题目内容
A group of graduates, highly outstanding in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. They talked about the present-day 35 topic — Happiness. But the conversation soon turned into complaints about 36 in work and in life.To 37 his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen. And he 38 , with a large pot of coffee and different types of 39 — plastic, glass, crystal, some nice-looking, some plain-looking, some expensive, some cheap—telling them to help 40 to the coffee. 41 all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “If you are 42 enough, you might find all the nice-looking, expensive cups are taken up, with the plain and cheap ones 43 . While it is 44 for you to want: only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your 45 and stress. In fact, the cup itself adds no 46 to the coffee. What all of you 47 wanted was coffee, not the cup. But you unconsciously(不知不觉地) went for the best cups and were 48 each other’s cups. ”
“Now 49 this: Life is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in 50 are the cups. They are just tools to contain life, and the types of cups do not decide or 51 the quality of life we live. Sometimes, focusing on the cup makes us 52 to enjoy the coffee itself. So, don’t let the cups drive you. Enjoy the coffee 53 .”
The 54 people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.
35.A. warm B. hot C. heavy D. regular
36.A. progress B. plans C. disasters D. stress
37. A. provide B. supply C. offer D. present
38.A. cooked B. passed C. returned D. went
39.A. cups B. plates C. bowls D. tables
40.A. them B. themselves C. you D. yourselves
41.A. Before B. Since C. When D. Because
42.A. brave B. delighted C. amazed D. careful
43.A. left behind B. got away C. put away D. sent back
44.A. helpful B. normal C. safe D. active
45.A. habit B. courage C. responsibility D. problem
46.A. quality B. weight C. height D. cost
47.A. nearly B. mostly C. really D. quickly
48.A. looking B. eyeing C. saying D. feeling
49.A. consider B. repeat C. do D. recite
50.A. school B. thought. C. society D. dream
51.A. correct B. change C. bring D. record
52.A. fail B. stop C. dislike D. struggle
53.A. too B. either C. also D. instead
54.A. busiest B. richest C. happiest D. kindest
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A few days ago we – that’s me and the husband – took a cab to the station. Chat with the driver fell to the wrong of cyclists, and the misunderstanding of the road rules. So far as the rules of the road go, there seems to be one basic principle: when you are driving a car you hate bikes, when you are riding a bike you hate cars (and I guess walkers hate everyone).
There is an obvious difference of viewpoint built in here. It wasn’t until I started to drive a car (almost 20years after I had first rode a bike) that I actually realized that you could not see a cyclist at night without lights. In fact I now want to shout at late night cyclists without lights(like motortists once did at me): “You’ll get killed, sunshine, I can’t see you.”
The problem is that cyclists do ride headlong into danger. It's not just not having lights. It’s biking on pavements (and so threatening to injure a load of innocent walkers in the process) and biking down one-way streets the wrong way.
I admit that I do bike the wrong way down a one-way street sometimes. My feeble(软弱无力) defense is that I try always to do it as if I know I was doing wrong. That is slowly, with an apologetic look on the face, and ready to get off at any minute. I can’t bear the guys(一伙人) (usually, but not always it is guys) who do it as if they owned the place, and at high speed.
So cyclists are not entirely innocent. But they are among the disadvantaged groups, because the bottom line is that a car or a lorry can kill a cyclist and not the other way around.
1.When did the writer realize the danger for late night cyclists without lights?
A. Not until she became a driver herself.
B. Not until she had driven a car for 20 years.
C. After she was shouted at by a motorist.
D. After she was once knocked down by a group of guys.
2.When the writer biked the wrong way down a one way street, she felt_________.
A. angry B. guilty C. innocent D. proud
3.Which group is most likely to face danger according to the writer?
A. walkers B. passers-by C. cyclists D. motorists
4.What can we learn about the writer?
A. She often took a cab with her husband.
B. She has been a motorist for over 20 years.
C. She used to ride a bike without lights at night.
D. She often biked the wrong way down a one way street.