Question

【題目】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 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 went for the best cups.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee. The jobs, ___and positions(職位) in society are the cups. They are just ___ to hold life, and the type of cup does not change the quality of our life. Sometimes, ____ concentrating(全神貫注) only on 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. 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. money B. age C. health D. purpose

【11】A. cups B. tools C. bags D. bowls

【12】A. about B. without C. to D. by

【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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【6】A

【7】D

【8】C

【9】B

【10】A

【11】B

【12】D

【13】B

【14】C

【15】A

【解析】

試題分析：短文講述一名教授通過喝咖啡的故事告訴他的學(xué)生們生活的態(tài)度。我們一生為了金錢、地位而忽略了生活的，我們所做的一切都是為生活服務(wù)的。因此要樂觀的快樂的生活，不要被一些名利所煩擾。

【1】C考查動詞詞組及語境理解。句意：不久他們開始去抱怨工作和生活的壓力。A. think of考慮，思考；B. thank for謝謝；C. complain about 抱怨；D. drop out脫離，退出。complain about是抱怨某事，符合題意，故選C。

【2】D考查介詞及語境理解。句意：教授走進(jìn)廚房，端著一壺咖啡和各種各樣的杯子回來了。A. for為了；B. at 在；C. in在……里；D. with表示隨身攜帶。結(jié)合句意可知，答案為D。

【3】A考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：一些昂貴的，一些便宜的。A. expensive 昂貴的；B. ordinary普通的；C. strong強(qiáng)壯的；D. serious嚴(yán)肅的。通過前面的例子可看出是前后對比，便宜對應(yīng)昂貴，故選A。

【4】B考查代詞及語境理解。句意：他告訴他們隨便享用咖啡。A. them他們；B. themselves 他們自己；C. him 他；D. everyone每天。help oneself to請隨便吃點(diǎn)東西。結(jié)合句意可知，答案為B。

【5】C考查動詞詞組及語境理解。句意：所有好看的杯子都被占有，只剩下普通的和便宜的杯子。A. mixed up混合; B. left離開；C. taken up占用; D. refused拒絕。結(jié)合句意可知，C項(xiàng)符合題意，故選C。

【6】A考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：他是很普通的對你來說為你自己拿最好的杯子。A. normal正常的；B. important重要的；C. impossible不可能的；D項(xiàng) necessary必要的。結(jié)合句意，故選A。

【7】D考查名詞及語境理解。句意：這是你們壓力和問題的根源。A. thoughts 思想 ；B. failure失敗；C. questions 問題；D. problems。Question是一般的問題, 而problem是已存在需要解決的問題。D項(xiàng)符合題意，故選D。

【8】C考查疑問詞及語境理解。句意：你真正想要的是咖啡，而不是杯子。A. Who 誰；B. How much多少；C. What什么； D. That那個。此處引導(dǎo)主語從句，同時作主語從句的賓語，故用what。答案為C。

【9】B考查連詞及語境理解。句意：但你卻有意識的拿了最好的杯子。A. and而且；B. but但是；C. so因此；D. or否則。前后句表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，所以選擇轉(zhuǎn)折連詞but，答案為B。

【10】A考查名詞及語境理解。句意：工作、金錢和社會中的位置是杯子。A. position 態(tài)度，位置；B. age年齡；C. health 健康 ；D. purpose目的。結(jié)合句意可知，答案為A。

【11】B考查名詞及語境理解。句意：他們只是工具去把握和控制的生活。A. cups杯子；B. tools工具；C. bags書包；D. bowls碗。前句談的金錢、工作、地位是杯子，緊接下句他們僅僅是一種工具。故選B。

【12】D考查介詞及語境理解。句意：有時,只專注于杯子,我們無法享受上帝提供給我們的咖啡。A. about關(guān)于，大約；B. without沒有；C. to到，向；D. by通過，被。by doing sth.通過做某事，結(jié)合句意，答案為D。

【13】B考查名詞及語境理解。句意：我們無法去享受上帝提供給我們的咖啡。A項(xiàng) taught 教給；B項(xiàng) provided提供，供給； C.項(xiàng)returned 歸還 D.項(xiàng)bought買。根據(jù)下句：上帝提供給了我們咖啡，可推知上句。故B項(xiàng)符合題意。

【14】C考查最高級及語境理解。句意：A. fun 樂趣；B. use 通途；C. the best最好；D. the worst最壞。最快樂的人并未擁有最好的東西，他們只是盡其所能讓一切變得最好。結(jié)合句意可知，答案為C。

【15】A考查副詞及語境理解。句意：誠實(shí)生活，慷慨施愛，深切關(guān)心， 怎樣說話，其余就交給上帝吧。A. kindly親切地；B. sadly悲傷地；C. rudely無理地；D. seriously嚴(yán)肅地。結(jié)合句意，可推知應(yīng)是和善的說話。故選A。