Question

A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.

The conversation soon turned into complaints about ____ 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(陶瓷), plastic, glass, crystal(水晶), some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautiful—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 nice-looking expensive cups have been ____, leaving behind the plain and ____ ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves , that is the ____ of your problems and stress.”

“Be assured that the cup ____ adds no quality to the coffee. ____ it is just more expensive and in some cases ____ hides what we drink.”

“____ all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, ____ you consciously went for the best cups…. And then you began ____ each other’s cups.”

Now consider this:__ __ is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. ____ are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the ____ 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. stress     B. dreamC. sorrow D. truth

2.A. friends  B. customersC. fellows D. guests

3.A. carriedB. returnedC. arrived D. reached

4.A. kindB. varietyC. sort D. number

5.A. devote   B. expose   C. help D. apply

6.A. searched B. witnessedC. noticed D. discovered

7.A. taken upB. brought inC. sold out D. cut down

8.A. expensiveB. cheapC. beautiful D. usual

9.A. point  B. answerC. source D. result

10.A. by itselfB. on its ownC. for itself D. itself

11.A. At no time   B. At timesC. In no case D. In most cases

12.A. everB. evenC. never D. hardly

13.A. WhatB. ThatC. Which D. Whether

14.A. butB. soC. and D. for

15.A. lookingB. likingC. envying D. looking at

16.A. LoveB. LifeC. Future D. Failure

17.A. They   B. WeC. You    D. What

18.A. quantityB. styleC. quality D. standard

19.A. have   B. hesitateC. forget D. fail

20.A. force B. driveC. puzzle D. amaze

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.A

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述的一位教授用杯子和咖啡的关系告诉他的学生要真正的享受生活，不要受到额外的压力的影响。

1.A 上下文串联。根据39空后of your problems and stress可知这些人谈论的是工作以及生活中的压力。

2.2】D 上下文串联。根据文章第一句A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.可知是一群毕业生来看望老师，对于老师来说他们都是自己的客人。故D正确。

3.3】B 动词辨析。A携带；B返回；C/D到达；教授走进了厨房，返回的时候手里拿着一大壶咖啡和很多杯子。3

4.4】B 固定搭配。A variety of各种各样的；根据下文每个学生手里都有杯子可知老师拿出了很多杯子让学生喝咖啡。

5.5】.C 考察固定搭配。固定搭配help oneself to…自行取用….；本句是指老师让学生自己去喝咖啡。

6.6】C 动词辨析。A寻找；B目睹，见证；C注意到；D发现；老师说：如果你们注意到到所有的看起来昂贵的杯子都被拿走，剩下的只有一些看起来很普通很便宜的杯子。

7.7】A 短语辨析。A占据，占用；B引进，赚钱；C卖完；D砍倒；本句是指所有的看起来昂贵的杯子都被拿走了。

8.8】B 形容词辨析。A昂贵的；B便宜的；C美丽的；D通常的；本句应该使用cheap与前面的the plain形成呼应关系。剩下的只有一些看起来很普通很便宜的杯子

9.9】C 名词辨析。A点；B答案；C来源，根源；D结果；老师发现追求最好的东西是人们压力的来源。

10.0】D 语法分析。本句中的反身代词itself就是指句子的主语the cup，在句中表示强调。指杯子本身并不能增加咖啡的质量。

11.1】D 短语辨析。A立刻，马上；B时而不时；C立刻；D大部分情况下；大部分情况下杯子只会让咖啡更加昂贵，有时候甚至会让我们真正所享有的东西失去意义。

12.2】B 副词辨析。A曾经；B甚至；C从未；D几乎不；有时候甚至会让我们真正所享有的东西失去意义

13.3】A 语法分析。本句是一个主语从句，what引导起这个主语从句，并在句中做主语。你们真正想要的是咖啡。

14.4】A 上下文串联。你们真正想要的是咖啡，但是你们有意去拿了最好的杯子。这会让你们的真正所想的东西失去了意义。

15.5】D 词义辨析。Envy嫉妒；look at看；你们拿到了自己的杯子以后，甚至开始看别人的杯子，在进行比较。这更加让你们的生活有了压力。

16.6】B 上下文串联。在本文中教授把咖啡比喻成生活，其他的工作，金钱，地位等是杯子。比喻让额外的东西影响我们的生活。

17.7】A 上下文串联。这里的they就是指前面一句中的the jobs, money and position灯事物。

18.8】C 名词辨析。A数量；B风格；C质量；D标准；the jobs, money and position只是杯子等额外的东西，变化改变我们生活的质量。

19.9】D 动词辨析。A拥有；B犹豫；C忘记；D失败；fail to do sth未能做某事；有时候我们只注意了咖啡，却没有能够享有我们的咖啡。

20.20】B 动词辨析。A强迫；B驱使；驱赶；C使…困惑；D使…惊讶；不要让额外的事物驱赶着你，真正地享受自己的生活吧！

考点：考察人生感悟类短文