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    A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. They talked about the 36   topic-happiness. But soon their conversation turned into complaints about  37 in work and life.
    To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and  38 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of  39 -plastic glass, metal, porcelain (陶瓷), some  plain-looking  some  very  40 .The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee.
    When all the students had a cup of coffee in  41 . the professor said:" lf you have noticed, all the nice-looking  42 . cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is   43 for you to want only the best for Your belives, that is the  44 of your problems and stress. The professor continued," Believe that the cup itself adds no  45 to the coffee. ln most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even  46 what we drink. What all of you  47 wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went  48 the best cups. Now  49 this: life is coffee, the jobs, money, and  50 in society are the cups， which are just tools to hold and  51 life, and the different types of cups we have don't decide, nor   52 the quality of life. lf we concentrate only on the cups, we will  53 to enjoy the coffee in it. So don't let the cups  54 you...enjoy the coffee instead."
    At these words, the graduates looked at each other in  55 embarrassment.
    小题1:
    A．hotB．sensitiveC．famousD．easy
    小题2:
    A．payB．joyC．experienceD．stress
    小题3:
    A．cookedB．tookC．returnedD．met
    小题4:
    A．cupsB．giftsC．platesD．drinks
    小题5:
    A．commonB．specialC．rareD．delicate
    小题6:
    A．orderB．timeC．handD．place
    小题7:
    A．prettyB．differentC．colorful D．expensive
    小题8:
    A．necessaryB．normalC．goodD．possible
    小题9:
    A．situationB．answerC．resultD．source
    小题10:
    A．qualityB．energyC．weightD．color
    小题11:
    A．makesB．givesC．hidesD．includes
    小题12:
    A．finallyB．reallyC．especiallyD．nearly
    小题13:
    A．forB．withC．offD．to
    小题14:
    A．forgetB．discussC．considerD．try
    小题15:
    A．positionB．relationC．workmatesD．friends
    小题16:
    A．createB．supportC．containD．own
    小题17:
    A．damageB．determineC．changeD．increase
    小题18:
    A．comeB．stopC．haveD．fail
    小题19:
    A．driveB．holdC．takeD．control
    小题20:
    A．quietB．speechlessC．amazingD．reasonable

    小题1:A
    小题2:D
    小题3:C
    小题4:A
    小题5:D
    小题6:C
    小题7:D
    小题8:B
    小题9:D
    小题10:A
    小题11:C
    小题12:B
    小题13:A
    小题14:C
    小题15:A
    小题16:C
    小题17:C
    小题18:D
    小题19:A
    小题20:B
    教授通过杯子以及咖啡形象的比喻了生活与金钱，地位，告诉人们我们不要为金钱地位驱使而忘记生活的本质。
    小题1:考查形容词辨析。根据上下文可知他们讨论的是热门话题。
    小题2:名词辨析。根据根据下文that is the  44 of your problems and stress.
    小题3:动词辨析。全文说教授走进了厨房，那么这里应该是从厨房返回
    小题4:名词辨析。根据下文可知是各种咖啡的杯子。
    小题5:形容词辨析。delicate精美的,雅致的；与前面的plain-looking形成呼应。
    小题6:考查介词搭配。根据句意：每个人手中都有一个杯子。
    小题7:上下文串联。根据后文的leaving behind the plain and cheap ones。
    小题8:形容词辨析。每个人都想要好东西这是正常的事情。
    小题9:考查名词辨析。根据句意可知追求昂贵的事物是他们压力的来源。
    小题10:考查名词辨析。贵的杯子不会增加咖啡的品质，咖啡的品质不是容器决定的。
    小题11:动词辨析。根据句意昂贵的杯子甚至会掩盖掉杯子的真正内容，人们只会注意杯子，不注意杯子的内容。
    小题12:考查副词辨析。根据句意：人们真正想要的是咖啡而不是杯子。
    小题13:考查动词短语。go for 想得到;你们只想得到好的杯子。
    小题14:考查动词辨析。根据句意：现在考虑这件事情。
    小题15:名词辨析。根据句意：工作金钱，和地位是杯子。生活是咖啡。
    小题16:动词辨析。杯子中包含有生活。
    小题17:动词辨析。根据上文we have don't decide，可知杯子不能决定也不能改变我们的生活。
    小题18:动词辨析。根据上下文可知，当人们只关注杯子的时候，我们就不能享受咖啡了。
    小题19:动词辨析。根据句意：不要让杯子驱使你，不要做杯子的奴隶。
    小题20:上下文串联。教授的点评非常有道理，大家都无话可说。
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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解


    One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind. Please help me.” There were only a few coins in the hat.
    A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote something on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words. Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Are you the one who changed my sign this morning? May I know what you wrote?” The man said, “I only wrote the truth, I said what you said but in a different way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it.”
    Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was a blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. It reminded you to be thankful for what you have. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1,000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear. The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling.
    小题1:We can learn from the text that the man helped the blind boy by __________.
    A．sitting together with himB．rewriting the sign
    C．teaching him some principlesD．raising money for him
    小题2:Why did the man come back that afternoon?
    A．To bring some food to the boy.
    B．To explain to the boy why he had left.
    C．To make sure the boy was still there.
    D．To check if there were some changes.
    小题3:It can be inferred that the boy was ________ after he found out what the man had written.
    A．movedB．amazedC．excitedD．worried
    小题4:What is the main idea of the text?
    A．We should help those who are in trouble.
    B．We should value what we have in life.
    C．We should respect people with disabilities.
    D．We should use a wise way when helping others

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