题目内容
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about 1in work and life. Offering his 2coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and 3with a large pot of coffee and a 4of cups---porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautiful—telling them to 5themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “if you have 6, all the nice-looking expensive cups have been 7, leaving behind the plain and 8ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the 9of your problems and stress.”
“Be assured that the cup 10adds no quality to the coffee. 11it is just more expensive and in some cases 12hides what we drink.”
“13all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, 14you consciously went for the best cups…. And then you began 15each other’s cups.”
Now consider this: 16is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.17are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the 18of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 19to enjoy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups20you … enjoy the coffee instead.
- 1.
- A.stress
- B.dream
- C.sorrow
- D.truth
- A.
- 2.
- A.friends
- B.customers
- C.fellows
- D.guests
- A.
- 3.
- A.carried
- B.returned
- C.arrived
- D.reached
- A.
- 4.
- A.kind
- B.variety
- C.sort
- D.number
- A.
- 5.
- A.devote
- B.expose
- C.help
- D.addicted
- A.
- 6.
- A.searched
- B.witnessed
- C.noticed
- D.discovered
- A.
- 7.
- A.taken up
- B.brought in
- C.sold out
- D.cut down
- A.
- 8.
- A.expensive
- B.cheap
- C.beautiful
- D.usual
- A.
- 9.
- A.point
- B.answer
- C.source
- D.result
- A.
- 10.
- A.by itself
- B.on its own
- C.for itself
- D.itself
- A.
- 11.
- A.At no time
- B.At times
- C.In no case
- D.In most cases
- A.
- 12.
- A.ever
- B.even
- C.never
- D.hardly
- A.
- 13.
- A.What
- B.That
- C.Which
- D.Whether
- A.
- 14.
- A.but
- B.so
- C.and
- D.for
- A.
- 15.
- A.suspecting
- B.liking
- C.envying
- D.eyeing
- A.
- 16.
- A.Love
- B.Life
- C.Future
- D.Failure
- A.
- 17.
- A.They
- B.We
- C.You
- D.What
- A.
- 18.
- A.quantity
- B.style
- C.quality
- D.standard
- A.
- 19.
- A.have
- B.hesitate
- C.forget
- D.fail
- A.
- 20.
- A.force
- B.drive
- C.puzzle
- D.amaze
- 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.上下文串联。根据根据下文that is the 44 of your problems and stress.
2.名词辨析。由上文可知,学生回校看望老师,对老师来说,他们是客人。
3.动词辨析。根据前文教授去了厨房,可知教授是返回客厅。
4.考查固定词组。A variety of各种各样的;a kind/sort of一种;a number of 许多;根据后文内容可知教授是拿出各种杯子让学生挑。
5.固定词组。Help oneself自行取用。
6.动词辨析。A搜寻;B目击;C注意;D发现;句意:如果那么注意到…
7.动词短语辨析。A占据,从事于;B引进,赚钱;C卖完;D削减;砍倒;句意:所有的好看的昂贵的杯子都被拿走了。
8.形容词辨析。对应上文的nice-looking expensive cups可知这里是cheap;
9.名词辨析。由上下文可知这是他们压力的根源。
10.考查反身代词。根据句意:杯子本身不能增加咖啡的品质。
11.介词辨析。A绝不;B时而不时;C绝不;D大部分情况下;句意:在大部分情况下,昂贵的杯子只会让咖啡更贵。
12.副词辨析。A曾经,在任何时候;从来;至今;B甚至;C从不;D几乎不;句意:在有些情况下,昂贵的杯子甚至隐藏了我们喝的东西。
13.考查主语从句。What引导起主语从句并在句中做宾语。
14.考查连词。根据上下文可知是转折关系,句意:你们真正想要的是咖啡而不是杯子,但是你们都拿了好的杯子。
15.动词辨析。A怀疑;B喜欢;C羡慕;D看;句意:你们现在看相互的杯子。
16.上下文串联。由上下文可知是把生活比喻成咖啡…;
17.代词辨析。They指代前面提及的the jobs, money and position。
18.名词辨析。A数量;B风格;C品质;D标准;杯子不会改变咖啡的品质。
19.动词辨析。根据上下文可知我们把注意力集中到杯子上,就不能享受生活。
20.动词辨析。A控制;B驱使;C困扰;D使惊讶,使吃惊;句意:不要让外在的东西驱使你,而要享受生活。
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.