A group of adults, highly succeeded in their jobs, went to visit their old professor(教授). 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 (水晶的), glass, plastic; some nice looking, some plain 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 plain(朴素的) and cheap ones. While it is________for you to take only the best for yourselves, that is the root(根源) of your ________and stress.

You know that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. ________ you really wanted was coffee, not the cup,________you consciously(有意识地) went for the best cups.

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 does not change the quality (质量) of our life. Sometimes, by only________ the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has ________us. God offers us the coffee, not the cups. Please enjoy your coffee!” The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make________ of everything.

Live simply. Love generously(慷慨地). Care deeply. Speak ________. And leave the rest to God.

1.A. think of B. thank for C. complain about D. drop out

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. left C. taken up D. refused

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. tools B. cups C. bags D. bowls

12.A. cleaning up B. looking for C. changing D. paying attention to

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

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

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

Everyone likes to receive gifts. In many countries people give gifts for special ______. For example, in the United States people give gifts for birthdays, weddings, and when someone graduates from high school or college. In Japan many people give gifts at special times in the summer and ______. And in some countries people give a person a gift when they visit the person’s home. But how do you choose the right gift?

It’s not always ______ to find a great gift for everyone, especially when you are buying a gift for someone from another ______. In many Western countries watches and clocks are nice gifts. However, Chinese people do not like clocks as gifts. The Chinese words that mean to give a clock are ______ to the words for to die. So many Chinese people think that a clock as a gift may bring bad ______.

Many people around the world think that flowers are always a ______ gift. But even flowers can also be a/an ______! In Russia a gift of an odd number of flowers (1, 3, 5, etc.) is okay. But a gift of an even number of flowers (2, 4, 6, etc.) is not okay. It’s only for funerals! People in China ______ gifts of white flowers, because white is the color for funerals. And don’t ______ red roses to a stranger from Germany. They may think you love them! Red roses mean love in several cultures!

1.A. opinions B. purpose C. places

2.A. person B. place C. winter

3.A. hard B. easy C. polite

4.A. country B. city C. village

5.A. possible B. similar C. meaningful

6.A. luck B. notice C. information

7.A. fun B. true C. safe

8.A. solution B. problem C. idea

9.A. understand B. dislike C. accept

10.A. show B. return C. bring

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When I was in primary school,I had a big argument with a boy in my class.I can't remember what it was about,1. I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day.

I 2.(确定)that I was right and he was wrong.H3.,he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right.The teacher decided to teach us a lesson.She 4.(想出)a good idea.She brought b5. of us to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her grey desk and me on the other.In the middle of the desk was a large,round object.It was clear 6. me to see that it was black.She asked the boy what color the object was .“White,”he answered in a loud v7..

I couldn't believe that the object was white,considering that it was certainly black!One 8.[m?:(r)]argument started between the boy 9. me,this time about the color of the object.

The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been.We changed places,and then she asked me what color the object was.I 10.(不得不)answer,“White.”It was then that I knew what was wrong.It was 11. object with two differently colored sides,and from his side it was white.Only from my side was it black.

My teacher t12. me a very important lesson that day:You must stand in other person's p13. and 14.(看)the situation through their eyes 15.(为了)truly understand their ideas.

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