Question

【题目】请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中所给的词中选出最恰当的10个填空。每个词限用一次。（每小题1分）

them turn want cups fail expensive problem offer as with

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

The conversation soon 【1】 into complaints about stress in work and life. To 【2】 his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned 【3】 a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups — porcelain(瓷器), plastic, glass, crystal(水晶), some plain-looking, some expensive and some exquisite(精致的) —telling them to help 【4】 to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in their hands, the professor said, “ 【5】 you have noticed, all the nice-looking or 【6】 cups have been used, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your 【7】 and stress.”

“What all of you really 【8】 is coffee, not the cups, but you went for the best cups. And then you began eyeing(审视) each other’s cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the 【9】 . Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cups, we 【10】 to enjoy the coffee. Savor(品味) the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups drive you. Enjoy the coffee instead.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】turned

【2】offer

【3】with

【4】themselves

【5】As

【6】expensive

【7】problems

【8】want

【9】cups

【10】fail

【解析】

试题分析：教授去了厨房，带着一大壶咖啡和很多杯子回来了给学生们。所有好看的或贵的杯子已经用了，教授告诉学生：咖啡是生活，工作、金钱和社会地位是杯子，只关注杯子我们就不能享受咖啡。

【1】句意：对话很快转向生活工作中的压力。turn into变成,据It is very important for you to know how to be safe when taking a bus, no matter whether you like it or not.，故该空应填turned。

【2】句意：为给客人提供咖啡，教授去了厨房，带着一大壶咖啡和很多杯子回来了。offer提供，据the professor went to the kitchen and returned 53 a large pot of coffee故该空填介词offer。

【3】句意：教授去了厨房，带着一大壶咖啡和很多杯子回来了。介词短语with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups作状语，故该空应填with。

【4】句意：告诉他们自己随便喝点咖啡。help oneself to sth.随便吃点……, 与them相应的反身代词是themselves。

【5】句意：你们注意到了所有好看的或贵的杯子已经用了。As you have noticed你们注意到了，据上下文和语境故该空应填As。

【6】句意：所有好看的或贵的杯子已经用了。据 leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.，故该空应填expensive贵的。

【7】句意：那正是你们的问题和压力的缘由。据The conversation soon 51 into complaints about stress in work and life.和语境，故该空应填problems问题。

【8】句意：你们所有人真正想要的是咖啡。据When all the students had a cup of coffee in their hands,和上下文 故填want。

【9】句意：工作、金钱和社会地位是杯子。据Life is the coffee;和上下文，故该空填cups。 .

【10】句意：只关注杯子我们就不能享受咖啡。fail to do做某事失败，据by concentrating only on the cups,故该空填fail。