13．Mary had a problem that she got annoyed with everything easily．She felt bad about everything and always carried a negative thinking．She developed all these negative aspects suddenly．
One day she felt she was so miserable and requested help from her dad．
Her father comforted her and took her to the kitchen．
He asked Mary to take a potato，an egg and two spoonfuls of tea leaves．Mary was surprised，"Do you want me to cook？"Her father denied．He then put three containers on the stove and poured one cup of water in each container．Once the water started to boil，he dropped separately potato，egg，and tea leaves in each container．
Mary was totally annoyed and asked her father why to do those stupid things．He asked her to wait for a few more minutes with patience．
The impatient daughter managed to wait for around 15 minutes．The father removed the potato from the pot and placed in a plate and did the same with eggs．He poured the tea into a cup．Then he placed the two plates，one with the potato and the other with the egg，and the cup of tea in front of Mary．
"what do you see？"
She said，"Potato，Egg and a cup of tea!"
"No，touch it and reply me again．"said the father．
Mary couldn't find the correct answer．
Her father said，"The potato was so hard before boiled，but now they turned soft and smooth．Also，the egg was too delicate but after boiling it become too hard．Sip the tea，it is delicious!
Mary asked，"What does it mean，father？I don't understand!"
"Each object responded differently to water．That is how you have to be．Each object was put under the same kind of circumstance，faced similar adversity，but reacted differently．The potato became weaker．The egg became harder and the tea leaves are unique．It changed the water itself，giving it unique flavor!it gave something new．"
Mary understood that we could create something new and unique even when we experienced adversity．
So，what are you？A potato or an egg or a tea leaf？
21．What is Mary's problem？B
A．She didn't get well along with the others．
B．She couldn't hold positive attitude to things．
C．She didn't know how to cook in the kitchen．
D．She couldn't predict correctly what to happen．
22．How did the father help the girl？C
A．By telling stories．
B．By opening her mind．
C．By doing experiment．
D．By explaining cases．
23．How did the egg change？B
A．From being hard to feeling soft．
B．From being delicate to being hard．
C．From being hard to smelling tasty．
D．From being soft to becoming hard．
24．Mary understood finally that she would live her life just asDdid．
A．her father B．a(chǎn) potato C．a(chǎn)n egg D．tea leaves．
分析 文章主要講述了一個(gè)孩子比較消極然后他父親做了一個(gè)小小的實(shí)驗(yàn)讓她明白了即使遭遇逆境，我們也能創(chuàng)造新的、獨(dú)特的東西．
解答 21．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段第二句"She felt bad about everything and always carried a negative thinking．She developed all these negative aspects suddenly．"她對(duì)每件事都感到不好，總是懷著消極的想法，突然產(chǎn)生了所有這些消極的方面．故選B．
22．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段和第四段"One day she felt she was so miserable and requested help from her dad．"有一天，她覺得自己很痛苦，請(qǐng)求爸爸的幫助．"He then put three containers on the stove and poured one cup of water in each container．Once the water started to boil，he dropped separately potato，egg，and tea leaves in each container．"然后他在爐子上放了三個(gè)容器，在每個(gè)容器里倒了一杯水，水一開，他就把土豆、雞蛋和茶葉分別放在每個(gè)容器里．可知．故選C．
23．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容"the egg was too delicate but after boiling it become too hard．Sip the tea，it is delicious!"雞蛋太嫩了，煮了以后太硬了，抿一下茶，味道很好！故選B．
24．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容"It changed the water itself，giving it unique flavor!it gave something new．""它改變了水本身，賦予它獨(dú)特的風(fēng)味！它給了一些新的東西．"最終明白即使遭遇逆境，我們也能創(chuàng)造新的、獨(dú)特的東西．故選D．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一個(gè)科教類閱讀理解，題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題，做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì)性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測(cè)，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．
