God’s Coffee
A group of class friends, highly achieved in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor．Conversation soon 31 into complaints about stress(压力) in work and life．
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the 32 and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of 33 —porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, 34
expensive, some delicate—telling them to 35 themselves to the coffee．
When all the students had a cup of coffee in 36 ,the professor said：“If you noticed，all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, 37 behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is
38 for you to choose only the best for yourselves, that is the 39 of your problems and stress．Be sure that the cup itself 40 no quality to the coffee．In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink． 41 all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously (自觉地) went 42 the best cups．And then you began 43 each other’s cups．Now consider this：Life is the 44 ; 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 explain , nor 45 the quality of life we 46 . Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 47 to enjoy the coffee God has 48 us．God brews the coffee, not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything．They just 49 the best of everything．
Live simply．Love generously．Care deeply．Speak kindly．Leave the 50 to God．
1.A．crowded B．looked C.burst D．turned
2.A．living-room B．waiting-room C．bedroom D．kitchen
3.A．cups B．pans C．bowls D．dishes
4.A．some B．others C．another D．other
5.A．choose B．help C．take D．pick
6.A．stomach B．hand C．mind D．mouth
7.A．running B．leaving C．hiding D．staying
8.A．wise B．important C．natural D．necessary
9.A．use B．disagreement C．answer D．cause
10.A．likes B．comes 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．changing
14.A．tea B．water C．wine D．coffee
15.A．worsen B．beat C．change D．improve
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．brought
19.A．keep B．say C．make D．do
20.A．item B．view C．rest D．thought
Today, _______ people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before.
A. many B. some C. more D. most
It was the first time in two years that I________ my youngest son face to face.
A. have seen B. had seen C. saw D. see
With our knowledge _________ practice, we can make contributions to our society.
A. to base on B. basing on C. based on D. base on
My sister_______ the League last month and she has decided to _______ the activity to help the aged next week.
A. joined; join in B. took part in; join C. joined; attend D. joined in; join in
Life would be happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and ________reach eighteen.
A.entirely B.gradually C.finally D.rapidly
