Question

完形填空  先通读下而的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并住答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A team of students who were successful in their work got together to visit their old teacher after graduating from college many years later. The talk soon turned into complaints about   in work and life.

   Before offering his students coffee, the teacher went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and different kinds of cups—plastic, glass, porcelain(陶瓷), crystal(水晶), some common and cheap, some beautiful and      —telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

After all the guests had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said: “If you noticed, all the nice-looking expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the common and cheap ones. While it is      for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is where your problems and stress come from. We all know that the cup itself       no quality to the coffee. In most cases   is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you   wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you all went for the best cups. And then you began looking at each other’s cups.”

   Now consider this:     is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold life, and the type of cup we have does not decide, nor change the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by only paying attention to the cup, we    to enjoy the coffee God has provided us.

   God makes the coffee, not the cups. Enjoy your coffee!

  “The   people don’t have the best of everything. They just   the best of everything.”

   Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

1.A. stress     B. difficulty  C. sadness     D. loss

2.A. excellent   B. bright    C. expensive    D. comfortable

3.A. careful   B. natural       C. polite    D. formal

4.A. increases      B. affords    C. adds    D. provides

5.A. this    B. it     C. either     D. one

6.A. possibly   B. generally   C. really     D. hardly

7.A. Life    B. Joy    C. Chance   D. Success

8.A. fail    B. hope    C. need    D. learn

9.A. coolest   B. richest    C. saddest    D. happiest

10.A. have   B. use    C. make    D. put

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.A

9.D

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章通过杯子和咖啡告诉大家要追求生活的本质，不要被外表所迷惑。

1.考查名词及语境的理解。 句意：他们的谈话很快转向了对工作和生活中的压力的抱怨。此题考查名词，A. stress压力；B. difficulty困难；C. sadness难过；D. loss损失。根据句意，故选A。

2.考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：有些普通，便宜，而有些漂亮，昂贵。此题考查形容词，A. excellent精彩的；B. bright明亮的；C. expensive昂贵的；D. comfortable舒服的。前后两组修饰杯子的词是对着的，跟前面的cheap对应，故选C。

3.考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：然而对你们而言，只想要最好的这是很自然的。此题考查形容词，A. careful 细心的；B. natural 自然的；C. polite礼貌的；D. formal正式的。根据句意，故选B。

4.考查动词与语境理解。A. increases增长；B. affords付得起；C. adds加；D. provides提供。句意：我们知道杯子本身对咖啡的质量没有增加什么。根据句意及语境此空是指“加入”，故选C。

5.考查代词与语境理解。A. this 这个；B. it它；C. either 两者之一；D. One一个。句意：在大多数情况下它只是更昂贵一点并且在某些情形下隐藏了我们喝的东西。根据句意及语境此空指代上文所说的cup，故选B。

6.6】C考查副词与语境理解。A. Possibly可能的；B. Generally普遍的；C. Really真正的；D. Hardly几乎不。句意：你们真正想要的是咖啡。根据句意及语境此题应选C。

7.7】A考查名词与语境理解。A. Life 生活；B. Joy高兴；C. Chance机会；D. Success成功。句意：现在考虑一下这一点：生活是咖啡，工作，金钱和社会地位是这些杯子。根据句意及语境此题是用咖啡来比喻生活，故选A。

8.8】A考查动词与语境理解。A. fail 失败；B. hope希望；C. need需要；D.learn学习。句意：有时我们只注意到杯子而没有享受到上帝给我们的咖啡。根据句意及语境此题应选A，fail to do sth.没有做到某事。

9.9】D考查形容词与语境理解。A. coolest最凉爽的；B. richest最富有的；C. saddest最悲伤的； D. happiest最幸福的。句意：最幸福的人并不是拥有最好的一切，只不过他们可以把一切都变成最好,根据句意及语境此题应选D。

10.10】C考查动词与语境理解。A. have有；B. Use使用；C. make制作；D. put放。句意：最幸福的人并不是拥有最好的一切，他们只是把一切都做得最好。根据句意及语境此题应选C。

考点：考查日常生活类短文。