Question

God’s Coffee
A group of class friends, highly achieved in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor．Conversation soon 1into complaints about stress(壓力) in work and life．
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the 2and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of 3 —porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, 4
expensive, some delicate—telling them to 5themselves to the coffee．
When all the students had a cup of coffee in6,the professor said：“If you noticed，all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up,7behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is
8for you to choose only the best for yourselves, that is the 9of your problems and stress．Be sure that the cup itself 10no quality to the coffee．In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink．  11all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously (自覺地) went 12the best cups．And then you began 13each other’s cups．Now consider this：Life is the 14; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups．They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not explain , nor 15the quality of life we 16. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we17to enjoy the coffee God has18 us．God brews the coffee, not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything．They just 19 the best of everything．
Live simply．Love generously．Care deeply．Speak kindly．Leave the 20to God．

1. 1.
   1. A.
      crowded
   2. B.
      looked
   3. C.
      burst
   4. D.
      turned
2. 2.
   1. A.
      living-room
   2. B.
      waiting-room
   3. C.
      bedroom
   4. D.
      kitchen
3. 3.
   1. A.
      cups
   2. B.
      pans
   3. C.
      bowls
   4. D.
      dishes
4. 4.
   1. A.
      some
   2. B.
      others
   3. C.
      another
   4. D.
      other
5. 5.
   1. A.
      choose
   2. B.
      help
   3. C.
      take
   4. D.
      pick
6. 6.
   1. A.
      stomach
   2. B.
      hand
   3. C.
      mind
   4. D.
      mouth
7. 7.
   1. A.
      running
   2. B.
      leaving
   3. C.
      hiding
   4. D.
      staying
8. 8.
   1. A.
      wise
   2. B.
      important
   3. C.
      natural
   4. D.
      necessary
9. 9.
   1. A.
      use
   2. B.
      disagreement
   3. C.
      answer
   4. D.
      cause
10. 10.
    1. A.
       likes
    2. B.
       comes
    3. C.
       adds
    4. D.
       relies
11. 11.
    1. A.
       As
    2. B.
       What
    3. C.
       That
    4. D.
       Which
12. 12.
    1. A.
       for
    2. B.
       into
    3. C.
       by
    4. D.
       on
13. 13.
    1. A.
       looking
    2. B.
       guiding
    3. C.
       eyeing
    4. D.
       changing
14. 14.
    1. A.
       tea
    2. B.
       water
    3. C.
       wine
    4. D.
       coffee
15. 15.
    1. A.
       worsen
    2. B.
       beat
    3. C.
       change
    4. D.
       improve
16. 16.
    1. A.
       dislike
    2. B.
       live
    3. C.
       make
    4. D.
       use
17. 17.
    1. A.
       fail
    2. B.
       succeed
    3. C.
       wish
    4. D.
       try
18. 18.
    1. A.
       sold
    2. B.
       gave
    3. C.
       bought
    4. D.
       brought
19. 19.
    1. A.
       keep
    2. B.
       say
    3. C.
       make
    4. D.
       do
20. 20.
    1. A.
       item
    2. B.
       view
    3. C.
       rest
    4. D.
       thought

Answer 1

DDAAB BBCDC BACDC BADCC
1.D turn into 指轉(zhuǎn)入。談話轉(zhuǎn)入到工作和生活壓力的抱怨。
2.D 要給客人拿咖啡，當(dāng)然要去廚房（kitchen）。
3.A　從破折號后面的“陶瓷、塑料、玻璃、水晶……�！笨梢钥闯鍪菐讉�(gè)喝咖啡的杯子（cups）。
4.A　plain 平常的，一般化的，在這里說明杯子有好有孬。
5.B　help oneself to…自己隨意(吃、喝、用……)在這里指教授叫他的學(xué)生自己隨意。
6.B　咖啡端在手中（hand）。
7.B　leave behind 拉下，遺留； fall behind 落后；hide behind 藏在……后面。
8.D 教授說“你們想要的僅僅是最好的是問題和煩惱的根源�！�。
9.A　source 源頭，來源。
10.C　add...to...向……添加……，全句的意思是“要確信，杯子本身不會(huì)給咖啡添加質(zhì)量的”。即杯子好不能決定咖啡好。
11.B　what引導(dǎo)主語從句在從句中擔(dān)任成分，在本句中作從句謂語wanted的賓語。
12.A　consciously 意識上，全句的意思是“雖然你們想要的是咖啡而不是杯子，但你們的思想上還是想拿最好的杯子。
13.C　eye 在這里轉(zhuǎn)化為動(dòng)詞“看”，其他選項(xiàng)需后接介詞at。
14.D　老師在這里作比喻，生活是咖啡。
15.C　define 動(dòng)詞 “定義”“界定”全句意思是“我們擁有什么樣的杯子(這里指工作、金錢、地位)并不決定也不會(huì)改變我們生活的質(zhì)量。
16.B　live與life搭配 “過……生活”。也不是我們生活的質(zhì)量。
17.A　fail to do sth.沒能做到……。我們沒有能夠享受上帝提供給我們的咖啡。
18.D　provide sth. for sb.＝provide sb. with sth.為某人提供某物。
19.C　make the best of 固定短語“充分利用”。他們只是充分利用一切。
20.C　the rest 其余(的事)。把其它事情留給上帝。