A group of classmates got together to visit their old teacher.

These classmates all had good jobs and made lots of money. They talked happily. Then their talk soon turned to complaining about the stress (压力) in work and life. The teacher went to the kitchen and came back with a large pot of coffee and many cups—china ones, plastic ones and glass ones. Some are plain (朴素的) looking, some are expensive and some are lovely. The teacher told them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, “Can you notice that all of you took nice-looking expensive cups, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones? You want only the best for yourselves, and that is the source (根源) of your problems.”

“What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you went for the best cups and then began looking at each other’s cups.”

“Now think about this: life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position (位置) in society(社会) are the cups. They are just tools to hold, and do not change the life. Sometimes, by caring only about the cups, we fail to enjoy the coffee. So don’t let the cups drive you, and enjoy the coffee instead.”

1.The underlined word “ones” refer to _________.

A. classmates B. jobs C. cups D. teachers

2.In their teacher’s eyes, why did they have so much stress?

A. Because they cared too much about things that were not important.

B. Because they understood the meaning of life.

C. Because they knew about life itself and enjoyed it.

D. Because they drank too much coffee.

3..What can we learn from the teacher’s words?

A. We should use the plain and cheap cups to drink coffee.

B. We should think much of cups.

C. We should care about life itself instead of(而不是) unimportant things.

D. We should learn how to work out problems in our work and life.

4.What is the best title of this passage?

A. Coffee or Cup B. An Old Teacher

C. Stress in Your Life D. What Do You Want

Anyone might be able to touch us. When I was in my last college _______ , I was working as an intern( 实习生) at my university’s Museum of Natural History. Almost every weekend, I would have to get a part-time job in a _______ shop near my university. Life was hard for me and I was not happy at that time.

One Saturday while _______ in the gift shop, I saw an old couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair( 轮椅). As I looked _______ at the girl, I realized that she had no arms _______ legs, just a head, neck and upper body. She was wearing a white dress _______ little red flowers.

As the couple took her to me, I turned my head towards the girl and gave her a short look by feeling _______ . Then I took the money from her grandparents and _______ back at the girl again. What a surprise! She was giving me a sweetest and largest _______ I had ever seen. All of a sudden, her disability was ________ . And all I saw was a beautiful girl, whose smile just moved and almost gave me a ________ new feeling of life. She took me away from a poor, ________ college student and brought me into her world: a world of smiles, love and ________ .

That was ten years ago. I’m a successful business person now and ________ I get down and consider the trouble of the world, I think about that little girl and the unforgettable lesson about life that she taught me. She has really ________ me for a lifetime.

1.A. day B. week C. month D. year

2.A. clothes B. coffee C. gift D. fruit

3.A. eating B. buying C. playing D. working

4.A. less B. angrier C. closer D. wetter

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

6.A. at B. on C. in D. with

7.A. funny B. tired C. happy D. sorry

8.A. got B. went C. looked D. talked

9.A. sound B. prize C. smile D. result

10.A. added B. gone C. found D. seen

11.A. probably B. terribly C. suddenly D. completely

12.A. sad B. proud C. active D. helpful

13.A. warmth B. trouble C. advice D. experience

14.A. whoever B. wherever C. whatever D. whenever

15.A. chosen B. stood C. touched D. sent

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