A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about
26 in work and life. To offer his guests coffee, the 27 went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of
28 — porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some
29 , some expensive, some delicate — telling them to help themselves to the
30 .
When all the students
31 a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, "If you have 32 , all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up,
33 the plain and cheap ones. While it is
34 for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the
35 of your problems and stress. "
"Be assured that the cup itself adds no
36 to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even
37 what we drink. "
"What all of you really want is coffee,
38 the cup, but you
39 went for the best cups … And then you began
40 each other's cups. "
"Now consider
41 : Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain
42 , and the type of cup we have does not determine, no
r 43 the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we
44 to enjoy the coffee. Fully appreciate the coffee, not the cups! Don't let the cups
45 you ... enjoy the coffee instead. "
| 小题1: | | A．stress | B．progress | C．condition | D．pride |
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| 小题2: | | A．advisor | B．professor | C．monitor | D．graduate |
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| 小题3: | | A．glasses | B．bowls | C．trays | D．cups |
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| 小题4: | | A．plain-looking | B．beautiful | C．modern | D．nice-looking |
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| 小题5: | | A．pot | B．sugar | C．milk | D．coffee |
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| 小题6: | | A．made | B．had | C．cooked | D．served |
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| 小题7: | | A．talked | B．discussed | C．noticed | D．decided |
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| 小题8: | | A．leaving behind | B．falling about | | C．leaving about | D．falling behind |
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| 小题9: | | A．strange | B．wonderful | C．normal | D．important |
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| 小题10: | | A．source | B．purpose | C．doubt | D．result |
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| 小题11: | | A．price | B．quality | C．sweet | D．color |
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| 小题12: | | A．proves | B．tastes | C．hides | D．steals |
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| 小题13: | | A．more than | B．less than | C．other than | D．rather than |
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| 小题14: | | A．consciously | B．wisely | C．shyly | D．carelessly |
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| 小题15: | | A．showing | B．eyeing | C．exchanging | D．praising |
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| 小题17: | | A．jobs | B．money | C．position | D．life |
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| 小题18: | | A．change | B．increase | C．discover | D．lower |
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| 小题19: | | A．try | B．manage | C．fail | D．plan |
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| 小题20: | | A．envy | B．drive | C．support | D．assess |
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