完形填空:
A group of class friends successful in their careers
got together to visit their old university professor. Their talk soon turned
into complaints about 1 in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the
kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of(几个) 2 ——porcelain(瓷的), plastic(塑料的),
glass, crystal(水晶的), some common, 3 expensive
and some delicate (精美的)-telling them to help themselves to the
coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the
professor said, "If you noticed,all the nice-looking expensive cups were
taken up, leaving behind the common and 4 ones. While
it is 5 for you to choose only the best for
ourselves, that is the __6 of your problems and stress. The cup
itself 7 no quality to the coffee. 8
all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you
consciously (自觉地) went 9 the
best cups. And then you began eyeing other people’s cups. Now consider this:
life is the 10 ; the jobs, money and position in
society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the
type of cup which we have will not 11 the quality of life we
live. Sometimes, by fixing our attention only on the cup, we 12 to
enjoy the coffee which God (上帝) has 13 for
us. God brews(冲泡) the coffee, not the cups...Enjoy your
coffee!"
The happiest people don't have the best of everything.
They just 14 the best use of everything.
Live 15 . Love generously.
Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
1. A.changes B.duties C.experiences D.stress
2. A.cups B.pans C.bowls D.cans
3. A.others B.some C.another D.other
4. A.fashionable B.cheap C.expensive D.nice-looking
5. A.wise B.important C.natural D.necessary
6. A.use B.disagreement C.answer D.cause
7. A.waves B.reduces C.adds D.leads
8. A.As B.What C.That D.Which
9. A.for B.into C.by D.on
10. A.tea B.water C.wine D.coffee
11. A.remove B.beat C.change D.enjoy
12. A.fail B.succeed C.wish D.try
13. A.sold B.gave C.bought D.provided
14. A.keep B.say C.make D.do
15. A.wildly B.simply C.specially D.successfully