A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a piece of advice, “I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage,” she offered. “Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together.”
The husband agreed. So each of them tried to think of the things that annoyed them about the other and wrote down what they came up with. The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists.
“I’ll start,” offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill three pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes because he never thought that he had so many shortcomings.
The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. “Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists,” she said happily.
Quietly the husband stated, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect. I don’t want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn’t want to try and change anything about you.” The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go looking for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time in this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us and see the wonderful things before us?
1.Why were there tears in the husband’s eyes when the wife read his annoyances?
A. Because he had no courage to face his shortcomings.
B. Because he never thought he had so many
annoyances in his wife’s eyes.
C. Because he was sorry that he didn’t find any annoyance about his wife.
D. Because he didn’t think he deserved to have such a perfect wife.
2.After hearing the husband’s words, the wife felt _________. .
A. moved and ashamedB. sad and disappointed
C. satisfied and proudD. surprised and confused
3.The story is intended to tell us that ___________. .
A. disappointment cannot be avoided in our life
B. young couples should be more tolerant (宽容的) to each other
C. we should turn a blind eye to other people’s blame
D. we should try to look for and see the wonderful things around us
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. envyin
g 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
In many countries, packets of cigarettes come with a government health warning ______ them.
A．attaching withB．attached with
C．attaching toD．attached to
We had to be patient because it ______ some time ______ we got the full results.
A．was; since B．had been; since
C．was; before D．would be; before
______ about the missing Beijing-bound Malaysian flight that he decided to look for more information about it.
A．So curious he was B．So curious was he
C．Such curious he was D．Such curious was he
______ the help of the teacher, the student who wasn’t good at math ______ the difficult problem quickly.
A．Under; worked out B．With; worked on
C．Under; solved D．With; solved
