五、(2024·扬州仪征市期末)完形填空。
David always complained to his mother. He thought life was too hard. He didn't know how to make it and wanted to _1_ up.
David's mother took him to the _2_. She filled three pots with _3_ and put each on a big fire. Soon the water started to boil (煮沸). In one she put carrots, in the second she put eggs, and in the last she put coffee powder. She watched them boil _4_ saying a word.
David didn't _5_ what she was doing. In about 20 minutes, she _6_ the fire. She took the carrots and eggs out and put them on different plates. Then she _7_ the coffee into a cup. She asked, "David, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," he answered.
She asked David to _8_ the carrots. He found that they were _9_. She then asked him to take an egg and _10_ it. He saw a hard-boiled egg after taking off the shell. Finally, she asked him to taste the coffee. Its rich and nice smell brought a _11_ to his face.
Each of them went through the boiling water, _12_ each reacted (反应) differently. The carrot was strong and hard at first, but it became soft and weak. The egg was _13_. But after going through the boiling water, its inside became hard. The coffee powder changed the water and created (创造) _14_ new.
"Which are you?" she asked David. "When _15_ comes to you, are you a carrot, an egg, or the coffee powder?"
()1. A. take
B. give
C. put
D. wake
()2. A. garden
B. bedroom
C. bathroom
D. kitchen
()3. A. juice
B. water
C. milk
D. tea
()4. A. before
B. about
C. without
D. for
()5. A. see
B. hear
C. answer
D. know
()6. A. turned off
B. looked after
C. prepared for
D. picked up
()7. A. moved
B. shared
C. poured
D. threw
()8. A. touch
B. smell
C. buy
D. weigh
()9. A. soft
B. strong
C. cold
D. sharp
()10. A. check
B. break
C. burn
D. watch
()11. A. message
B. whisper
C. smile
D. life
()12. A. but
B. if
C. or
D. so
()13. A. fool
B. poor
C. weak
D. fresh
()14. A. anything
B. something
C. anybody
D. somebody
()15. A. luck
B. noise
C. health
D. trouble

1~5. BDBCD 6~10. ACAAB 11~15. CACBD

【分析】
这是一篇哲理叙事类完形填空，解题时首先要通读全文，抓住核心主线：抱怨生活艰难的David被妈妈用胡萝卜、鸡蛋、咖啡粉在沸水中的不同反应教育，学会面对困境的正确态度。接下来逐空结合固定搭配、上下文语境、逻辑关系推导选项：1. 先结合前文“觉得生活太难”的语境判断动作含义；2. 结合后文煮东西的行为判断地点；3. 后文明确提到水煮沸，直接对应容器里的液体；4. 结合妈妈全程专注煮东西的状态判断是否说话；5. 一开始David不理解妈妈的行为；6. 煮够时间后对应的关火动作；7. 咖啡从锅里转移到杯子的动作是倾倒；8. 要感知胡萝卜变软的属性需要触摸；9. 常识里胡萝卜煮后会变软；10. 要剥鸡蛋壳首先要打破蛋壳；11. 香浓的咖啡会让人露出愉悦的表情；12. 都经历沸水和反应不同是转折关系；13. 生鸡蛋原本的属性是脆弱的；14. 咖啡粉改造水后生成了新的事物；15. 对应开头David遇到的生活难题，选对应的名词。
【解析】
1. 前文提到David觉得生活太艰难，不知道如何应对，此处表达想要放弃，give up是固定搭配意为“放弃”，take up占据，put up张贴搭建，wake up醒来，均不符合语境，故选B。
2. 后文妈妈要烧水煮食材，对应的地点是厨房kitchen，garden花园、bedroom卧室、bathroom浴室都不符合煮东西的场景，故选D。
3. 后文提到“Soon the water started to boil”，说明三个锅里装的都是水，juice果汁、milk牛奶、tea茶均不符合提示内容，故选B。
4. 此处表达妈妈看着食材煮沸，一句话都没有说，without saying a word意为“一言不发”，完全符合语境，故选C。
5. 此时David不理解、不知道妈妈正在做什么，see看见、hear听见、answer回答均不符合语境，故选D。
6. 煮了20分钟之后，妈妈关掉炉火，turn off意为“关闭（火源、电器）”，look after照顾、prepare for准备、pick up捡起均不符合动作逻辑，故选A。
7. 妈妈把煮好的咖啡倒进杯子里，pour意为“倾倒”，move移动、share分享、throw扔都不符合倒咖啡的动作特征，故选C。
8. 妈妈让David触摸胡萝卜，才能感知到它变软的状态，smell闻、buy买、weigh称重均不符合感知软硬度的动作要求，故选A。
9. 生的硬胡萝卜经过沸水煮沸之后会变得柔软，strong坚硬的、cold冷的、sharp尖锐的，都不符合煮后胡萝卜的属性，故选A。
10. 要把鸡蛋壳剥掉，首先要打破鸡蛋，check检查、burn燃烧、watch观看，都不符合动作逻辑，故选B。
11. 咖啡浓郁好闻的香气让他脸上露出微笑，message信息、whisper低语、life生活，都不符合闻到香气后的愉悦反应，故选C。
12. 三种物品都经历了沸水的考验，但是它们的反应完全不同，前后是转折关系，用but，if如果、or或者、so所以均不符合逻辑，故选A。
13. 生鸡蛋原本是脆弱易碎的，经过沸水之后内部才变硬，fool傻瓜、poor贫穷的、fresh新鲜的，都不符合生鸡蛋的固有属性，故选C。
14. 咖啡粉改变了水，创造出了某种全新的东西，something new意为“某些新事物”，anything多用于否定疑问句，anybody和somebody指代人，不符合语境，故选B。
15. 全文讨论的是面对生活中的困难、麻烦时的选择，luck运气、noise噪音、health健康，都不符合开头David遇到的困境的指代，故选D。
【答案】
1~5. BDBCD 6~10. ACAAB 11~15. CACBD
【知识点】
固定短语辨析，语境逻辑推理，不定代词用法
【点评】
本题属于经典的故事哲理类完形填空，所有考点都贴合初中英语核心词汇和搭配的考察，没有超纲内容，前后文线索呼应非常明显，学生只要顺着叙事主线梳理清楚三个物品煮前后的属性变化，就能轻松选出正确答案，同时故事本身也传递了面对困境要主动做出积极改变的正向价值观。
【难度系数】
0.8