Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Some students who had graduated visited their university professor. The conversation soon turned into【1】(complain) about stress in work and life. 【2】(offer) his guests coffee, the professor 【3】(go) to the kitchen and returned with a pot of coffee and【4】variety of cups—porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking, some expensive—telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

It was when all the students had a cup of coffee in hand that he said, “All the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up,【5】(leave) behind the plain and cheap ones. Actually, the cup itself adds no quality 【6】the coffee. What all of you really want【7】(be) coffee, not the cup. You consciously went for the best cups, and then you began eyeing others’ cups.”

“Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups,【8】are just tools to hold and contain life. The type of cup we have does not change the quality of life . If we concentrate only on the cups, we fail 【9】(enjoy) the coffee. I【10】(true) hope that you will never let the cups drive you enjoy the coffee instead.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】complaints

【2】to offer

【3】went

【4】a

【5】leaving

【6】to

【7】is

【8】which

【9】to enjoy

【10】truly

【解析】

【1】易知此处应填名词，而complaint为可数名词，要加s，故填complaints。

【2】此处不定式表目的，故填to offer。

【3】客人来了，那位教授走进厨房，回来的时候带着咖啡和杯子。用一般过去式：went。

【4】从下文：orcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking, some expensive可知教授拿来各种各样的杯子。a variety of各种各样的。故填a。

【5】漂亮的杯子都已经被拿走了，剩下的都是普通的。用leaving做结果状语。

【6】实际上，杯子本身并没有给咖啡的质量加分。To表示对象，故填to。

【7】此处表示一种实际情况，用一般现在时，故填is。

【8】这里用which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰cups。故填which。

【9】fail to do sth.意为做某事失败了，故填to enjoy。

【10】我真心的希望你们不要让杯子驱赶着，而要享受里面的咖啡。副词“真正地”truly修饰动词hope。