A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.The conversation soon turned into____about stress in work and life.Offering his____coffee,the professor went to the kitchen and___with a large pot of coffee and a____of cups—porcelain,plastic glass,crystal,some plainlooking,some expensive,some exquisite (精致的),telling them to ____themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand,the professor said,“If you have____,all the nicelooking expensive cups have been____,leaving behind the plain and____ones.Of course,____it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves,that is the ____of your problems and stress.”
“It is sure that the cup itself____no quality to the coffee.____ it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we____.”
“What all of you really want is coffee,not the cup,but you went____for the best cups.And then you began____each other’s cups.”
“Now consider this:Life is the coffee;the jobs,__1_and position in society are the cups.They are just tools to____and contain life,and the type of cup we have does not define,nor____the quality of life we live.Sometimes,by concentrating only on the cup,we____to enjoy the coffee.Value the coffee,not the cups!”
Don’t let the cups ____you.Enjoy the coffee instead.
1.A.information B.complaints
C.surprises D.satisfaction
2.A.friends B.customers
C.guests D.fellows
3.A.carried B.returned
C.arrived D.brought
4.A.kind B.set
C.variety D.group
5.A.devote B.expose
C.help D.provide
6.A.seen B.discovered
C.recognized D.noticed
7.A.taken in B.taken back
C.taken out D.taken up
8.A.cheap B.dear
C.pretty D.fantastic
9.A.if B.while
C.because D.since
10.A.resource B.source
C.result D.point
11.A.increases B.expands
C.extends D.adds
12.A.At no time B.In most cases
C.In no case D.At times
13.A.drink B.desire
C.eat D.want
14.A.happily B.strangely
C.consciously D.surprisingly
15.A.suspecting B.envying
C.considering D.eyeing
16.A.money B.love
C.friendship D.death
17.A.offer B.take
C.live D.hold
18.A.exchange B.raise
C.change D.create
19.A.have B.hesitate
C.forget D.fail
20.A.defeat B.drive
C.decide D.puzzle
With economy getting worse,we have reached the point________we have to cut down our daily expenses.
A.that B.which
C.when D.where
To________the global financial crisis,our country has worked out a string of forceful measures over the past months.
A.deal with B.agree with
C.turn out D.put out
The hurricane was________powerful that quite a lot of big trees in our town were knocked over last night.
A.very B.too
C.so D.such
(2014·乌鲁木齐高三年级第二次诊断性测验)I might fail,but________I insist on doing it.I never lose heart.
A.someway B.anyhow
C.then D.meanwhile
(2014·江西红色六校高三第二次联考)—How did you pass the challenging test?
—It was a long time________I found a series of suitable methods.
A.when B.until
C.since D.before