A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.

The conversation soon turned into complaints about _______ in work and life. To offer his_______ coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and _______ with a large pot of coffee and a _______ of cups---porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautiful—telling them to _______ themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “If you have _______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 __________ no quality to the coffee. __________ it is just more expensive and in some cases __________ hides what we drink.”

“__________ all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, __________ you consciously went for the best cups… And then you began __________ each other’s cups.”

Now consider this: __________ is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and ____________life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the __________ of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we __________ to enjoy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups __________ you...enjoy the coffee instead.

1.A. stress B. dream C. sorrow D. truth

2.A. friends B. customers C. fellows D. guests

3.A. carried B. returned C. arrived D. reached

4.A. kind B. variety C. sort D. number

5.A. devote B. expose C. help D. absorb

6.A. searched B. witnessed C. noticed D. discovered

7.A. leaving behind B. leaving over C. falling about D. falling behind

8.A. strange B. normal C. wonderful D. important

9.A. purpose B. answer C. source D. result

10.A. takes B. links C. passes D. adds

11.A. At no time B. At all times C. In no case D. In most cases

12.A. ever B. even C. never D. hardly

13.A. What B. That C. Which D. Whether

14.A. but B. so C. and D. for

15.A. suspecting B. liking C. praising D. eyeing

16.A. Love B. Life C. Future D. Failure

17.A. contain B. create C. support D. own

18.A. quantity B. style C. quality D. standard

19.A. have B. manage C. plan D. fail

20.A. envy B. drive C. force D. assess

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