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

The conversation soon turned into complaints about  26  in work and life. To offer his guests coffee, the  27  went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of  28  — porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some  29  , some expensive, some delicate — telling them to help themselves to the  30  .

    When all the students  31  a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, "If you have  32  , all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up,  33  the plain and cheap ones. While it is  34  for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the  35  of your problems and stress. "

    "Be assured that the cup itself adds no  36  to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even  37 what we drink. "

    "What all of you really want is coffee,  38  the cup, but you  39  went for the best cups … And then you began  40  each other's cups. "

    "Now consider  41  : Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain  42  , and the type of cup we have does not determine, nor  43  the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we  44  to enjoy the coffee. Fully appreciate the coffee, not the cups! Don't let the cups   45  you ... enjoy the coffee instead. "

1.A. stress             B. progress         C. condition        D. pride

2.A. advisor       B. professor        C. monitor     D. graduate

3.A. glasses       B. bowls        C. trays       D. cups

4.A. plain-looking   B. beautiful       C. modern       D. nice-looking

5.A. pot                B. sugar        C. milk         D. coffee

6.A. made               B. had          C. cooked      D. served

7.A. talked             B. discussed        C. noticed     D. decided

8.A. leaving behind  B. falling about      

C. leaving about    D. falling behind

9.A. strange       B. wonderful        C. normal      D. important

10.A. source            B. purpose     C. doubt        D. result

11.A. price             B. quality          C. sweet        D. color

12.A. proves            B. tastes      C. hides        D. steals

13.A. more than         B. less than        C. other than       D. rather than

14.A. consciously       B. wisely      C. shyly       D. carelessly

15.A. showing      B. eyeing      C. exchanging       D. praising

16.A. it                B. that             C. this             D. one

17.A. jobs              B. money        C. position         D. life

18.A. change            B. increase         C. discover         D. lower

19.A. try               B. manage       C. fail             D. plan

20.A. envy              B. drive       C. support     D. assess

 

1.A     2.B     3.D     4.A     5.D 6.B  7.C  8.A     9.C     10.A 11.B  12.C  13.D    14.A    15.B  16.C    17.D    18.A    19.C    20.B 【解析】 1.考查名词。谈话一会儿就变成了各自对工作和生活压力的抱怨。stress与complaints相对应。 2.考查名词。“在用咖啡招待这些客人时,教授去厨房端来一大壶咖啡。”    “客人”指的是学生,教授是主人。 3.考查名词。结合下文a cup of coffee,此处应是喝咖啡的杯子,与前面的a large pot of coffee相对应。 “并拿出各式各样的咖啡杯——陶瓷的、塑料的、玻璃的、水晶的,有看上去普通的、有价值不菲的、有做工精细的——让他们自己倒咖啡喝。” 4.考查形容词。此处陈述“杯子”的特点,与expensive和 delicate对应。 5.考查名词。结合下文a cup of coffee,教授拿来是咖啡,随意喝自然是“咖啡”。 6.考查动词。“当所有学生手中都端了一杯咖啡后”。have sth in hand手里拿着……。 7.考查动词。“如果你们注意一下,就会发现所有好看的昂贵的杯子都被挑走了,剩下leave的只是那些普通的和便宜的。” 8.考查动词短语。leave behind的意思是“留下、遗留”。 9.考查形容词。“每个人都只想拥有最好的,这很正常,但这也是你们的问题和压力的根源所在。” 10.考查名词。source (河的)源头;水源;根源;来源。 11.考查名词。“可以肯定的是,杯子本身与咖啡质量毫无关系。” 12.考查动词。“在很多时候,杯子让咖啡更昂贵,某些时候,甚至让我们看不清我们要喝的是什么。”hide把……藏起来,隐藏。 13.考查than短语。“其实你们真正想要的是咖啡,而不是杯子”。rather than而不是。 14.考查副词。“但你们却又都下意识地consciously去挑选最好的杯子,并观察别人拿到的杯子。” 15.考查动词。此处eye是动词,意思是“看;注视;审视”。 16.考查代词。“现在设想一下:”this用来指代下文要提到的内容。 17.考查名词。“他们只是维持生活life的工具而已” 18.考查动词。他们不能决定也不能改变生活的质量 19.考查动词。有时候,我们在过于关注杯子的同时却忘记了去品味咖啡。fail to do sth不能做某事。 20.考查动词。不要成为杯子的奴隶;要好好品味杯中的咖啡。 drive迫使;逼迫。
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