Question

After the classmates reunion, some graduates decided to visit their old university professor.

The conversation soon turned into about stress in work and life. his guests with coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups—porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some , some expensive, some exquisite— them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee , the professor said, “ you have noticed, all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, the plain and cheap ones. While it is for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the of your problems and stress. "

"Be assured that the cup itself adds no to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even what we drink. "

"What all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, but you went for the best cups... and then you began each other’s cups.”

“Now consider this: life is the ; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not , nor change the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups you ... enjoy the coffee 50 .”

1.A. compliments B. conflicts C. challenges D. complaints

2.A. Showing B. Offering C. Providing D. Handing

3.A. turned B. returned C. replaced D. placed

4.A. ever-lasting B. plain-looking C. easy-going D. best-selling

5.A. demanding B. saying C. ordering D. asking

6.A. in order B. in place C. in hand D. in number

7.A. Since B. For C. But D. As

8.A. leaving out B. leaving behind C. leaving aside D. leaving off

9.A. normal B. convenient C. guilty D. unbearable

10.A. key B. source C. resource D. symptom

11.A. cost B. charm C. quality D. credit

12.A. hides B. pollutes C. changes D. rejects

13.A. constantly B. mildly C. positively D. consciously

14.A. looking B. eyeing C. pouring D. stabbing

15.A. coffee B. pot C. cup D. race

16.A. limit B. defend C. define D. deny

17.A. in B. at C. on D. by

18.A. Take B. Buy C. Tell D. Taste

19.A. treat B. defeat C. delight D. drive

20.A. yet B. instead C. meanwhile D. anyway

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.C

18.D

19.D

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇故事類短文，講述了教授請學(xué)業(yè)有成的學(xué)生們喝咖啡的故事。通過這個故事我們明白了這個道理：其實(shí)生活就是在不同咖啡杯里裝著的咖啡，而杯子則是金錢、權(quán)勢、地位，人們總是為了得到最好的杯子而忘記了目的只是喝一杯咖啡。人們往往忙于奔波卻忽略了品嘗咖啡的醇香。

1.D名詞辨析。A. compliments贊揚(yáng)，稱贊； B. conflicts 沖突；C. challenges 挑戰(zhàn)；D. complaints抱怨。從下文教授對他們的話that is the 40 of your problems and stress. "可知學(xué)生們是在抱怨工作，生活中的壓力。

2.C動詞辨析。A. Showing展示；B. Offering提供；C. Providing 提供； D. Handing 傳遞。固定短語：provide sb with sth“給某人提供某物”，選C。

3.B動詞辨析。 A. turned轉(zhuǎn)向；B. returned 回來；歸還；C. replaced 代替；D. placed放置。從語境可知教授去了廚房，然后從廚房里回來，選B。

4.B形容詞辨析。A. ever-lasting 持久的；B. plain-looking相貌平平的；C. easy-going 隨和的；D. best-selling暢銷的。根據(jù)空后描述杯子的形容詞，可知此處指看上去很普通的杯子，選B。

5.D動詞辨析。A. demanding 要求；B. saying 說；；C. ordering 訂購； D. asking問。根據(jù)語境可知此處指教授讓學(xué)生們自己去倒咖啡，ask sb to do sth“讓某人做某事”，選D。

6.C介詞短語辨析。A. in order 有秩序的； B. in place 恰當(dāng)； C. in hand 在手中的； D. in number在數(shù)量上。此處指學(xué)生們每人拿到一杯咖啡后，選C。

7.D 介詞辨析。A. Since自從，既然；B. For 因?yàn)�；C. But 但是；D. As因?yàn)椋�由于，正如。從語境可知教授指人們所看到的情況，引導(dǎo)定語從句，選D。句意：正如你們看到的….

8.B動詞辨析。A. leaving out 漏掉；B. leaving behind 落在后面； C. leaving aside擱置，不考慮 ； D. leaving off停止。從故事內(nèi)容可知好看的、價格昂貴的杯子都被人們拿去倒咖啡了，剩下的是普通的、便宜的杯子，選B。

9.A形容詞辨析。 A. normal 正常的；B. convenient方便的；C. guilty 內(nèi)疚的；D. unbearable難以忍受的。從情理可知人們凡事都想要最好的是正常的心理，選A。

10.B名詞辨析。 A. key 關(guān)鍵，鑰匙； B. source 來源； C. resource 資源； D. symptom癥狀。根據(jù)語境可知教授指他們生活壓力的根源就是他們對一些外在的物質(zhì)的追求，選B。

11.C名詞辨析。A. cost成本，費(fèi)用；B. charm魅力； C. quality質(zhì)量；D. credit信用。從情理可知好看的杯子對咖啡的質(zhì)量沒有任何作用，選C。其他不符合語境。

12.A動詞辨析。 A. hides隱藏， 躲藏； B. pollutes 污染； C. changes改變；D. rejects拒絕。根據(jù)語境可知教授指有時候好看的杯子會掩蓋了杯子里面飲品的味道，也就是讓人們忽略了杯子中的東西，而只是注意到了杯子本身，故選A。

13.D副詞辨析。A. constantly持續(xù)地； B. mildly溫和地； C. positively 積極地；D. consciously有意識地。從上文可知人們都有意地去挑選好看的杯子，選D。

14.B動詞辨析。A. looking 看； B. eyeing 看； C. pouring 傾倒；D. stabbing刺傷。根據(jù)下文可知人們拿到杯子后都去看看別人的杯子，look是不及物動詞，所以選B。

15.A名詞辨析。A. coffee 咖啡；B. pot鍋； C. cup 杯子；D. race比賽。從下文教授說的話可知教授把咖啡比作了生活，選A。

16.C動詞辨析。A. limit 限制； B. defend 防衛(wèi)，辯護(hù)；C. define確定，下定義； D. deny否認(rèn)。根據(jù)后句內(nèi)容可知咖啡杯決定不了咖啡的味道，也就是不能根據(jù)咖啡杯去界定生活的質(zhì)量，選C。

17.C介詞辨析。A. in 在里面； B. at 在某時； C. on在上面； D. by通過，到…時候?yàn)橹�。固定搭配：concentrate on “把注意力集中在某物上”，選C。

18.D動詞辨析。 A. Take帶去，拿走；B. Buy 買；C. Tell 告訴；D. Taste嘗。從內(nèi)容可知我們享受的、品嘗的是咖啡，而不是咖啡杯，選D。

19.D動詞辨析。 A. treat 對待； B. defeat 打�。� C. delight 使高興； D. drive開車，驅(qū)使。從上文故事內(nèi)容可知教授教育學(xué)生們不要被金錢，地位等這些像咖啡杯一樣外在的東西所驅(qū)使，而忘了要真正享受的是咖啡，是生活，選D。

20.B副詞辨析。A. yet 然而； B. instead相反； C. meanwhile 與此同時； D. anyway無論如何。根據(jù)語境可知教授強(qiáng)調(diào)不要去受“杯子”的驅(qū)使，而是要享受咖啡，選B。

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