A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about ____ in work and life. Offering his
__ coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and ____ with a large pot of coffee and a ____ of cups---porcelain(陶瓷), plastic, glass, crystal(水晶), some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautiful—telling them to ____ themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said,“If you have ____all the nice-looking expensive cups have been ____, leaving behind the plain and ____ ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves , that is the ____ of your problems and stress.”
“Be assured that the cup ____ adds no quality to the coffee. ____ it is just more expensive and in some cases ____ hides what we drink.”
“____ all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, ____ you consciously went for the best cups…. And then you began ____ each other’s cups.”
Now consider this:__ __ is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. ____ are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the ____ of life we live. Sometimes , by concentrating only on the cup, we ____ to enjoy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups ____ you...enjoy the coffee instead.
小题1: | A.stress | B.dream | C.sorrow | D.truth |
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小题2: | A.friends | B.customers | C.fellows | D.guests |
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小题3: | A.carried | B.returned | C.arrived | D.reached |
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小题4: | A.kind | B.variety | C.sort | D.number |
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小题5: | A.devote | B.expose | C.help | D.apply |
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小题6: | A.searched | B.witnessed | C.noticed | D.discovered |
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小题7: | A.taken up | B.brought in | C.sold out | D.cut down |
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小题8: | A.expensive | B.cheap | C.beautiful | D.usual |
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小题9: | A.point | B.answer | C.source | D.result |
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小题10: | A.by itself | B.on its own | C.for itself | D.itself |
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小题11: | A.At no time | B.At times | C.In no case | D.In most cases |
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小题12: | A.ever | B.even | C.never | D.hardly |
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小题13: | A.What | B.That | C.Which | D.Whether |
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小题15: | A.looking | B.liking | C.envying | D.looking at |
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小题16: | A.Love | B.Life | C.Future | D.Failure |
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小题18: | A.quantity | B.style | C.quality | D.standard |
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小题19: | A.have | B.hesitate | C.forget | D.fail |
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小题20: | A.force | B.drive | C.puzzle | D.amaze |
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