Question

A group of graduates have highly been established in their careers. One day they got together to their old university professor. Shortly they arrived, their conversation turned into complaints about in work and life. In order to his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups made of porcelain(陶瓷的), plastic, glass or crystal. Some of

are plain looking, some expensive, and some are exquisite(做工精致的). The told them to help themselves to the coffee.

When the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:

If you noticed, all the nice looking cups were taken up, behind the plain and cheap ones. it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the of your problems and stress.

all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you consciously went for the best cups and were seeing each other’s .

Now consider this: is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are tools to hold and contain life, and do not change the of life. Sometimes, by concen- trating only on the cup, we to enjoy the coffee God has provided. So, don’t let the cups drive you. . . the coffee instead.

1. A. call atB. call onC. call forD. call up

2. A. afterB. beforeC. whenD. as

3. A. happinessB. joy

C. satisfactionD. stress

4. A. offerB. provideC. makeD. supply

5.A. forB. toC. withD. along

6. A. whomB. whichC. themD. it

7. A. studentsB. professor

C. sonD. wife

8. A. allB. some of

C. none ofD. both

9. A. cheapB. ordinary

C. glassD. expensive

10.A. leavingB. remaining

C. keepingD. staying

11. A. BecauseB. Since

C. WhileD. If

12. A. sourceB. resource

C. endD. solution

13. A. ThatB. What

C. AnythingD. Something

14. A. andB. soC. thusD. but

15. A. cupsB. coffeeC. eyesD. faces

16. A. WorkB. LifeC. CareerD. Study

17.A. more thanB. rather than

C. justD. not only

18. A. quantityB. quality

C. paceD. style

19. A. manageB. try

C. attemptD. fail

20. A. enjoyB. drinkC. haveD. share

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】

1. B call on sb.拜访某人。这里指一群毕业生去拜访当年的老教授。

2.2】A shortly after“……之后不久”。句意：他们到后不久，就开始抱怨……

3.3】 D 根据下文中的 27 of your problems and stress可知，此处应该是抱怨工作和生活中的压力。

4.4】 A 此处意为“为了招待他们咖啡”。offer sb. sth.“给某人提供某物”，在意思上等同于provide/supply sb. with sth.。

5.5】C with“带着；伴随；有”。句意：教授拿着咖啡和杯子从厨房回来。

6.6】 C them在这里指代的是咖啡杯子。

7.7】B 文中只涉及了教授和学生们。因此是教授让学生们自己倒咖啡喝。

8.8】A 根据上下文可知不是只有两个学生；按常理应该是所有的学生都倒好了咖啡。

9.9】D 根据下文的 25 behind the plain and cheap ones可知，学生挑选的是一些好看的、昂贵的杯子，留下的是普通的、便宜的。

10.0】A leave behind“把……留/剩下来”，是固定短语。

11.1】 C while此处意为“尽管；虽然”。句意：虽然你们想要最好的杯子很正常，然而这却成了你们所有问题和压力的来源。

12.2】A 根据语境可知，你所选择的虽是最好的，但却成了你麻烦和压力的源头(source)。

13.3】 B what引导主语从句，表示“你们想要的东西”。

14.4】 D 由句意“你们想要的是咖啡不是杯子，可是你们却下意识地去拿最好的杯子”可知，前后是转折关系。

15.5】 A 根据上下文可知，他们虽然拿了杯子，但是还是看着别人手里的杯子，而不是咖啡或其他。

16.6】B 根据下文的 32 tools to hold and contain life…可知，作者把生活比作咖啡。

17.7】 C 工作、金钱、社会地位只是盛生活的工具。just“只是；仅仅”。

18.8】 B 工作、金钱、社会地位改变不了生活的性质。

19.9】 D 根据上下文可知，只注意杯子，就享受不了杯子里的咖啡了。

20.20】 A 承接上文的…by concentrating only on the cup, we 34 to enjoy the coffee God has provided.，享受你的咖啡，而不是杯子。