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A group of adults, highly succeeded in their jobs, went to visit their old professor. Soon they began to  ________   the stress in work and life.

The professor went to the kitchen and returned   ________a pot（壶） of coffee and all kinds of cups — crystal (水晶的), glass, plastic; some nice looking, some common looking; some________ , some cheap. And he told them to help  ________  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 common and cheap ones. While it is________for you to take only the best for yourselves, that is the root(根源) of your ________   and stress.

You know that the cup itself adds no quality (质量) to the coffee,  ________   you really wanted was coffee, not the cup,  _______   you consciously went for the best cups.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee. The jobs,  ________  and position in society are the cups. They are just  ________ to hold life, and the type of cup does not change the quality of our life. Sometimes, by only paying attention  ________  the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has  ________ 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  ________  of everything.

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak  ________  . And leave the rest to God.

1.A.think of     B. thank for    C. complain about  D. drop out

2.A. for       B. at           C. in             D. with

3.A. expensive  B. ordinary     C. strong         D. serious

4.A. them       B. themselves  C. him            D. everyone

5.A. mixed up    B. left          C. taken up        D. refused

6.A. normal     B. important    C. impossible     D. necessary

7.A. thoughts   B. failure      C. questions      D. problems

8.A. Who         B. How much     C. What           D. That

9.A. and        B. but           C. so             D. or

10.A. money     B. age          C. health         D. purpose

11.A. cups       B. tools         C. bags           D. bowls

12.A. on        B. in            C. at              D. to

13.A. taught     B. provided    C. returned        D. bought

14.A. fun        B. interest     C. the best        D. the worst

15.A. kindly     B. sadly         C. rudely         D. seriously

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，介绍了一组事业上大有成就的同学一起去访问他们以前的大学教授，然而谈话的内容很快变成关于埋怨在工作和生活中的压力。当教授提供给他们不同杯子的咖啡的时候，大部分学生都去关注漂亮的昂贵的杯子，而忽略那些便宜的杯子。教授通过这件事情告诉他的学生们“最快乐的人不是拥有最好的一切，他们应该做最好的一切。

1.C考查动词词义辨析。Think of考虑；think for认为；complain about埋怨；drop out离开；退出。根据该句中提到的“stress in work and life.”可知他们开始埋怨工作和生活中的压力。故选C。

2.D考查介词词义辨析。for为；at在；in在……里面；with带有。根据下文中“a large pit of coffee and all kinds of cups”可知教授回来的时候手里拿着各种各样的杯子。故选D。

3.A考查形容词词义辨析。Expensive昂贵的；ordinary普通的；strong强壮的；serious严肃的。根据下文中“some cheap”可知此处为some expensive相对应。故选A。

4.B考查固定用法。Help oneself to something表示“随便吃/喝些什么”。该句句意：他告诉他们随便喝些咖啡吧。故选B。

5.C考查动词词义辨析。mix up混合；left剩下；take up占用；refuse拒绝。根据下文“leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.”，可推断所有好看的昂贵的杯子都被占用了。故选C。

6.A考查形容词辨析。normal普通的；important重要的；impossible不可能的；necessary必要的。根据上文提到了教授的学生都拿了漂亮的昂贵的杯子，所以看判断该句子为“对你们来说只用好杯子是很普通的” 。故选A。

7.D考查名词词义辨析。 Thought想法；failure失败；question（口头）问题；problem麻烦；问题。根据下文的stress可推知此处为麻烦。故选D。

8.C考查疑问词辨析。 who谁；how much多少；what什么；that那个。根据该句中的关键词 “office”可知句意：你真正需要的是咖啡。故选C。

9.B考查连词词义辨析。and和，并且；but但是；so因此；or或者，否则。根据上文提到了真正需要的是咖啡，下文又提到都选择了最好的杯子，所以，此处需要一个转折连词。故选B。

10.A考查名词词义辨析。Money钱；age年龄；health健康；purpose目的。根据该句中的关键词“in society”，可知选项中只有“金钱”符合句意，它和工作、职位相对应。故选A。

11.B考查名词词义辨析。cups杯子；tools工具；bags包；bowls碗。根据上文提到了“杯子”，可推知他们仅仅是生活的工具。故选B。

12.D考查固定用法。Pay attentionto集中于，句意：有时候，我们仅仅把精力集中在杯子上。故选D。

13.B考查动词词义辨析。taught教；provide提供；return归还；bought买。根据句意：我们没有享受上帝______给我们的咖啡。很明显此处需要一个动词“提供”合乎题意。故选B。

14.C考查形容词最高级用法。根据上文“最幸福的人并不一定有最好的一切。”中的关键词“the happiest”和“best”可知该处也应该用最高级，根据语境该句句意：他们只是制造最好的一切。故选C。

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考点：人生百味类短文