Question

【題目】請(qǐng)先閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從方框中所給的詞中選出最恰當(dāng)?shù)?0個(gè)填空。每個(gè)詞限用一次。（每小題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(審視) 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】

試題分析：教授去了廚房，帶著一大壺咖啡和很多杯子回來(lái)了給學(xué)生們。所有好看的或貴的杯子已經(jīng)用了，教授告訴學(xué)生：咖啡是生活，工作、金錢和社會(huì)地位是杯子，只關(guān)注杯子我們就不能享受咖啡。

【1】句意：對(duì)話很快轉(zhuǎn)向生活工作中的壓力。turn into變成,據(jù)It is very important for you to know how to be safe when taking a bus, no matter whether you like it or not.，故該空應(yīng)填turned。

【2】句意：為給客人提供咖啡，教授去了廚房，帶著一大壺咖啡和很多杯子回來(lái)了。offer提供，據(jù)the professor went to the kitchen and returned 53 a large pot of coffee故該空填介詞offer。

【3】句意：教授去了廚房，帶著一大壺咖啡和很多杯子回來(lái)了。介詞短語(yǔ)with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups作狀語(yǔ)，故該空應(yīng)填with。

【4】句意：告訴他們自己隨便喝點(diǎn)咖啡。help oneself to sth.隨便吃點(diǎn)……, 與them相應(yīng)的反身代詞是themselves。

【5】句意：你們注意到了所有好看的或貴的杯子已經(jīng)用了。As you have noticed你們注意到了，據(jù)上下文和語(yǔ)境故該空應(yīng)填As。

【6】句意：所有好看的或貴的杯子已經(jīng)用了。據(jù) leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.，故該空應(yīng)填expensive貴的。

【7】句意：那正是你們的問(wèn)題和壓力的緣由。據(jù)The conversation soon 51 into complaints about stress in work and life.和語(yǔ)境，故該空應(yīng)填problems問(wèn)題。

【8】句意：你們所有人真正想要的是咖啡。據(jù)When all the students had a cup of coffee in their hands,和上下文 故填want。

【9】句意：工作、金錢和社會(huì)地位是杯子。據(jù)Life is the coffee;和上下文，故該空填cups。 .

【10】句意：只關(guān)注杯子我們就不能享受咖啡。fail to do做某事失敗，據(jù)by concentrating only on the cups,故該空填fail。