What are ____________?

   Birthdays are strange things. The more you have, the more you try and pretend they don’t matter, and the more     1    . I’m not really sure why they think so. It’s true that you are getting older, but as     2     , “Who isn’t getting older every day?” The problem may be that a birthday reminds people of all the things    3    , but have not. I certainly understand that feeling, though I think     4     that I most want to do — a kind of personal re-ordering （重新排序） of the to-do list. What makes you depressed（郁悶） on your birthday is that you realize your re-ordered to-do list is exactly the same as it was last year. That makes you feel     5     , and not been anywhere. I have not had that experience this year. I look back at where I was last year and find things have changed since then.

A．根據(jù)上下文，從方框中選出合適的句子完成對(duì)話。

A: Excuse me.  1

B: Yes and you are …

A:  2  This is my membership card （工作證）. Would you please show me your passport?

B．OK!  3

A: Welcome to Guangzhou, Mr. Smith. I’m so happy that you are the first guest I will receive.

B: Thank you, Miss Wu.  4

A: Let me help you. Please take our car. It is waiting for us just at the entrance.  5

_______ are my brother and sister．

A．This                 B．These            C．That             D．It

A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor（教授）．They talked about their troubles in work and life．After the professor had offered his（A）guests a drink he went into the kitchen and returned with a（B）big pot（壺）of coffee and some cups--porcelain（瓷的），plastic，glass，crystal（水晶的），some plain-looking（普通的），some beautiful，some expensive．The professor let them（C）隨便喝些咖啡．

When all his students had a cup in hand，he said：“I don’t know if you noticed it，but when all the nice-looking expensive cups were taken up，the plain and cheap ones were（D）_________ behind．While it is normal（非常的）for you to want only the best for yourselves，that is the source（根源）of your problems and stress（壓力）．”

“（E）You really wanted coffee instead of the cup，but you went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups to see if they were better．”

Just think about this：Life is the coffee，and jobs，money and titles are the cups．（F）They are only tools to hold and contain Life，and do not change the quality（質(zhì)量）of Life．Sometimes，by concentrating（集中）only on the cup，we（G）_______ to enjoy the coffee．So don't let the cups drive you，enjoy the coffee instead．

1．分別寫出（A）和（B）處的同義或近義詞_________ _________

2．將（C）處譯成英語(yǔ)_____________________________________________

3．在（D）和（G）處分別填上適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~_________ _________

4．將（E）處句子進(jìn)行改寫What you really wanted was _________ the cup，_________ coffee．

5．指出（F）處在文中所指代的內(nèi)容_________