A group of adults, highly succeeded in their jobs, went to visit their old professor. Soon they began to ________ the stress in work and life.

The professor went to the kitchen and returned _______a pot of coffee and all kinds of cups —crystal (水晶), glass, plastic; some nice looking, some simple looking; some ________, some cheap. And he told them to help _______to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “I’ve noticed that all the nice looking expensive cups were ________, leaving behind the simple and cheap ones. While it is

_________ for you to take only the best for yourself, that is the root of your ________ and stress.

You know that the cup itself adds no quality (品质) to the coffee. ______ you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, _______ you went for the best cups without thinking.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee. The jobs, money and ______ in society are the cups. They are just ________ to hold life, and the type of cup doesn’t change the quality of our life. Sometimes, by ______ attention to the cup only, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has ________ us. God offers us the coffee, not the cup. Please enjoy your coffee!”

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make ______ of everything. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak _______. And leave the rest to the God.

1.A. think of B. thank for C. talk about D. drop by

2.A. for B. at C. in D. with

3.A. expensive B. ordinary C. strong D. serious

4.A. them B. themselves C. him D. everyone

5.A. mixed up B. got up C. taken up D. made up

6.A. normal B. important C. impossible D. necessary

7.A. thoughts B. failure C. questions D. problems

8.A. Who B. How much C. What D. That

9.A. and B. but C. so D. or

10.A. position B. age C. health D. purpose

11.A. cups B. tools C. bags D. bowls

12.A. putting B. getting C. turning D. paying

13.A. taught B. provided C. returned D. bought

14.A. fun B. use C. mess D. the worst

15.A. kindly B. sadly C. rudely D. seriously

My brother and I often fight with each other over small things. One day our father said to _______seriously, “Tomorrow we will take part in the Ray Home Sports Day. Both of you must go with me. You_______ not go anywhere else. Maybe you can_______something from those children.” My brother laughed, “Dad, Ray is a home for physically disabled(身体残疾的)children. What can we learn from them?”

“You will see.” our father said.

Our father works _______a volunteer (志愿者) at Ray. The children there have problems with their hands, walking or hearing. Every day, he spends hours helping them to move or exercise their legs or arms.

The next day, he took us to Ray Home. When we got there, we found a nice place to_______. Finally, the sports began. There was a 50-meter race to see who could run_______. All the runners were physically disabled. _______ the race stared, all the children moved as fast as they could. Just then, one of the_______fell over and hurt her leg. She began to cry at the top of her voice.

All the children stopped to help the poor girl.Then they all held hands and finished the race together. My brother and I were _______ to see this: the children weren’t interested in winning the race- they were more interested in helping each other to________ the race.

1.A.me B.him C.us

2.A.need B.can C.may

3.A.bring B.hear C.learn

4.A.as B.like C.for

5.A.sit down B.write down C.fall down

6.A.fastest B.farthest C.earliest

7.A.If B.When C.Before

8.A.boy B.girls C.teachers

9.A.bored B.worried C.surprised

10.A.watch B.finish C.lose

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