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

The professor went to the kitchen and returned _______a pot of coffee and all kinds of cups —crystal (水晶), glass, plastic; some nice looking, some simple looking; some ________, some 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 were ________, leaving behind the simple and cheap ones. While it is

_________ for you to take only the best for yourself, that is the root of your ________ and stress.

You know that the cup itself adds no quality (品質(zhì)) to the coffee. ______ you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, _______ you went for the best cups without thinking.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee. The jobs, money and ______ in society are the cups. They are just ________ to hold life, and the type of cup doesn’t change the quality of our life. Sometimes, by ______ attention to the cup only, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has ________ us. God offers us the coffee, not the cup. Please enjoy your coffee!”

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make ______ of everything. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak _______. And leave the rest to the God.

1.A. think of B. thank for C. talk about D. drop by

2.A. for B. at C. in D. with

3.A. expensive B. ordinary C. strong D. serious

4.A. them B. themselves C. him D. everyone

5.A. mixed up B. got up C. taken up D. made up

6.A. normal B. important C. impossible D. necessary

7.A. thoughts B. failure C. questions D. problems

8.A. Who B. How much C. What D. That

9.A. and B. but C. so D. or

10.A. position B. age C. health D. purpose

11.A. cups B. tools C. bags D. bowls

12.A. putting B. getting C. turning D. paying

13.A. taught B. provided C. returned D. bought

14.A. fun B. use C. mess D. the worst

15.A. kindly B. sadly C. rudely D. seriously

1.C 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.D 8.C 9.B 10.A 11.B 12.D 13.B 14.B 15.A 【解析】本文敘述了一批成功的學(xué)生去拜訪他們以前的大學(xué)教授，談話的內(nèi)容很快變成了埋怨工作和生活中的壓力，當教授提供給他們不同杯子的咖啡的時候，大部分學(xué)生都去關(guān)注漂亮的昂貴的杯子，而...

— How do you like film The Monkey King 3 (《西游記女兒國》)?

— Fantastic! What about seeing it with me for a second time?

A. the B. an C. a D. /

A 【解析】 句意：——你喜歡電影《西游記女兒國》嗎？——太棒了！和我一起看第二遍怎么樣？考查冠詞辨析題。a是不定冠詞，泛指，一個，用于輔音因素開頭的單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞前；an不定冠詞，泛指，一個，用于元音因素開頭的單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞前；the定冠詞，特指，用在獨一無二名詞前，像地球，月亮，太陽。問句film是特指The Monkey King 3，需用定冠詞the。根據(jù)句意語境，可知選A。 ...

—I am not sure which tie to wear for the party. —I have no idea .

A. too B. neither C. either D. also

C 【解析】 句意：——-我不確定晚會穿哪條領(lǐng)帶。——我也不知道。考查副詞辨析題。四個選項都可表示“也”，但用法不同。too常用于肯定句或疑問句尾；neither表否定，用在句首構(gòu)成倒裝句；either常用于否定句句尾；also也常用于肯定句或疑問句，但一般位于句中。have no idea表明句子是否定句，根據(jù)句意結(jié)構(gòu)，可知選C。

When we write an article, we can use “ ” to show sequence.

A. as a result B. for example C. in fact D. at first

D 【解析】 句意：當我們寫文章時，我們可以用“ ”來表示順序。考查介詞短語辨析題。as a result結(jié)果，表結(jié)果；for example例如，表舉例；in fact事實上；at first首先，表順序。句中sequence是名詞，意思是“順序”；根據(jù)句意語境，可知選D。

We students in China go to school during the Spring Festival.

A. mustn’t B. shouldn’t C. don’t have to D. cannot

A 【解析】 句意：我們中國的學(xué)生春節(jié)不去上學(xué)。考查情態(tài)動詞辨析題。A. mustn’t不可以，不允許，表禁止；B. shouldn’t不應(yīng)該，表建議； C. don’t have to不必，指沒必要；D. cannot不可能，表推測。the Spring Festival春節(jié)，是法定節(jié)假日，學(xué)校禁止上課，根據(jù)句意語境，可知選A。

Mr. Green a bus to his office, but he walks there because it’s good for his health.

A. used to taking B. used to take C. is used to taking D. was used to take

B 【解析】 句意：格林先生過去常常乘公共汽車去他的辦公室，但他現(xiàn)在步行去那里是因為步行對他的健康有好處�？疾楣潭ǘ陶Z辨析題。used to do過去常常做某事（現(xiàn)在不做了）；be used to doing（現(xiàn)在）習(xí)慣于做某事，都是固定結(jié)構(gòu)。but表轉(zhuǎn)折，根據(jù)句意語境，可知格林先生過去常乘公交車，故選B。

— What’s the price of the trip to Disneyland, Sandy?

— Taking a trip there 100 yuan per person.

A. takes B. costs C. spends D. pays

B 【解析】 句意：——桑迪，去迪斯尼樂園旅行的費用是多少？——去那里旅行每人花費100元�？疾閯釉~辨析題。四個選項動詞都有“花費”的意思，但用法不一樣。take后面常跟雙賓語，常用于(1) It takes sb.＋時間＋to do sth.做某事花了某人多少時間；(2)doing sth. takes sb. some time,做某事花了某人多少時間。cost價值，主語是物或某活...

Take one book , boys and girls. And keep quiet in the reading room please.

A. in time B. at a time C. on time D. at times

B 【解析】 句意：孩子們，一次拿一本書。請在閱覽室里保持安靜�？疾榻樵~短語辨析題。in time及時；B. at a time依次，逐個；C. on time及時，正點；D. at times有時，間或。根據(jù)句意語境，可知at a time符合語境，故選B。

When you visit Italy, you can go to see and take photos there.

A. the Tower Bridge B. the Little Mermaid

C. the Stature of Liberty D. the Leaning Tower of Pisa

D 【解析】 句意：當你訪問意大利時，你可以去看看the Leaning Tower of Pisa，并在那里拍照。A. the Tower Bridge塔橋；B. the Little Mermaid小美人魚；C. the Stature of Liberty自由女神像；D. the Leaning Tower of Pisa比薩斜塔�？疾橛⒚牢幕�常識。根據(jù)句意語境，可知the Le...

Mr. Brown with his family Nanjing since the end of 2017.

A. has gone to B. has been to C. went to D. has been in

D 【解析】 句意：布朗先生和他的家人從2017年底就在南京�？疾閯釉~時態(tài)和介詞辨析題。since the end of 2017自從2017年底，是從過去算起的一段時間，用于現(xiàn)在完成時，需用have/has+過去分詞結(jié)構(gòu)，可排除C項。go是終止性動詞，不可和一段時間連用，可排除A。have/has been to表示去過某地但現(xiàn)在不在那里，與本句不合，也可排除。in接地點名詞表示“在...