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【题目】Some students who had graduated visited their university professor. The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. To offer his guests coffee, the professor【1】(go) to the kitchen and returned with a pot of coffee and【2】variety of cups—porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking, some expensive—telling them to help【3】to the coffee.

【4】was when all the students had a cup of coffee in hand that he said, “All the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, 【5】 (leave) behind the plain and cheap ones. Actually, the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. 【6】all of you really want is coffee, not the cup.You consciously went for the best cups, 【7】then you began eyeing others’ cups.”

“Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups, 【8】are just tools to hold and contain life. The type of cup we have does not change the quality of life . If we concentrate only 【9】 the cups, we fail to enjoy the coffee. I 【10】 (true) hope that you will never let the cups drive you ... enjoy the coffee instead.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】went

【2】a

【3】themselves

【4】It

【5】leaving

【6】What

【7】and

【8】which

【9】on

【10】truly

【解析】试题分析：教授用杯子与咖啡来解释生活的意义和价值，我们很多人在生活中往往忽视了生活的价值，而去追求一些没有意义的事情，只会给自己带来巨大的压力。

【1】客人来了，那位教授走进厨房，回来的时候带着咖啡和杯子。用一般过去式：went

【2】从下文：orcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking, some expensive可知教授拿来各种各样的杯子。a variety of各种各样的，

【3】他应该让学生自己去拿咖啡。Help themselves“自便”。

【4】就在所有的学生拿了杯子的时候，他说话了。这里用强调句，填It

【5】漂亮的杯子都已经被拿走了，剩下的都是普通的。用leaving做结果状语

【6】你们大家想要的只是咖啡。用What引导主语从句，在主语从句中what做宾语。

【7】但是你们有意识的去拿漂亮的杯子，那时你们甚至看着其他人的杯子。表示并列关系用：and

【8】指工作，钱就像杯子一样，他们是用来承载生活的。这里用which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰cups。

【9】指我们只关注了杯子，却未能享受生活。Concentrate on专注于

【10】我真心的希望你们不要让杯子驱赶着，而要享受里面的咖啡。副词“真正地”：truly