A group of class friends,highly successful in their careers,got together to visit their old university professor .The conversation soon1into complaints about stress in work and life
Offering his guests coffee,the professor went to the2 and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of3—porcelain,plastic,glass,crystal,some4 -looking,some expensive,some delicate—telling them to5themselves to the coffee
When all the students had a cup of coffee in 6 ,the professor said:“If you noticed,all the nice-looking expensive cups were taken up,7behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to8only the best for yourselves,that is the9of your problems and stress.
Be assured that the cup itself10no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink .11all of you really wanted was coffee,not the cup,but you12went for the best cups. And then you began13each other’s cups.
Now consider this:Life is the14,the jobs,money and 15 in society are the cups . They are Just tools to hold and contain life,and the type of cup we have does not definenor change the quality of life we16. Sometimes,by concentrating only on the cup,we17to enjoy the coffee God has18us. God brews the coffee,not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything . They Just 19the best of everything .
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply . Speak kindly . Leave the 20to God .

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      stopped
    2. B.
      looked
    3. C.
      challenged
    4. D.
      turned
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      living-room
    2. B.
      waiting-room
    3. C.
      neighbourhood
    4. D.
      kitchen
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      cups
    2. B.
      pans
    3. C.
      bowls
    4. D.
      bottles
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      plain
    2. B.
      clean
    3. C.
      ugly
    4. D.
      fine
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      devote
    2. B.
      help
    3. C.
      blame
    4. D.
      enjoy
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      stomach
    2. B.
      hand
    3. C.
      mind
    4. D.
      mouth
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      falling
    2. B.
      leaving
    3. C.
      hiding
    4. D.
      keeping
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      hope
    2. B.
      wish
    3. C.
      need
    4. D.
      want
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      source
    2. B.
      resource
    3. C.
      energy
    4. D.
      investigation
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      handles
    2. B.
      puts
    3. C.
      adds
    4. D.
      contributes
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      As
    2. B.
      What
    3. C.
      That
    4. D.
      Which
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      consciously
    2. B.
      consistently
    3. C.
      enthusiastically
    4. D.
      cautiously
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      looking
    2. B.
      glaring
    3. C.
      eyeing
    4. D.
      glancing
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      tea
    2. B.
      water
    3. C.
      wine
    4. D.
      coffee
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      position
    2. B.
      situation
    3. C.
      condition
    4. D.
      environment
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      spend
    2. B.
      live
    3. C.
      hate
    4. D.
      love
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      fail
    2. B.
      attend
    3. C.
      tend
    4. D.
      succeed
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      folded
    2. B.
      taken
    3. C.
      sent
    4. D.
      provided
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      keep
    2. B.
      take
    3. C.
      make
    4. D.
      hold
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      opportunity
    2. B.
      remains
    3. C.
      rest
    4. D.
      complaints
DDAAB BBDAC BACDA BADCC
試題分析:1.D 動詞辨析。Look into調(diào)查;turn into變成;句意:他們的對話很快就變成了對工作和生活中的壓力的抱怨。
2.D 上下文串聯(lián)。要給客人準備咖啡,那么應(yīng)該是去廚房了,故D正確。
3.A 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文的對話說明教授拿出了很多裝咖啡的各種各樣的杯子。
4.A 形容詞辨析。A普通的;B干凈的;C丑陋的;D好的。Plain-looking外形普通的。指教授拿出的杯子,有的很好看,有的很丑陋,有的很普通。
5.B 固定詞組. Help oneself自行取用.指教授讓他們自己去拿杯子倒咖啡。
6.B 名詞辨析。根據(jù)句意指每個人的手里都拿著一個杯子。
7.B 短語辨析。Fall behind落后;leave behind剩下;指剩下的都是普通的便宜的杯子。
8.D 動詞辨析。AB希望;C需要;D想要。句意:每個人都要要最好的,這是很正常的。那就是你們壓力和問題的根源。
9.A 名詞辨析。A根源;B資源,物力;C精力;能量;D調(diào)查,研究。解析同上。
10.C 動詞辨析。A處理;B放置;C增加;D貢獻;指杯子本身并不能增加咖啡的品質(zhì)。
11.B 語法分析。What引導(dǎo)的是主語從句,what在句中做want的賓語。句意:你們想要的是咖啡,而不是杯子。而你們都有意地去拿好的杯子,隨著還要看著別人的杯子,進行比較。
12.A 副詞辨析。A有意地;B一貫,堅持;C熱情地;D謹慎地,解析同46。
13.C 動詞辨析。四個選項中ABC都是不及物動詞,不能直接加賓語,eye看(及物動詞)
14.D 上下文串聯(lián)。教授把咖啡比喻成生活,把杯子比喻成工作,金錢和社會地位。
15.A 名詞辨析。A地位,職位;B情況;C條件;D環(huán)境。解析同49.
16.B固定詞組。Live a life過著…生活。指這些杯子不能改變我們的生活的質(zhì)量。
17.A 動詞辨析。A失;B參加;C傾向;D成功;我們過于把注意力集中于杯子上,未能上帝給我們提高的生活。
18.D 動詞辨析。A折疊;B帶走;C送;D提供;解析同52.
19.C 固定詞組。Make the best of充分利用。
20.C 名詞辨析。A機會;B遺址;C剩余的東西;D抱怨;我們要
考點:考查夾敘夾議類完型填空
點評:教授通過幾只杯子來表述人生中哲理,很有啟發(fā)性。本文集中考查了詞義辨析較多,同時上下文串聯(lián)考查了3題,提醒考生在這兩方面在平時要有意識加強訓練。
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