阅读表达(共五小题，每小题2分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到相应的位置上(请注意问题后的词数要求)。

    [1]Cooking carrots whole before chopping them up increases their anti-cancer properties by 25 percent, researchers say.

     [2]Leaving the vegetable intact (完整的) prevents valuable nutrients from being easily washed away into water. They can then be chopped up once cooked without loss of nutrients.

     [3]Carrots have long been prized for their health benefits, especially their vitamin and fiber content. They contain huge amounts of carotenoids（类胡萝卜素）which are converted into vitamin A in the body. They are also an excellent source of the anti-cancer compound falcarion (镰叶芹醇). In a previous study, Dr Kirsten Brandt found rats fed on a diet containing carrots or isolated falcarino were less likely to develop tumors than those which were not.

     [4]They also found that carrots boiled before they were cut contained 25 percent more falcarino than those that were chopped up first. Carrots which are cut have a higher surface area in contact with water, resulting in greater loss of nutrients, compared with boiling them whole. The heat softens the cell walls in the vegetable, allowing vitamins and falcarino to leach (过滤)out.

     [5]Dr Brandt said, "The great thing about this is that it's a simple way for people to increase their uptake of a compound, which is good for you. All you need is a bigger saucepan. Naturally occurring   sugars, responsible for giving the carrots its sweet flavor, were also found in higher concentration in carrots that had been cooked whole."

     [6]The team also carried out a taste on almost 100 volunteers comparing carrots boiled before being cut and some that are cut up first. More than 80 percent of volunteers said that carrots cooked whole tasted much better.

     [7]Boiling carrots whole appears to help them keep more of the nutrients. This is really a piece of good news because the method is of great value. Some other vegetables, such as parsnips (欧洲萝卜) which are from the same family and have a roughly similar size and texture can also be more nutritious by ____.

1. What’ s the main idea of the passage? (No more than 10 words)

2. Complete the following statement with proper words. (No more than 2 words)

           can be kept by maintaining the vegetable whole when we are washing it.

3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 7 with proper words. (No more than 3 words)

4. Why do people regard carrots as healthful vegetables? (No more than 8 words)

5. What does the word "those line 2, paragraph 4)  probably refer to? (No more than 2 words)

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）              

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn’t know what she could do and wanted to ___1__. She was tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been settled, but __2___ appeared.

Her father, a cook, took her into the __3___. He poured water into three pots and boiled it. After the water came to a boil, he put some ___4__ in the first pot, eggs in the second and coffee in the last. He waited for them for a few minutes __5___ any words.

The girl closed her mouth and waited, impatient and __6___ by what her father was doing. After about 20 minutes, her father ___7__ the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took the eggs and put them in another bowl. After that he ___8___ the coffee into a cup. Turning back to his ___9___ , he asked, “Sweetheart, what do you see?”

“Carrots, eggs and coffee,” she replied.

Her father asked her to __10 the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were ___11___.

__12__ he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling them, she felt the eggs were hard.

Last, her father asked her to smell the coffee.

She asked, “What does this _13___, Father?”

He __14_ that each of the things had felt the same unfortunate fate. They were all boiled in ___15___, but with a ___16___ result. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after being boiled. The fragile eggs became _17___ after cooking. Coffee grounds were very unique. They could change the water.

“___18___ one are you?” asked her father. “When calamity（不幸的事） __19___ on your door, what will your ___20__ be? Are you carrots, eggs of coffee?”

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

A daughter thought life was unpromising to her and complained to her father about it．She did not know how she was going to__36_and wanted to give up．She was__37_of fighting and struggling．It seemed as if one problem was just solved before a new one__38__．

Her father, a cook, took her to the__39 _．He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high  40  Soon the pots came to a  41  __．In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans．He let them sit and boil, without saying a word．

The daughter sucked her teeth and_42_waited, asking repeatedly what he was doing．In about twenty minutes he turned offthe__43_ He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl．He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl．Then he spooned the coffee out and placed it in another．Turning to her he asked, "Darling, what do you see?"

    "Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied．

He brought her closer and asked her to  44   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  45  , she observed the hard-boiled egg! Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee．She smiled_46_she tasted its rich flavor．She humbly asked, "What does it mean, Father?"

He explained that each of them had faced the same   47  , boiling water, but each_  48 differently．The carrot went in  49  and hard．But after being subjected to the boiling water, it _50_and became weak． The egg had been  51  .Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior．But after sitting__52_the boiling water, its inside became hardened．The ground coffee beans were unique,  53  ．After they were in the boiling water, they had__54_the water．

"Which are you?" he asked his daughter．"When adversity knocks on your door, __55 _do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"

1.A．make out           B．make it          C．make up          D．make through

2.A．typical            B．conscious        C．tired            D．warned

3.A．raised             B．arose            C．disappeared      D．faded

4.A．room               B．market           C．kitchen          D．grocery

5.A．shelf              B．temperature      C．fire             D．table

6.A．boil               B．cool             C．hot              D．smoke

7.A．happily            B．calmly           C．casually         D．impatiently

8.A．lights             B．burners          C．tap              D．water

9.A．see                B．carry            C．feel             D．fetch

10.A．shell             B．pack             C．bag              D．cover

11.A．since             B．as               C．before           D．if

12.A．occasion          B．point            C．variety          D．adversity

13.A．reflected         B．answered         C．abandoned        D．reacted

14.A．stable            B．weak             C．strong           D．sensitive

15.A．softened          B．widened          C．shortened        D．sharpened

16.A．half-done         B．easily-broken    C．easily-got       D．hard-boiled

17.A．over              B．for              C．through          D．on

18.A．however           B．otherwise        C．besides          D．moreover

19.A．melted            B．absorbed         C．polluted         D．changed

20.A．what              B．how              C．when             D．why

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
A daughter thought life was unpromising to her and complained to her father about it．She did not know how she was going to__36_and wanted to give up．She was__37_of fighting and struggling．It seemed as if one problem was just solved before a new one__38__．
Her father, a cook, took her to the__39 _．He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high  40 Soon the pots came to a  41 __．In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans．He let them sit and boil, without saying a word．
The daughter sucked her teeth and_42_waited, asking repeatedly what he was doing．In about twenty minutes he turned offthe__43_ He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl．He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl．Then he spooned the coffee out and placed it in another．Turning to her he asked, "Darling, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied．
He brought her closer and asked her to  44  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  45 , she observed the hard-boiled egg! Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee．She smiled_46_she tasted its rich flavor．She humbly asked, "What does it mean, Father?"
He explained that each of them had faced the same   47  , boiling water, but each_  48 differently．The carrot went in  49 and hard．But after being subjected to the boiling water, it _50_and became weak． The egg had been  51 .Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior．But after sitting__52_the boiling water, its inside became hardened．The ground coffee beans were unique, 53  ．After they were in the boiling water, they had__54_the water．
"Which are you?" he asked his daughter．"When adversity knocks on your door, __55 _do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"

The cunning fox tricked the little rabbit _________ picking up the carrots in the field and then caught it.