题目内容
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. They talked about the1topic-happiness. But soon their conversation turned into complaints about2in work and life.
To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and3with a large pot of coffee and a variety of4-plastic glass, metal, porcelain (陶瓷), some plain-looking some very5.The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in6. the professor said:" lf you have noticed, all the nice-looking7. cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is8for you to want only the best for Your belives, that is the9of your problems and stress. The professor continued," Believe that the cup itself adds no10to the coffee. ln most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even11what we drink. What all of you12wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went13the best cups. Now14this: life is coffee, the jobs, money, and15in society are the cups, which are just tools to hold and16life, and the different types of cups we have don't decide, nor17the quality of life. lf we concentrate only on the cups, we will18to enjoy the coffee in it. So don't let the cups19you...enjoy the coffee instead."
At these words, the graduates looked at each other in20embarrassment.
- 1.
- A.hot
- B.sensitive
- C.famous
- D.easy
- A.
- 2.
- A.pay
- B.joy
- C.experience
- D.stress
- A.
- 3.
- A.cooked
- B.took
- C.returned
- D.met
- A.
- 4.
- A.cups
- B.gifts
- C.plates
- D.drinks
- A.
- 5.
- A.common
- B.special
- C.rare
- D.delicate
- A.
- 6.
- A.order
- B.time
- C.hand
- D.place
- A.
- 7.
- A.pretty
- B.different
- C.colorful
- D.expensive
- A.
- 8.
- A.necessary
- B.normal
- C.good
- D.possible
- A.
- 9.
- A.situation
- B.answer
- C.result
- D.source
- A.
- 10.
- A.quality
- B.energy
- C.weight
- D.color
- A.
- 11.
- A.makes
- B.gives
- C.hides
- D.includes
- A.
- 12.
- A.finally
- B.really
- C.especially
- D.nearly
- A.
- 13.
- A.for
- B.with
- C.off
- D.to
- A.
- 14.
- A.forget
- B.discuss
- C.consider
- D.try
- A.
- 15.
- A.position
- B.relation
- C.workmates
- D.friends
- A.
- 16.
- A.create
- B.support
- C.contain
- D.own
- A.
- 17.
- A.damage
- B.determine
- C.change
- D.increase
- A.
- 18.
- A.come
- B.stop
- C.have
- D.fail
- A.
- 19.
- A.drive
- B.hold
- C.take
- D.control
- A.
- 20.
- A.quiet
- B.speechless
- C.amazing
- D.reasonable
- A.
教授通过杯子以及咖啡形象的比喻了生活与金钱,地位,告诉人们我们不要为金钱地位驱使而忘记生活的本质。
1.考查形容词辨析。根据上下文可知他们讨论的是热门话题。
2.名词辨析。根据根据下文that is the 44 of your problems and stress.
3.动词辨析。全文说教授走进了厨房,那么这里应该是从厨房返回
4.名词辨析。根据下文可知是各种咖啡的杯子。
5.形容词辨析。delicate精美的,雅致的;与前面的plain-looking形成呼应。
6.考查介词搭配。根据句意:每个人手中都有一个杯子。
7.上下文串联。根据后文的leaving behind the plain and cheap ones。
8.形容词辨析。每个人都想要好东西这是正常的事情。
9.考查名词辨析。根据句意可知追求昂贵的事物是他们压力的来源。
10.考查名词辨析。贵的杯子不会增加咖啡的品质,咖啡的品质不是容器决定的。
11.动词辨析。根据句意昂贵的杯子甚至会掩盖掉杯子的真正内容,人们只会注意杯子,不注意杯子的内容。
12.考查副词辨析。根据句意:人们真正想要的是咖啡而不是杯子。
13.考查动词短语。go for 想得到;你们只想得到好的杯子。
14.考查动词辨析。根据句意:现在考虑这件事情。
15.名词辨析。根据句意:工作金钱,和地位是杯子。生活是咖啡。
16.动词辨析。杯子中包含有生活。
17.动词辨析。根据上文we have don't decide,可知杯子不能决定也不能改变我们的生活。
18.动词辨析。根据上下文可知,当人们只关注杯子的时候,我们就不能享受咖啡了。
19.动词辨析。根据句意:不要让杯子驱使你,不要做杯子的奴隶。
20.上下文串联。教授的点评非常有道理,大家都无话可说。
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.