Question

A group of class friends, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of — porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some looking, some expensive, some delicate — telling them to themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in , the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is for you to choose only the best for yourselves, that is the of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went the best cups. And then you began each other’s cups. Now consider this: Life is the ; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define nor the quality of life we . Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we to enjoy the coffee God has for us. God brews the coffee, not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!”

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just the best of everything.

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the to God.

1.A. devoted B. exchanged C. thought D. turned

2.A. sitting-room B. living-room C. bedroom D. kitchen

3.A. cups B. pans C. bowls D. aprons

4.A. plain B. clean C. ugly D. fine

5.A. devote B. help C. take D. pick

6.A. stomach B. hand C. eye D. mouth

7.A. running B. leaving C. hiding D. piling

8.A. wise B. important C. normal D. necessary

9.A. reason B. energy C. resource D. source

10.A. likes B. reduces C. adds D. relies

11.A. As B. What C. That D. Which

12.A. for B. into C. by D. on

13.A. looking B. guiding C. eyeing D. exchanging

14.A. tea B. water C. wine D. coffee

15.A. worsen B. beat C. change D. rise

16.A. dislike B. live C. make D. use

17.A. fail B. succeed C. wish D. try

18.A. sold B. gave C. bought D. provided

19.A. keep B. say C. make D. do

20.A. cups B. argument C. rest D. thinking

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.C

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：幾個(gè)畢業(yè)的學(xué)生回到大學(xué)看望教授，談?wù)摰脑掝}都是對(duì)社會(huì)的不滿，教授通過(guò)幾只杯子來(lái)表述人生中哲理，很有啟發(fā)性。

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考點(diǎn)：考查人生百味類完型填空