Question

A group of graduates have highly been established in their careers. One day they got together to their old university professor. Shortly they arrived, their conversation turned into complaints about in work and life. In order to his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups made of porcelain(陶瓷的), plastic, glass or crystal. Some of

are plain looking, some expensive, and some are exquisite(做工精致的). The told them to help themselves to the coffee.

When the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:

If you noticed, all the nice looking cups were taken up, behind the plain and cheap ones. it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the of your problems and stress.

all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you consciously went for the best cups and were seeing each other’s .

Now consider this: is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are tools to hold and contain life, and do not change the of life. Sometimes, by concen- trating only on the cup, we to enjoy the coffee God has provided. So, don’t let the cups drive you. . . the coffee instead.

1. A. call atB. call onC. call forD. call up

2. A. afterB. beforeC. whenD. as

3. A. happinessB. joy

C. satisfactionD. stress

4. A. offerB. provideC. makeD. supply

5.A. forB. toC. withD. along

6. A. whomB. whichC. themD. it

7. A. studentsB. professor

C. sonD. wife

8. A. allB. some of

C. none ofD. both

9. A. cheapB. ordinary

C. glassD. expensive

10.A. leavingB. remaining

C. keepingD. staying

11. A. BecauseB. Since

C. WhileD. If

12. A. sourceB. resource

C. endD. solution

13. A. ThatB. What

C. AnythingD. Something

14. A. andB. soC. thusD. but

15. A. cupsB. coffeeC. eyesD. faces

16. A. WorkB. LifeC. CareerD. Study

17.A. more thanB. rather than

C. justD. not only

18. A. quantityB. quality

C. paceD. style

19. A. manageB. try

C. attemptD. fail

20. A. enjoyB. drinkC. haveD. share

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】

1. B call on sb.拜訪某人。這里指一群畢業(yè)生去拜訪當年的老教授。

2.2】A shortly after“……之后不久”。句意：他們到后不久，就開始抱怨……

3.3】 D 根據下文中的 27 of your problems and stress可知，此處應該是抱怨工作和生活中的壓力。

4.4】 A 此處意為“為了招待他們咖啡”。offer sb. sth.“給某人提供某物”，在意思上等同于provide/supply sb. with sth.。

5.5】C with“帶著；伴隨；有”。句意：教授拿著咖啡和杯子從廚房回來。

6.6】 C them在這里指代的是咖啡杯子。

7.7】B 文中只涉及了教授和學生們。因此是教授讓學生們自己倒咖啡喝。

8.8】A 根據上下文可知不是只有兩個學生；按常理應該是所有的學生都倒好了咖啡。

9.9】D 根據下文的 25 behind the plain and cheap ones可知，學生挑選的是一些好看的、昂貴的杯子，留下的是普通的、便宜的。

10.0】A leave behind“把……留/剩下來”，是固定短語。

11.1】 C while此處意為“盡管；雖然”。句意：雖然你們想要最好的杯子很正常，然而這卻成了你們所有問題和壓力的來源。

12.2】A 根據語境可知，你所選擇的雖是最好的，但卻成了你麻煩和壓力的源頭(source)。

13.3】 B what引導主語從句，表示“你們想要的東西”。

14.4】 D 由句意“你們想要的是咖啡不是杯子，可是你們卻下意識地去拿最好的杯子”可知，前后是轉折關系。

15.5】 A 根據上下文可知，他們雖然拿了杯子，但是還是看著別人手里的杯子，而不是咖啡或其他。

16.6】B 根據下文的 32 tools to hold and contain life…可知，作者把生活比作咖啡。

17.7】 C 工作、金錢、社會地位只是盛生活的工具。just“只是；僅僅”。

18.8】 B 工作、金錢、社會地位改變不了生活的性質。

19.9】 D 根據上下文可知，只注意杯子，就享受不了杯子里的咖啡了。

20.20】 A 承接上文的…by concentrating only on the cup, we 34 to enjoy the coffee God has provided.，享受你的咖啡，而不是杯子。