题目内容
【题目】Many times in our life we will think about ourselves and our life. But maybe no one can answer exactly what the true meaning of life is. Now let us step into the following story. It may give you something helpful for the question.
A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. They held a heated conversation and the conversation lasted for a long time.
Then the conversation turned into complaints about stress in work and in life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a lot of cups-porcelain (瓷的), plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some perfect telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students __________, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
OK, now we can say what all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and do not change the quality of life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. So, don't let the cups drive you run in a wrong direction. Instead we should really learn to enjoy the coffee in life.
Remember it forever! OK?
【1】 What's the best title of the passage?
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【2】 Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?
While you needed coffee not the cup in fact, you chose to pick up best cups and at the same time looked at the cups in others' hands.
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【3】 Please fill in the blank in the fourth paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (within ten words)
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【4】 What do you learn after reading the passage? (within 30 words)
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【5】 Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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【答案】见解析
【解析】【1】 Life in a cup of coffee
【2】 What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups.
【3】 had a cup of coffee in hand
【4】 Life is full of pressure, which is because we change the true meaning of life. Sometimes, we only concentrate on our final aim but fail to enjoy the true life.
【5】 你们每个人都想要得到最好的,这虽然很正常,却也成了你们所有问题和压力的来源。