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 ____ in work and life. Offering his__ coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and ____ with a large pot of coffee and a ____ of cups---porcelain(陶瓷), plastic, glass, crystal(水晶), some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautiful—telling them to ____ themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said,“If you have ____all the nice-looking expensive cups have been ____, leaving behind the plain and ____ ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves , that is the ____ of your problems and stress.”
“Be assured that the cup ____ adds no quality to the coffee. ____ it is just more expensive and in some cases ____ hides what we drink.”
“____ all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, ____ you consciously went for the best cups…. And then you began ____ each other’s cups.”
Now consider this:__ __ is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. ____ are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the ____ of life we live. Sometimes , by concentrating only on the cup, we ____ to enjoy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups ____ you...enjoy the coffee instead.
| 小题1: | | A．stress | B．dream | C．sorrow | D．truth |
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| 小题2: | | A．friends | B．customers | C．fellows | D．guests |
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| 小题3: | | A．carried | B．returned | C．arrived | D．reached |
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| 小题4: | | A．kind | B．variety | C．sort | D．number |
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| 小题5: | | A．devote | B．expose | C．help | D．apply |
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| 小题6: | | A．searched | B．witnessed | C．noticed | D．discovered |
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| 小题7: | | A．taken up | B．brought in | C．sold out | D．cut down |
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| 小题8: | | A．expensive | B．cheap | C．beautiful | D．usual |
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| 小题9: | | A．point | B．answer | C．source | D．result |
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| 小题10: | | A．by itself | B．on its own | C．for itself | D．itself |
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| 小题11: | | A．At no time | B．At times | C．In no case | D．In most cases |
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| 小题12: | | A．ever | B．even | C．never | D．hardly |
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| 小题13: | | A．What | B．That | C．Which | D．Whether |
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| 小题15: | | A．looking | B．liking | C．envying | D．looking at |
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| 小题16: | | A．Love | B．Life | C．Future | D．Failure |
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| 小题18: | | A．quantity | B．style | C．quality | D．standard |
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| 小题19: | | A．have | B．hesitate | C．forget | D．fail |
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| 小题20: | | A．force | B．drive | C．puzzle | D．amaze |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:B |
解析
试题分析：本文主要讲述的一位教授用杯子和咖啡的关系告诉他的学生要真正的享受生活，不要受到额外的压力的影响。
小题1:A 上下文串联。根据39空后of your problems and stress可知这些人谈论的是工作以及生活中的压力。
小题2:D 上下文串联。根据文章第一句A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.可知是一群毕业生来看望老师，对于老师来说他们都是自己的客人。故D正确。
小题3:B 动词辨析。A携带；B返回；C/D到达；教授走进了厨房，返回的时候手里拿着一大壶咖啡和很多杯子。3
小题4:B 固定搭配。A variety of各种各样的；根据下文每个学生手里都有杯子可知老师拿出了很多杯子让学生喝咖啡。
小题5:.C 考察固定搭配。固定搭配help oneself to…自行取用….；本句是指老师让学生自己去喝咖啡。
小题6:C 动词辨析。A寻找；B目睹，见证；C注意到；D发现；老师说：如果你们注意到到所有的看起来昂贵的杯子都被拿走，剩下的只有一些看起来很普通很便宜的杯子。
小题7:A 短语辨析。A占据，占用；B引进，赚钱；C卖完；D砍倒；本句是指所有的看起来昂贵的杯子都被拿走了。
小题8:B 形容词辨析。A昂贵的；B便宜的；C美丽的；D通常的；本句应该使用cheap与前面的the plain形成呼应关系。剩下的只有一些看起来很普通很便宜的杯子
小题9:C 名词辨析。A点；B答案；C来源，根源；D结果；老师发现追求最好的东西是人们压力的来源。
小题10:D 语法分析。本句中的反身代词itself就是指句子的主语the cup，在句中表示强调。指杯子本身并不能增加咖啡的质量。
小题11:D 短语辨析。A立刻，马上；B时而不时；C立刻；D大部分情况下；大部分情况下杯子只会让咖啡更加昂贵，有时候甚至会让我们真正所享有的东西失去意义。
小题12:B 副词辨析。A曾经；B甚至；C从未；D几乎不；有时候甚至会让我们真正所享有的东西失去意义
小题13:A 语法分析。本句是一个主语从句，what引导起这个主语从句，并在句中做主语。你们真正想要的是咖啡。
小题14:A 上下文串联。你们真正想要的是咖啡，但是你们有意去拿了最好的杯子。这会让你们的真正所想的东西失去了意义。
小题15:D 词义辨析。Envy嫉妒；look at看；你们拿到了自己的杯子以后，甚至开始看别人的杯子，在进行比较。这更加让你们的生活有了压力。
小题16:B 上下文串联。在本文中教授把咖啡比喻成生活，其他的工作，金钱，地位等是杯子。比喻让额外的东西影响我们的生活。
小题17:A 上下文串联。这里的they就是指前面一句中的the jobs, money and position灯事物。
小题18:C 名词辨析。A数量；B风格；C质量；D标准；the jobs, money and position只是杯子等额外的东西，变化改变我们生活的质量。
小题19:D 动词辨析。A拥有；B犹豫；C忘记；D失败；fail to do sth未能做某事；有时候我们只注意了咖啡，却没有能够享有我们的咖啡。
小题20:B 动词辨析。A强迫；B驱使；驱赶；C使…困惑；D使…惊讶；不要让额外的事物驱赶着你，真正地享受自己的生活吧！ |
举一反三
A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a piece of advice, “I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage,” she offered. “Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together.”
The husband agreed. So each of them tried to think of the things that annoyed them about the other and wrote down what they came up with. The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists.
“I’ll start,” offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill three pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes because he never thought that he had so many shortcomings.
The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. “Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists,” she said happily.
Quietly the husband stated, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect. I don’t want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn’t want to try and change anything about you.” The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go looking for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time in this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us and see the wonderful things before us?
小题1:Why were there tears in the husband’s eyes when the wife read his annoyances?| A．Because he had no courage to face his shortcomings. | | B．Because he never thought he had so many annoyances in his wife’s eyes. | | C．Because he was sorry that he didn’t find any annoyance about his wife. | | D．Because he didn’t think he deserved to have such a perfect wife. |
小题2:After hearing the husband’s words, the wife felt _________. .| A．moved and ashamed | B．sad and disappointed | | C．satisfied and proud | D．surprised and confused |
小题3:The story is intended to tell us that ___________. .| A．disappointment cannot be avoided in our life | | B．young couples should be more tolerant (宽容的) to each other | | C．we should turn a blind eye to other people’s blame | | D．we should try to look for and see the wonderful things around us |
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What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? How about an ice-cream taster?
Yes, there really is a job where you can get paid to taste ice-cream. Just ask John Harrison, an＂Official Taste Tester＂for the past 21 years. Testing helps manufacturers to be sure of a product’s quality. During his career Harrison has been responsible for approving large quantities of the sweet ice cream－－as well as for developing over 75 flavors (味道).
Some people think that it would be easy to do this job: after all, you just have to like ice cream, right? No－－there’s more to the job than that, says Harrison, who has a degree in chemistry. He points out that a dairy or food-science degree would be very useful to someone wanting a career in this＂cool＂field.
In a typical morning on the job, Harrison tastes and assesses 60 ice-cream samples. He lets the ice cream warm up to about 12℉. Harrison explains,＂You get more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating ice-cream soup.＂
While the ice cream warms up, Harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance.＂Tasting begins with the eyes,＂he explains. He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself,＂Does the product have the color expected from that flavor?＂Next it’s time to taste!
Continuing to think up new ideas, try out new flavors, and test samples from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps Harrison busy but happy－－working at one cool job.
小题1:What is John Harrison’s job?| A．An official. | B．An ice-cream taster. | | C．A chemist. | D．An ice-cream manufacturer. |
小题2:According to John Harrison, to be qualified in the＂cool field＂, it is helpful to ______.| A．keep a diary of work | B．have a degree in related subjects | | C．have new ideas every day | D．find out new flavors each day |
小题3:What does Harrison do first when testing ice cream?| A．He stirs the ice cream. | | B．He examines the color of the ice cream. | | C．He tastes the flavor of the ice cream. | | D．He lets the ice cream warm up. |
小题4:Which of the following is probably the best title of the passage?| A．Tasting with Eyes | B．Flavors of Ice Cream | | C．John Harrison’s Life | D．One Cool Job |
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Growing up, I remember my father as a silent, serious man—not the sort of person around whom one could laugh. As a teenager arriving in America, knowing nothing, I wanted a father who could explain the human journey. In college, when friends called home for advice, I would sink into deep depression for what I did not have.
Today, at twenty-seven, I have come to rediscover them in ways that my teenage mind would not allow—as adults and as friends with their own faults and weaknesses.
One night after my move back home, I overheard my father on the telephone. There was some trouble. Later, Dad shared the problem with me. Apparently my legal training had earned me some privileges in his eyes. I talked through the problem with Dad, analyzing the purposes of the people involved and offering several negotiation strategies(策略).He listened patiently before finally admitting, “I can’t think like that. I am a simple man.”
Dad is a brilliant scientist who can deconstruct the building blocks of nature. Yet human nature is a mystery to him. That night I realized that he was simply not skilled at dealing with people, much less the trouble of a conflicted teenager. It’s not in his nature to understand human desires.
And so, there it was—it was no one’s fault that my father held no interest in human lives while I placed great importance in them. We are at times born more sensitive, wide-eyed, and dreamy than our parents and become more curious and idealistic than them. Dad perhaps never expected me for a child. And I, who knew Dad as an intelligent man, had never understood that his intelligence did not cover all of my feelings.
It has saved me years of questioning and confusion. I now see my parents as people who have other relationships than just Father and Mother. I now overlook their many faults and weaknesses, which once annoyed me.
I now know my parents as friends: people who ask me for advice; people who need my support and understanding. And I have come to see my past clearer.
小题1:What was the author’s impression of her father when she was a teenager?| A．Friendly but irresponsible. | | B．Intelligent but severe. | | C．Cold and aggressive. | | D．Caring and communicative. |
小题2:Why did the author feel depressed when her friends called home?| A．She did not have a phone to call home. | | B．Her father did not care about her human journey. | | C．Her father was too busy to answer her phone. | | D．Her father could not give her appropriate advice. |
小题3:After the author overheard her father on the telephone, _________ .| A．he blamed her for impoliteness. | | B．he rediscovered human nature. | | C．he consulted with her about his problem. | | D．he changed his attitude towards the author. |
小题4:Which of the following is the best title of this passage?| A．My Parents as Friends. | | B．My Parents as advisers. | | C．My father—a serious man. | | D．My father—an intelligent scientist. |
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On a cool November afternoon in Fleming Island, Florida, Melissa Hawkinson, 41, was driving her five-year-old twins home from school when she saw a sudden splash in Doctors Lake just ahead. What was that? She thought. As she drove up to the scene, she saw a half-submerged car sinking about 30 yards offshore. “It was going down pretty quickly,” Hawkinson recalls. She stopped the car near the boat ramp and ran toward the water. Water is going to be cold, she thought.
She took off her vest and leather boots, got into the icy water, and swam to the car, where she found Cameron Dorsey, five, trapped into his car as the swirling water rose around him.
Hawkinson tried to open the door, but it was locked. So she pushed and pulled hard on the partially open window until she could reach through and unlock the door. She pulled the boy free, swam to shore, and handed him off to onlookers who were only watching them on a dock. The driver, the boy’s suicidal father, swam back to land on his own. Afterward, Hawkinson sat on the shore wrapped in a blanket. “For ten or 15 minutes, I couldn’t stop shaking,” she said.
There’s nothing visibly extraordinary about Melissa Hawkinson, an energetic stay-at-home mom with brown hair and a sweet smile. Yet something made her different from the dockside onlookers that day. Why do some people act quickly, willing to take a risk for a stranger? What makes them run toward danger rather than away from it? Hawkinson, the Granite Mountain Hotshots (能手，高手)---19 of whom lost their life this past summer in Arizona--- every hero who puts his or her life on the line to save another: what makes them brave?
Moreover, can bravery be learned, or is it a quality with which you are born? The answer is complex. Bravery taps the mind, brain and heart. It comes from instinct, training and sympathy. Today, neurologists, psychologists and other researchers are studying bravery, trying to uncover the mystery.
小题1:It can be learned from the passage that _______.| A．Melissa Hawkinson was a 41-year-old nurse | | B．it was spring when the accident happened | | C．Melissa Hawkinson was picking up her five-year-old son | | D．Melissa Hawkinson was kind and courageous. |
小题2:What conclusion can we draw from the third paragraph?| A．Not everyone was ready to risk saving the five-year-old boy.. | | B．The father committed suicide because of the divorce. | | C．The father was saved in the end by Melissa Hawkinson. | | D．No one else was available except Melissa Hawkinson. |
小题3:How does the writer find other people on the dockside?| A．Warm and ready to help | B．Thoughtful | | C．Kind of cold-blooded | D．Not skillful at swimming |
小题4:What is the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?| A．To set us thinking what makes people brave. | | B．To call on us to learn from such people as Hawkinson. | | C．To remind people of risk while saving others. | | D．To show people bravery can be learned. |
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September is an exciting month in every college freshman’s life. For many, it’s the first time that they’ve left home to live in a new environment. But after the hustle and bustle of a few weeks, excitement gives way to a less enjoyable emotion— homesickness.
Homesickness manifests itself in many ways. You may miss mum’s cooking, your pets, or even your old bed. All this becomes a fond memory of the past. Homesickness can be a bitter feeling for many students, especially when faced with the challenges of settling into an unfamiliar environment.
But remember, you’re not alone. According to a recent BBC article, 70 percent of British college students experience homesickness. In this increasingly globalized world in which people migrate to faraway places for a relationship, education or work, homesickness is a feeling shared by many adults.
Homesickness can have similar symptoms to depression and in extreme cases it can develop into a panic attack. As for the term, homesickness or nostalgia wasn’t invented until the 17th century. It was considered a disorder by a Swiss physician, who attributed soldiers’ mental and physical discomfort to their longing to return home, “nostos” from Greek, and the accompanying pain, “algos”.
Studies in recent years, however, have shown that nostalgia may have some benefits to our mental health. After a decade of surveys and researches, Constantine Sedikides, a US social psychologist, found that nostalgia is what makes us human. He explains that nostalgia can resist loneliness, boredom and anxiety. Therefore, it’s necessary for college students to learn some ways to overcome the uncomfortable feeling.
小题1: From the first two paragraphs, we can infer that __________.| A．homesickness means a fond memory of the past | | B．only a few students will experience homesickness | | C．homesickness is an enjoyable emotion among freshmen | | D．college freshmen usually suffer from homesickness after weeks |
小题2:According to the passage, we can know that _________.| A．homesickness may cause mental diseases | | B．homesickness is a feeling only shared by adults | | C．homesickness won’t do any good to our health | | D．homesickness is also called nostalgia in Switzerland |
小题3:What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?| A．some benefits about homesickness | | B．other problems in college freshmen’s life | | C．how to make campus life more meaningful | | D．some tips on how to cope with homesickness |
小题4:The attitude of Sedikides towards homesickness is _________.| A．negative | B．supportive | C．skeptical | D．critical |
小题5:What is the best title for the passage?| A．Let’s embrace homesickness | | B．How to fit into the college life | | C．A harmful emotion—homesickness | | D．The disadvantages of homesickness |
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