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】

试题分析：本文是一篇故事类短文，讲述了教授请学业有成的学生们喝咖啡的故事。通过这个故事我们明白了这个道理：其实生活就是在不同咖啡杯里装着的咖啡，而杯子则是金钱、权势、地位，人们总是为了得到最好的杯子而忘记了目的只是喝一杯咖啡。人们往往忙于奔波却忽略了品尝咖啡的醇香。

1.D名词辨析。A. compliments赞扬，称赞； B. conflicts 冲突；C. challenges 挑战；D. complaints抱怨。从下文教授对他们的话that is the 40 of your problems and stress. "可知学生们是在抱怨工作，生活中的压力。

2.C动词辨析。A. Showing展示；B. Offering提供；C. Providing 提供； D. Handing 传递。固定短语：provide sb with sth“给某人提供某物”，选C。

3.B动词辨析。 A. turned转向；B. returned 回来；归还；C. replaced 代替；D. placed放置。从语境可知教授去了厨房，然后从厨房里回来，选B。

4.B形容词辨析。A. ever-lasting 持久的；B. plain-looking相貌平平的；C. easy-going 随和的；D. best-selling畅销的。根据空后描述杯子的形容词，可知此处指看上去很普通的杯子，选B。

5.D动词辨析。A. demanding 要求；B. saying 说；；C. ordering 订购； D. asking问。根据语境可知此处指教授让学生们自己去倒咖啡，ask sb to do sth“让某人做某事”，选D。

6.C介词短语辨析。A. in order 有秩序的； B. in place 恰当； C. in hand 在手中的； D. in number在数量上。此处指学生们每人拿到一杯咖啡后，选C。

7.D 介词辨析。A. Since自从，既然；B. For 因为；C. But 但是；D. As因为，由于，正如。从语境可知教授指人们所看到的情况，引导定语从句，选D。句意：正如你们看到的….

8.B动词辨析。A. leaving out 漏掉；B. leaving behind 落在后面； C. leaving aside搁置，不考虑 ； D. leaving off停止。从故事内容可知好看的、价格昂贵的杯子都被人们拿去倒咖啡了，剩下的是普通的、便宜的杯子，选B。

9.A形容词辨析。 A. normal 正常的；B. convenient方便的；C. guilty 内疚的；D. unbearable难以忍受的。从情理可知人们凡事都想要最好的是正常的心理，选A。

10.B名词辨析。 A. key 关键，钥匙； B. source 来源； C. resource 资源； D. symptom症状。根据语境可知教授指他们生活压力的根源就是他们对一些外在的物质的追求，选B。

11.C名词辨析。A. cost成本，费用；B. charm魅力； C. quality质量；D. credit信用。从情理可知好看的杯子对咖啡的质量没有任何作用，选C。其他不符合语境。

12.A动词辨析。 A. hides隐藏， 躲藏； B. pollutes 污染； C. changes改变；D. rejects拒绝。根据语境可知教授指有时候好看的杯子会掩盖了杯子里面饮品的味道，也就是让人们忽略了杯子中的东西，而只是注意到了杯子本身，故选A。

13.D副词辨析。A. constantly持续地； B. mildly温和地； C. positively 积极地；D. consciously有意识地。从上文可知人们都有意地去挑选好看的杯子，选D。

14.B动词辨析。A. looking 看； B. eyeing 看； C. pouring 倾倒；D. stabbing刺伤。根据下文可知人们拿到杯子后都去看看别人的杯子，look是不及物动词，所以选B。

15.A名词辨析。A. coffee 咖啡；B. pot锅； C. cup 杯子；D. race比赛。从下文教授说的话可知教授把咖啡比作了生活，选A。

16.C动词辨析。A. limit 限制； B. defend 防卫，辩护；C. define确定，下定义； D. deny否认。根据后句内容可知咖啡杯决定不了咖啡的味道，也就是不能根据咖啡杯去界定生活的质量，选C。

17.C介词辨析。A. in 在里面； B. at 在某时； C. on在上面； D. by通过，到…时候为止。固定搭配：concentrate on “把注意力集中在某物上”，选C。

18.D动词辨析。 A. Take带去，拿走；B. Buy 买；C. Tell 告诉；D. Taste尝。从内容可知我们享受的、品尝的是咖啡，而不是咖啡杯，选D。

19.D动词辨析。 A. treat 对待； B. defeat 打败； C. delight 使高兴； D. drive开车，驱使。从上文故事内容可知教授教育学生们不要被金钱，地位等这些像咖啡杯一样外在的东西所驱使，而忘了要真正享受的是咖啡，是生活，选D。

20.B副词辨析。A. yet 然而； B. instead相反； C. meanwhile 与此同时； D. anyway无论如何。根据语境可知教授强调不要去受“杯子”的驱使，而是要享受咖啡，选B。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读