A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.The co
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A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about 26 in work and life. To offer his guests coffee, the 27 went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of 28 — porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some 29 , some expensive, some delicate — telling them to help themselves to the 30 .
When all the students 31 a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, "If you have 32 , all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, 33 the plain and cheap ones. While it is 34 for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the 35 of your problems and stress. "
"Be assured that the cup itself adds no 36 to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even 37 what we drink. "
"What all of you really want is coffee, 38 the cup, but you 39 went for the best cups … And then you began 40 each other"s cups. "
"Now consider 41 : Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain 42 , and the type of cup we have does not determine, nor 43 the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 44 to enjoy the coffee. Fully appreciate the coffee, not the cups! Don"t let the cups 45 you ... enjoy the coffee instead. "
| 小题1: | | A．stress | B．progress | C．condition | D．pride |
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| 小题2: | | A．advisor | B．professor | C．monitor | D．graduate |
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| 小题3: | | A．glasses | B．bowls | C．trays | D．cups |
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| 小题4: | | A．plain-looking | B．beautiful | C．modern | D．nice-looking |
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| 小题5: | | A．pot | B．sugar | C．milk | D．coffee |
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| 小题6: | | A．made | B．had | C．cooked | D．served |
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| 小题7: | | A．talked | B．discussed | C．noticed | D．decided |
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| 小题8: | | A．leaving behind | B．falling about | | C．leaving about | D．falling behind |
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| 小题9: | | A．strange | B．wonderful | C．normal | D．important |
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| 小题10: | | A．source | B．purpose | C．doubt | D．result |
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| 小题11: | | A．price | B．quality | C．sweet | D．color |
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| 小题12: | | A．proves | B．tastes | C．hides | D．steals |
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| 小题13: | | A．more than | B．less than | C．other than | D．rather than |
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| 小题14: | | A．consciously | B．wisely | C．shyly | D．carelessly |
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| 小题15: | | A．showing | B．eyeing | C．exchanging | D．praising |
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| 小题17: | | A．jobs | B．money | C．position | D．life |
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| 小题18: | | A．change | B．increase | C．discover | D．lower |
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| 小题19: | | A．try | B．manage | C．fail | D．plan |
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| 小题20: | | A．envy | B．drive | C．support | D．assess |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:B |
解析
小题1:考查名词。谈话一会儿就变成了各自对工作和生活压力的抱怨。stress与complaints相对应。
小题2:考查名词。“在用咖啡招待这些客人时，教授去厨房端来一大壶咖啡。”“客人”指的是学生，教授是主人。
小题3:考查名词。结合下文a cup of coffee，此处应是喝咖啡的杯子，与前面的a large pot of coffee相对应。 “并拿出各式各样的咖啡杯——陶瓷的、塑料的、玻璃的、水晶的，有看上去普通的、有价值不菲的、有做工精细的——让他们自己倒咖啡喝。”
小题4:考查形容词。此处陈述“杯子”的特点，与expensive和 delicate对应。
小题5:考查名词。结合下文a cup of coffee，教授拿来是咖啡，随意喝自然是“咖啡”。
小题6:考查动词。“当所有学生手中都端了一杯咖啡后”。have sth in hand手里拿着……。
小题7:考查动词。“如果你们注意一下，就会发现所有好看的昂贵的杯子都被挑走了，剩下leave的只是那些普通的和便宜的。”
小题8:考查动词短语。leave behind的意思是“留下、遗留”。
小题9:考查形容词。“每个人都只想拥有最好的，这很正常，但这也是你们的问题和压力的根源所在。”
小题10:考查名词。source (河的)源头;水源；根源;来源。
小题11:考查名词。“可以肯定的是，杯子本身与咖啡质量毫无关系。”
小题12:考查动词。“在很多时候，杯子让咖啡更昂贵，某些时候，甚至让我们看不清我们要喝的是什么。”hide把……藏起来,隐藏。
小题13:考查than短语。“其实你们真正想要的是咖啡，而不是杯子”。rather than而不是。
小题14:考查副词。“但你们却又都下意识地consciously去挑选最好的杯子，并观察别人拿到的杯子。”
小题15:考查动词。此处eye是动词，意思是“看;注视;审视”。
小题16:考查代词。“现在设想一下：”this用来指代下文要提到的内容。
小题17:考查名词。“他们只是维持生活life的工具而已”
小题18:考查动词。他们不能决定也不能改变生活的质量
小题19:考查动词。有时候，我们在过于关注杯子的同时却忘记了去品味咖啡。fail to do sth不能做某事。
小题20:考查动词。不要成为杯子的奴隶；要好好品味杯中的咖啡。 drive迫使;逼迫。 |
举一反三
Each spring brings a new wildflower blooming in the fields along the highway I travel daily to work.
There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I"ve noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours. The afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day each year for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in my yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I"ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the fields would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers.
Every day I drove past the flowers, thinking, "I"ll stop on my way home and dig them." "Gee, I don"t want to get my good clothes dirty…" Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a tool one year for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had cleared up the fields and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, "Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring. "
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a cancer. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven"t been as close as we all would have liked.
I couldn"t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband"s sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, I"m sure I"ll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
小题1:How long might the blue flower bloom in spring?| A．About two weeks. | B．The whole season. | | C．About one week. | D．The whole day. |
小题2:Where did the writer want to transplant the flowers?| A．Across the fields. | B．Along the highway. | | C．In the garden. | D．Outside the yard. |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true about the writer"s sister-in-law?| A．She is seriously ill. | | B．She is twenty years old. | | C．She lives far away from the writer. | | D．She is not in close touch with the writer. |
小题4:What does the writer want to tell us?| A．Value now and don"t lose chances. | | B．Visit our relatives only after they get ill. | | C．Refresh our wonderful moments every year. | | D．Plant flowers and don"t enjoy them in the field. |
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An old man once had an argument with his only son. He tried to __36__ many times, but the young man would not __37__. The father never__38__ because he loved his son with all his heart, but the son would not give in, __39__ he was too blinded by his pride.
Years passed and as the man lay in his deathbed, he made a __40__ attempt to reconcile (和解) with his son, but __41__ he would not listen and so the father died with a heart full of __42__.
During this time the son too had a child who had now __43__ into a young adult. To this child he never __44__ his father and when the young man asked about his grandfather he __45__ tell him never to mention him again.
One day, they two were involved in a hot __46__ and his son fled away as he did many years ago. This made the man extremely__47__ and this time he had no __48__, but felt completely isolated. (孤立的)
He was afraid that he would__49__ his son forever and for the first time after many years he realized how his father must have__50__ many years back.
He remembered how he had __51__ his old man and only at that point he realized the extent of the hurt he had caused. The __52__ he thought the more he understood how unjust he was with his old father, the man who gave him everything __53__ his life.
With these sad thoughts he felt __54__ on the couch. The next morning when he opened his eyes he found __55__ lying in his bed and in front of him stood his son. The man could not believe his eyes, and the two hugged each other while they cried together.
| 小题1: | | A．bend | B．predict | C．apologize | D．seek |
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| 小题2: | | A．stop | B．listen | C．chose | D．come |
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| 小题3: | | A．brought about | B．gave up | C．got in | D．made up |
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| 小题4: | | A．if | B．when | C．thought | D．because |
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| 小题5: | | A．final | B．big | C．latest | D．useless |
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| 小题6: | | A．still | B．ever | C．once | D．just |
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| 小题7: | | A．anger | B．curiosity | C．sorrow | D．gratitude |
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| 小题8: | | A．left out | B．grown up | C．put aside | D．turned up |
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| 小题9: | | A．mentioned | B．hid | C．praised | D．forgave |
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| 小题10: | | A．would | B．need | C．must | D．might |
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| 小题11: | | A．imagination | B．room | C．argument | D．discussion |
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| 小题12: | | A．sad | B．confused | C．annoyed | D．afraid |
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| 小题13: | | A．thought | B．pride | C．laugh | D．guess |
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| 小题14: | | A．throw | B．change | C．return | D．lose |
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| 小题15: | | A．felt | B．done | C．watched | D．regretted |
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| 小题16: | | A．hurt | B．abandoned | C．disappointed | D．scolded |
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| 小题17: | | A．better | B．higher | C．more | D．older |
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| 小题18: | | A．before | B．throughout | C．into | D．against |
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| 小题19: | | A．painful | B．frightened | C．relaxed | D．asleep |
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| 小题20: | | A．his father | B．his son | C．someone | D．himself |
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Early one morning the sub-inspector at a station at the other end of the town rang me. An elephant was damaging the town. Would I please come and do something about it? I did not know what I could do, but I got onto a horse and started out. I took my gun, maybe too small to kill an elephant, but I thought the noise might scare him. Various local people stopped me on the way and told me about the elephant"s doings. It was not, of course, a wild elephant, but a tame one. It had been chained up but last night it had broken its chain and escaped. Its owner had set out to run after it, but had taken the wrong direction. He was now twelve hours" journey away, and in the morning the elephant had suddenly appeared in the town. It had already destroyed somebody"s bamboo hut (棚屋), killed a cow and turned over fruit¬stalls. I came round the hut and saw a man"s dead body sprawling in the mud. He was an Indian, and he could not have been dead many minutes. The people said that the elephant caught him with its trunk, put its foot on his back and grounded him into the earth. This was the rainy season and he was lying on his stomach in the soft mud, the peacebreaker standing beside, looking innocent. As I lifted my gun, I hesitated a few seconds. Then I fired. That was a shot for him. You could see the pain of it knocking the last strength from his legs. But in falling he seemed for a moment to rise, his trunk reaching skyward like a tree. He trumpeted, for the first and only time. And then down he came, with a crash that shook the ground.
小题1:Which of the following statements about the author is TRUE?| A．He was an Indian. | | B．He knew elephants well. | | C．He was not a local villager. | | D．He was the owner of the elephant. |
小题2:The elephant made so much trouble because ________.| A．its owner treated him cruelly | | B．it got out of control | | C．it hated the village people | | D．it was a wild elephant |
小题3:The underlined words “the peacebreaker” in Paragraph 4 refer to ________.| A．the elephant | B．the dead man | | C．the author | D．the sub¬inspector |
小题4:It can be inferred that the author felt ________ when he shot the elephant.| A．excited | B．sad | C．frightened | D．happy |
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When I woke next morning, I was dying of 36 .I seemed to have a hole instead of a 37 I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper（背景墙） I had ever seen ! 38 , I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better 39 there than in any other hotel; and that was 40 I wanted just then.
The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared 41 carefully for what I must 42. I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure 43 “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right 44 and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached.
The waiter asked me 45 I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a 46 way, so I repeated it, still he did not understand. It was 47 that English people didn’t understand their language. The waiter 48 his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter--- enough to feed a small army--- and went away. But I was hungry, and I left 49. When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little 50, but you can never 51 what a waiter’s face really shows. In another minute he brought 52 tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. He 53 have misunderstood me , but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language , so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate.
Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way slowly to my room-----at least five pound 54 . I never believed until then that any meal could 55 me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).
| 小题1: | | A．hunger | B．cold | C．anger | D．illness |
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| 小题2: | | A．stone | B．head | C．breast | D．stomach |
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| 小题3: | | A．Therefore | B．Otherwise | C．So | D．However |
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| 小题4: | | A．received | B．fed | C．cared | D．eating |
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| 小题6: | | A．English | B．meal | C．questions | D．myself |
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| 小题7: | | A．speak | B．answer | C．say | D．explain |
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| 小题9: | | A．pronunciation | B．meaning | C．form | D．spelling |
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| 小题10: | | A．whether | B．something | C．when | D．what |
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| 小题11: | | A．surprised | B．friendly | C．puzzled | D．touched |
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| 小题12: | | A．unbelievable | B．true | C．thought | D．a pity |
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小题13:A waved B. shook C. bowed D. patted
| 小题14: | | A．much | B．a little | C．nothing | D．empty |
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| 小题15: | | A．pleasure | B．surprise | C．pride | D．satisfaction |
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| 小题16: | | A．tell | B．guess | C．design | D．express |
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| 小题17: | | A．other | B．another | C．more | D．me |
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| 小题18: | | A．should | B．might | C．would | D．must |
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| 小题19: | | A．lighter | B．heavier | C．weightier | D．more |
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| 小题20: | | A．hurt | B．fat | C．defeat | D．please |
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I fell in love with music from a young age and often sat down making a few songs of my own．What would life be like, I wondered, without a beautiful song? In 1992, I made two love songs to my darling wife and watched tears run down her face as I sang．"Sam," she said earnestly, "Your songs should be heard by more people."
She got my ballads and started bothering various media people about me, her singing barber husband．Two radio stations took an interest and played the songs．After the programme was aired, I became known in our community as the Singing Barber．
The biggest surprise, however, was still to come．I received a call from a music promoter who offered me a long-term recording contract．He explained that he would be investing a lot of money to market my songs．I needed to be wholly focused on selling my records all over Australia．
But I hesitated．
My friends all told me to go for it．And Mary also thought I should do．"Go, Sam．I"ll manage with the family．．．it"ll be OK．"
I watched my daughter and son playing in the backyard．Soon they would both be in high school．．．and where would I be? I was so used to my family turning to me for love and support．If I were to start a singing career, I would not only miss them terribly, I"d also certainly miss out on watching them grow up．Signing this contract would put a huge gap between my family and me．．．and I couldn"t bear it．My family was my life．So I refused the music promoter"s offer．I"m still making music, I"m rich in love and I have no regrets．
小题1:When the author was offered the contract, most of his friends _____．| A．envied him | B．laughed at him | C．encouraged him | D．didn"t believe him |
小题2:Why did the author give up the contract?| A．Because his wife was strongly against it． | | B．Because the pay was not attractive enough． | | C．Because he wanted to care about his two kids． | | D．Because he didn"t want his family life damaged． |
小题3:According to the passage, we can infer the author _____．| A．used to be a country singer | | B．preferred his present life | | C．went on the road to fame | | D．regretted giving up his contract |
小题4:What does the author mainly intend to tell us?| A．One should know himself． | | B．Interest is the best teacher． | | C．Family should come first． | | D．Every dog has its day． |
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