．“My sweet heart，what do you see？” he asked．
“Carrots，eggs and coffee，” she replied．
Her father told her to close her eyes and asked her to touch the carrots．She did so and felt that the carrots were soft．After that he asked her to take the eggs and break them．After peeling (剥开) them，she got the eggs，cooked and hard．The last，the father let her smell the coffee． She asked，“What did you do this for，Father？” He explained that each had the same unlucky experience—the boiling water，but each had a different result． The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak．The fragile eggs became hard after being cooked． The coffee was very special，they could change water．“Who are you？” asked her father．“When bad luck knocks at your door，what is your decision? Are you carrots，eggs or coffee？”
【小题1】The girl complained about her hard life because she didn't ________．

Today was not a good day. Everything went wrong. First, I sleep late and Mom shout at me to wake up. When I went to the kitchen for breakfast, there was no cereal（粥）. I decided to have some toast（烤面包）instead, but I burned it. I had to eat it anyway because there was no more bread. There was no juice, either. I just had a glass of water.

When I was almost at the bus stop, I realized that I had forgotten my wallet, so I had to go back home and get it. Of course, I missed the bus and had to wait for the next bus.

I was late for school and the teacher told me to stay in the classroom at lunchtime to catch up on（弥补）the schoolwork I had missed.

After lunch, it was the time to give the teacher our homework. I reached into my bag to get it but it wasn’t there. I had left it at home. I was in trouble again.

When I got home, I went straight to my room to catch up on my homework. Mom cooked fish for dinner. She knows I don’t like fish, but she thinks it is good for her son. It was a horrible day. I hope tomorrow will be better.

36. What happened to the writer on this bad day?

　 A. The writer argued with his parents.　　　　　　　　 B. The writer heard some terrible news.

　 C. Many small things went wrong.　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Part of the writer’s house was on fire.

37. When did the writer’s bad day begin?

　 A. In the morning.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. At school.

　 C. At lunchtime.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. In the afternoon.

38. What did the writer do after he went home?

　 A. He did some homework.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. He made a telephone call.

　 C. He made fun with his friend.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. He was tired, so he went to bed.

39. When you “burn” something, you ___________________.

　 A. cook it too long　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. eat it too fast

　 C. give it to others　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. make it very well

40. According to the passage, we can know _______________.

　 A. the writer fell off from his bike B. the writer went to school

　 C. the writer got up early in the morning D. the writer left his homework at home

Every Thanksgiving Warren roasted a monstrous thing he called “The Twenty － Four － Hour － Turkey.” His preparation began at six o'clock on Thanksgiving Eve, and with the help of an alarm clock that woke him every hour for what he called “the Bastings（烤肉涂的油脂）”, he produced“the T － Bird at six on T － Day.”Nobody in our family had actually sampled his turkey, but unsettling rumors about it trickled down to us. We heard it came out from the oven in a charred（烤焦的）shell（壳）that had to be cracked（爆裂）open.

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A．how Warren roasted the turkey

B．the coming out of a roasted turkey

C．the good taste of the turkey

D．the twenty four turkeys

(2)“The Twenty － Four － Hour Turkey”was ________.

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A．for the family to eat for twenty － four hours on Thanksgiving

B．the roasted turkey cooked for twenty － four hours by Warren

C．the turkey Warren bought twenty － four hours before the day

D．the meaning of twenty － four hours to Thanksgiving

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A．on the morning of Thanksgiving

B．on the morning before Thanksgiving

C．at six o'clock on the morning of Thanksgiving

D．at six o'clock on the evening before Thanksgiving

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A．every time that the clock woke him up

B．before he put the turkey into the oven

C．at six o'clock on Thanksgiving Eve

D．at six o'clock on the Thanksgiving Day

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A．Warren was sorry for his roast turkey

B．we all liked“The Twenty － Four － Hour Turkey”

C．Warren prepared the turkey every Thanksgiving

D．all the people in the family learned to cook the turkey