Question

A group of adults, who succeeded in their jobs, went to visit their old professor. Soon they began to complain about the trouble and stress in their work and life.

The ____ went to the kitchen and returned ____ a pot of coffee and all kinds of cups — crystal （水晶的）, glass, plastic; some nice looking, some ordinary looking; some ____, some cheap. And he told them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “I’ve noticed that all the nice looking expensive cups were ____, leaving behind the ordinary and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to achieve only the best for yourselves, that is the root (根) of your ____ and stress.

You know that the cup itself ____ no quality to the coffee. What you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, ____ you all reached for the best cups.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee. The jobs, money and ____ in society are the cups. They are just ____ to hold life, and the kind of cup does not change the quality of our life. Sometimes, paying too much attention to the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has offered us. God offers us the coffee, not the cups. Please enjoy your coffee!”

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. Live simply. Care deeply. Speak kindly. And leave the__  __ to God.

1.A．adults        B．students   C．professor

2.A．for           B．at         C．with

3.A．expensive    B．ordinary   C．strong

4.A．mixed up      B．taken up   C．given up

5.A．problems      B．questions  C．failures

6.A．changes       B．adds       C．puts

7.A．and           B．but        C．so

8.A．position      B．pronunciation  C．population

9.A．machines      B．tools       C．bowls

10.A．rest         B．few         C．most

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：短文是通过一群已经很成功的年青人，在看望老教授的时候，谈论起对生活的压力，教授以喝咖啡选杯子的行动来解释对生活的认识。短文最后总结出：最快乐的人并不拥有最好的一切。他们只是充分利用一切。简单的生活，慷慨的爱，深切的关怀，善意的表达。

1.C 考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：教授走入厨房，拿来一壶咖啡，还有各种杯子。有看起来好看的，有看起普通的；有看起来贵的，有看起来便宜的。A青少年们；B学生们；C教授。根据句意，故选C。

2.C 考查介词辨析及语境的理解。句意：教授走入厨房，拿来一壶咖啡，还有各种杯子。有看起来好看的，有看起普通的；有看起来贵的，有看起来便宜的。A为；B在；C带有。分析：教授带着一壶咖啡，用介词with。故选C。

3.A考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。句意：教授走入厨房，拿来一壶咖啡，还有各种杯子。有看起来好看的，有看起普通的；有看起来贵的，有看起来便宜的。A贵的；B普通的；C结实的。因为expensive和cheap是对应词。根据句意，故选A。

4.B考查动词短语辨析及语境的理解。联系句意：各种杯子。有看起来好看的，有看起普通的；有看起来贵的，有看起来便宜的。教授让他们随便拿杯子。所有好看的杯子都被拿了，剩下了普通的和便宜的杯子了。A混合；B拿起；C放弃。考查固定短语：拿起take up.故选B。

5.A考查名词辨析及语境的理解。联系句意：这是教授说的话：我已经注意到看起来又贵又好看的杯子，被大家拿走了，剩下了普通的和便宜的杯子。然而，对于你来说是最好的杯子，它是普通的。那就是你的问题和压力所在。教授对这种现象进行了总结，问题与压力的根源。A难题；B问题；C失败。根据句意，故选A。

6.B考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：你们知道咖啡的质量不再于杯子，你们想要的是咖啡。A改变 ；B加；C放。根据句意，故选B。

7.B考查连词辨析及语境的理解。句意：你们知道咖啡的质量不再于杯子，你们想要的是咖啡。但是你们还是选择了最好的杯子。前后句是转折故选，故用but。根据句意，故选B。

8.A考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：现在考虑这个：生活是咖啡。在社会中工作，金钱和职位是杯子。A职位；B发音；C人口数量。根据句意，故选A。

9.B考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：他们只是装着生活的工具，杯子的类型不能改变生活的质量。A机器；B工具；C碗。根据句意，故选B。

10.A考查名词及语境的理解。句意：简单的生活，慷慨的爱，深切的关怀，善意的表达。A剩下的；B几乎没有；C绝大部分。根据句意，故选A。

考点：考查故事类短文。