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

A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.The conversation soon turned into__1__about stress in work and life.Offering his__2__coffee，the professor went to the kitchen and_3__with a large pot of coffee and a__4__of cups—porcelain，plastic glass，crystal，some plain­looking，some expensive，some exquisite (精致的)，telling them to __5__themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand，the professor said，“If you have_6___，all the nice­looking expensive cups have been__7__，leaving behind the plain and__8__ones.Of course，__9__it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves，that is the __10__of your problems and stress.”

“It is sure that the cup itself_11___no quality to the coffee.__12__ it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we__13__.”

“What all of you really want is coffee，not the cup，but you went__14__for the best cups.And then you began__15__each other’s cups.”

“Now consider this：Life is the coffee；the jobs，__16_and position in society are the cups.They are just tools to__17__and contain life，and the type of cup we have does not define，nor__18__the quality of life we live.Sometimes，by concentrating only on the cup，we__19__to enjoy the coffee.Value the coffee，not the cups！”

Don’t let the cups _20___you.Enjoy the coffee instead.

1．A．information　　          B．complaints 

C．surprises 　    D．satisfaction

2．A.friends 　     B．customers  

C．guests 　 D．fellows

3．A.carried 　     B．returned 

C．arrived 　       D．brought

4．A.kind  　       B．set 

C．variety 　 D．group

5．A.devote 　     B．expose 

C．help 　    D．provide

6．A.seen 　 B．discovered 

C．recognized  　       D．noticed

7．A.taken in 　   B．taken back

C．taken out 　    D．taken up

8．A.cheap  　    B．dear

C．pretty 　  D．fantastic

9．A.if  　    B．while  

C．because   　  D．since

10．A.resource 　       B．source

C．result  　 D．point

11．A.increases  　     B．expands

C．extends 　      D．adds

12．A.At no time　       B．In most cases

C．In no case 　  D．At times

13．A.drink 　     B．desire 

C．eat  　    D．want

14．A.happily  　 B．strangely

C．consciously  　      D．surprisingly

15．A.suspecting 　     B．envying 

C．considering　   D．eyeing

16．A.money   　       B．love 

C．friendship  　 D．death

17．A.offer  　    B．take 

C．live 　     D．hold

18．A.exchange   　   B．raise

C．change   　    D．create

19．A.have  　    B．hesitate 

C．forget 　  D．fail

20．A.defeat   　 B．drive

C．decide 　 D．puzzle

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