A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. They talked about the 36   topic-happiness. But soon their conversation turned into complaints about  37 in work and life.
To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and  38 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of  39 -plastic glass, metal, porcelain (陶瓷), some  plain-looking  some  very  40 .The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in  41 . the professor said:" lf you have noticed, all the nice-looking  42 . cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is   43 for you to want only the best for Your belives, that is the  44 of your problems and stress. The professor continued," Believe that the cup itself adds no  45 to the coffee. ln most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even  46 what we drink. What all of you  47 wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went  48 the best cups. Now  49 this: life is coffee, the jobs, money, and  50 in society are the cups， which are just tools to hold and  51 life, and the different types of cups we have don't decide, nor   52 the quality of life. lf we concentrate only on the cups, we will  53 to enjoy the coffee in it. So don't let the cups  54 you...enjoy the coffee instead."
At these words, the graduates looked at each other in  55 embarrassment.
小題1:
A．hotB．sensitiveC．famousD．easy
小題2:
A．payB．joyC．experienceD．stress
小題3:
A．cookedB．tookC．returnedD．met
小題4:
A．cupsB．giftsC．platesD．drinks
小題5:
A．commonB．specialC．rareD．delicate
小題6:
A．orderB．timeC．handD．place
小題7:
A．prettyB．differentC．colorful D．expensive
小題8:
A．necessaryB．normalC．goodD．possible
小題9:
A．situationB．a(chǎn)nswerC．resultD．source
小題10:
A．qualityB．energyC．weightD．color
小題11:
A．makesB．givesC．hidesD．includes
小題12:
A．finallyB．reallyC．especiallyD．nearly
小題13:
A．forB．withC．offD．to
小題14:
A．forgetB．discussC．considerD．try
小題15:
A．positionB．relationC．workmatesD．friends
小題16:
A．createB．supportC．containD．own
小題17:
A．damageB．determineC．changeD．increase
小題18:
A．comeB．stopC．haveD．fail
小題19:
A．driveB．holdC．takeD．control
小題20:
A．quietB．speechlessC．a(chǎn)mazingD．reasonable

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:D
小題6:C
小題7:D
小題8:B
小題9:D
小題10:A
小題11:C
小題12:B
小題13:A
小題14:C
小題15:A
小題16:C
小題17:C
小題18:D
小題19:A
小題20:B
教授通過杯子以及咖啡形象的比喻了生活與金錢，地位，告訴人們我們不要為金錢地位驅(qū)使而忘記生活的本質(zhì)。
小題1:考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知他們討論的是熱門話題。
小題2:名詞辨析。根據(jù)根據(jù)下文that is the  44 of your problems and stress.
小題3:動詞辨析。全文說教授走進(jìn)了廚房，那么這里應(yīng)該是從廚房返回
小題4:名詞辨析。根據(jù)下文可知是各種咖啡的杯子。
小題5:形容詞辨析。delicate精美的,雅致的；與前面的plain-looking形成呼應(yīng)。
小題6:考查介詞搭配。根據(jù)句意：每個人手中都有一個杯子。
小題7:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)后文的leaving behind the plain and cheap ones。
小題8:形容詞辨析。每個人都想要好東西這是正常的事情。
小題9:考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)句意可知追求昂貴的事物是他們壓力的來源。
小題10:考查名詞辨析。貴的杯子不會增加咖啡的品質(zhì)，咖啡的品質(zhì)不是容器決定的。
小題11:動詞辨析。根據(jù)句意昂貴的杯子甚至?xí)谏w掉杯子的真正內(nèi)容，人們只會注意杯子，不注意杯子的內(nèi)容。
小題12:考查副詞辨析。根據(jù)句意：人們真正想要的是咖啡而不是杯子。
小題13:考查動詞短語。go for 想得到;你們只想得到好的杯子。
小題14:考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)句意：現(xiàn)在考慮這件事情。
小題15:名詞辨析。根據(jù)句意：工作金錢，和地位是杯子。生活是咖啡。
小題16:動詞辨析。杯子中包含有生活。
小題17:動詞辨析。根據(jù)上文we have don't decide，可知杯子不能決定也不能改變我們的生活。
小題18:動詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知，當(dāng)人們只關(guān)注杯子的時候，我們就不能享受咖啡了。
小題19:動詞辨析。根據(jù)句意：不要讓杯子驅(qū)使你，不要做杯子的奴隸。
小題20:上下文串聯(lián)。教授的點評非常有道理，大家都無話可說。
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One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind. Please help me.” There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote something on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words. Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Are you the one who changed my sign this morning? May I know what you wrote?” The man said, “I only wrote the truth, I said what you said but in a different way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it.”
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was a blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. It reminded you to be thankful for what you have. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1,000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear. The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling.
小題1:We can learn from the text that the man helped the blind boy by __________.
A．sitting together with himB．rewriting the sign
C．teaching him some principlesD．raising money for him
小題2:Why did the man come back that afternoon?
A．To bring some food to the boy.
B．To explain to the boy why he had left.
C．To make sure the boy was still there.
D．To check if there were some changes.
小題3:It can be inferred that the boy was ________ after he found out what the man had written.
A．movedB．a(chǎn)mazedC．excitedD．worried
小題4:What is the main idea of the text?
A．We should help those who are in trouble.
B．We should value what we have in life.
C．We should respect people with disabilities.
D．We should use a wise way when helping others

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