Question

    A group of adults, highly succeeded in their jobs, went to visit their old professor. Soon they began to complain about the stress and problems in work and life.

______ professor went to the kitchen and returned______a pot of coffee and all kinds of cups: crystal, glass, plastic; some nice looking, some plain looking; and the students noticed that some were expensive, some were cheap. And he told them to help______to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “I’ve noticed that all the nice looking, expensive cups______up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. Although______is normal for you to take only the best for yourselves, that is the root of your problem and stress. You know that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. And ______ you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, ______ you all went for the best cups.”

Now think about this: Life is the coffee, the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup does not change the quality of our life. Sometimes, by paying ______only to the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has provided us. God gave us the coffee, not the cups. Please enjoy your coffee!

The______people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. Live simply. Love sincerely. Care deeply. Speak kindly .And leave the rest to God.

1.A.A B.An C./ D.The

2.A.for B.in C.with D.at

3.A.them B.themselves C.yourself D.everyone

4.A.were taken B.took C.mixed D.were mixed

5.A.this B.that C.there D.it

6.A.who B.how C.what D.that

7.A.and B.but C.so D.however

8.A.attention B.money C.advantage D.record

9.A.happy B.happier C.happiest D.happily

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

【解析】

短文是通过一群已经很成功的年青人，在看望老教授的时候，谈论起对生活的压力，教授以喝咖啡选杯子的行动来解释对生活的认识。短文最后总结出：最快乐的人并不拥有最好的一切。他们只是充分利用一切。简单的生活，慷慨的爱，深切的关怀，善意的表达。

1.句意：教授去了厨房，回来时带着一壶咖啡和各种杯子：有水晶的，玻璃的，塑料的；看起来不错，有些朴实；学生们发现有些很贵，有些很便宜。

第一段已经提到学生来拜访老教授，所以这里是再次提及，特指“这位”教授去了厨房，特指用定冠词the表示“那位”，不用不定冠词a/an，也不能使用零冠词，故选D。

2.句意：句意：教授去了厨房，回来时带着一壶咖啡和各种杯子：有水晶的，玻璃的，塑料的；看起来不错，有些朴实；学生们发现有些很贵，有些很便宜。

A. for为了；B. in在……里面；C. with带有：D. at在……。这里是表示教授回来，“带着”咖啡和杯子，表示“伴随”用介词with，故选C。

3.句意：他让学生们自便，喝点咖啡。

A. them（宾格）他们；B. themselves（反身代词）他们自己；C. yourself（反身代词）你自己；D. everyone每一个人。短语help oneself to…意为“自用……，请自便”，这里是让学生们自便，对应“他们”them的反身代词是themselves，故选B。

4.句意：我注意到，所有漂亮，昂贵的杯子都被占用了，而普通和便宜的杯子留了下来。

动词take意为“拿”，短语take up意为“占用”。选项A是其一般过去时的被动语态，选项B是其一般过去时形式。 动词mix意为“混合”，选项C是其一般过去时形式；选项D是其一般过去时的被动语态。这里是表示杯子“被占用”，需要使用被动语态，故选A。

5.句意：尽管你们只为自己争取最好是正常的，但这是你们的问题和压力的根源。

A. this这个；B. that那个；C. there那里；D. it它；做形式主语无实际意义。这里是结构it is + adj + for sb to do的结构，表示“做……对某人来说是……样的”，it在这里做形式主语，表示“你们只为自己争取最好是正常的”，故选D。

6.句意：而你们真正想要的是咖啡，而不是杯子，但你们所有人都想要最好的杯子。

A. who谁；B. how如何；C. what什么；D. that那个。这里what引导主语从句，意思是“所……的事/物”，不是“如何/谁”，what在这里相当于the thing(s) that…，that which… 或those which…，what做主语从句的宾语部分。如果that引导主语从句，that为连词，不作成分，故选C。

7.句意：而你们真正想要的是咖啡，而不是杯子，但你们所有人都想要最好的杯子。

A. and并且；B. but但是；C. so所以；D. however然而。这里是表示转折，真正想要的和实际去获取的是不一样的，but是个并列连词，而however却是个副词，而且however位于分句之首时，通常用逗号；位于分句之中时，通常在其前、后各加一个逗号；位于分句之尾时，则必须在其前加逗号，这里是用but连接并列句，故选B。

8.句意：有时，仅注意杯子，我们就无法享受上帝所提供给我们的咖啡。

A. attention注意力；B. money金钱；C. advantage优势；D. record记录。短语pay attention to意为“注意……”，这里是表示“只注意杯子”，故选A。

9.句意：最幸福的人并不是拥有一切事物中最好的东西。

A. happy快乐的；B. happier更快乐的；C. happiest最快乐的；D. happily快乐地。这里是和best“最好的”呼应，表示最开心幸福的人并非拥有最好的，故选C。