Question

  A group of working people got together to visit their university teacher. The teacher was happy to see them. They talked 1        He asked them how they were going 2        Then his students started to 3        about the stress in work and life.

  The teacher just 4        and smiled. Then he went to the kitchen to 5        some cups ： some porcelain (瓷制的) ，some plastic,some glass,some cheap and some looked 6        expensive and beautiful. The teacher 7        his former students the cups to get drinks for themselves.

  When all the students had a cup 8        hand with water,the teacher said ," If you noticed,all the nicelooking,expensive cups were 9        up,leaving behind the plain and cheap 10       . In fact,you only want the 11        for yourselves. That is why you have problems and stress in your work and life. 12       all of you wanted was water,not the cup,but you unconsciously (不知不觉地) went 13        the better cups."

  Just like in life,14 life is water,then the jobs,money and position (地位) in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold life,but the life itself doesn't change. If we only pay attention to the cup,we won't have time to 15        the water in it.

(   ) 1. A. friendly   B. happily   C. carefully   D. lively

(   ) 2. A. away   B. off   C. for   D. on

(   ) 3. A. complain   B. speak   C. think   D. worry

(   ) 4. A. heard   B. listened   C. watched   D. sat

(   ) 5. A. take   B. buy   C. bring   D. get

(   ) 6. A. rather   B. such   C. so   D. much

(   ) 7. A. asked   B. told   C. offered   D. moved

(   ) 8. A. to   B. at   C. on   D. in

(   ) 9. A. held   B. taken   C. looked   D. took

(   ) 10. A. one   B. ones   C. others   D. other

(   ) 11. A. good   B. better   C. cheaper   D. best

(   ) 12. A. That   B. How   C. What   D. Where

(   ) 13. A. for   B. to   C. off   D. away

(   ) 14. A. when   B. if   C. where   D. even

(   ) 15. A. drink   B. save   C. enjoy   D. change

Answer 1

1. B happily是副词，修饰动词talk ,意为"高兴地谈话"。

2. D go on"进展"。

3. A complain about是固定搭配，表示"抱怨"。

4. B listen表示听的动作，后面没有所听的内容，故不需要介问to。

5. D 强调了去厨房拿杯子的往返过程。

6. A 限定形容词，相当于very ,表示"很,非常"。

7. C offer"给,提供"。

8. D 某物在手上用介词in。

9. B 好看的杯子被学生们拿起来了，留下一些平平常常的杯子，were taken构成被动语态。

10. B ones代替上文中的名词cups。

11. D the后跟形容词最高级，强调人人都想得到"最好的"这种心理，如果用比较级，通常the better后面要接名词。

12. C what在此引导主语从句。

13. A go for是固定搭配，表示"追求，以……为目的"。

14. B if引导一个假设的条件。

15. C have time to do sth"有时间做某事"。enjoy在这里不仅表示"喝水"，也喻指享受人生。