Question

完形填空（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

A group of adults, highly succeeded in their jobs, went to visit their old professor(教授). Soon they began to about the stress in work and life.

The professor went to the kitchen and returned a pot of coffee and all kinds of cups—crystal(水晶的), glass, plastic, some nice looking, some plain looking, some , some cheap. And he told them to help to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “I’ve noticed that all the nice looking expensive cups were up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the cause of your and stress. You know that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you went for the best cups.”

Now think about this: Lifis the coffee, the jobs, money and in society are the cups. They are just to hold and contain life, and the type of cup does not change the quality of our life. Sometimes, by paying only to the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has us. God gave us the coffee, not the cups. Please enjoy your coffee!

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the of everything.

Live simply. Love sincerely. Care deeply. Speak . And leave the rest to God.

1.A. chat B. think C. complain D. discuss

2.A. for B. at C. in D. with

3.A. expensive B. usual C. strong D. serious

4.A. them B. themselves C. him D. everyone

5.A. mixed B. left C. taken D. accepted

6.A. normal B. important C. impossible D. necessary

7.A. thoughts B. failure C. questions D. problems

8.A. Who B. How C. What D. That

9.A. and B. but C. so D. or

10.A. position B. age C. health D. purpose

11.A. cups B. tools C. bags D. bowls

12.A. money B. attention C. advantage D. record

13.A. taught B. provided C. returned D. bought

14.A. fun B. use C. best D. worst

15.A. kindly B. sadly C. rudely D. seriously

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.B

12.B

13.B

14.C

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：此篇文章讲述的是一些学生去看望他们的老教授，教授让学生喝咖啡，而这些学生都去拿最好的杯子，这时教授说：咖啡都是一样的，并不是杯子好的咖啡就好，生活就像咖啡，工作、钱和地位就像杯子。最快乐的人并未拥有最好的东西。

1.1】考查动词及语境的理解。句意：根据前句推断应是：不就他们开始去抱怨工作和生活的压力。A. chat 交谈；B. think认为； C. complain抱怨；D. discuss讨论；C项 complain about是抱怨某事，符合题意，故选C。

2.句意：教授走进厨房，然后随身携带着咖啡和杯子返了回来。with表示随身携带。

3.3】考查形容词及语境。A. expensive昂贵的；B. usual寻常的；C. strong强壮的；D. serious严肃地；

通过前面的的例子可看出是前后对比，便宜对应昂贵，故选A。

4.考查代词及语境。句意：教授告诉他们随便喝咖啡。他们的反身代词是themselves，故选 B。

5.5】考查动词过去分词及语境。根据句意：所有好看的杯子都被占有，只剩下普通的和便宜的杯子。A. mixed混合的；B. left 被剩下的；C. taken被占有；D. accepted被接受；C项符合题意，故选C。

6.考查形容词及语境。句意：他是很普通的对你来说为你自己拿最好的杯子。A.项normal正常的；B项important重要的；C项 impossible不可能的；D项 necessary必要的。故选A。

7.句意：这是你们压力和问题的根源。A.项thoughts 思想 ；B.项failure失败；C项 questions 问题 D.问题problems。Question是一般的问题而problem是已存在需要解决的问题。D项符合题意，故选D。

8.考查特殊疑问词及语境。句意：你真的想要的是咖啡，而不是杯子。引导主语从句，同时作主语从句的宾语，故用what。故选C。

9.考查连词及语境。句意：你真正需要的是咖啡，不是杯子，但你却有意识的拿了最好的杯子。A. and并且；B. but但是；C. so因此；D. or否则；前后句表示转折关系，所以选择转折连词but。故选B。

10.考查名词及语境。句意：工作、金钱和社会中的地位是杯子。A项 position 态度，位置；B.项age年龄；C.项health 健康 ；D.项purpose目的。句意：工作、金钱和社会中的位置是杯子。A项符合题意，故选A。

11.11】考查名词及语境。A. cups杯子；B. tools工具；C. bags书包；D. bowls碗；前句谈的金钱、工作、地位是杯子，紧接下句他们仅仅是杯子。故选B。

12.考查名词及语境。句意：有时候被注意的仅仅是杯子。此题考查固定短语pay attention to被注意，

13.考查动词及语境。根据下句：上帝提供给了我们咖啡，可推知上句：我们失败了去享受上帝提供给我们的咖啡。A项 taught 教给；B项 provided提供，供给； C.项returned 归还 D.项bought买。故B项符合题意。

14.14】考查副词及语境。句意：最快乐的的人并未拥有最好的东西，他们只是尽其所能让一切变得最好。A. fun 乐趣；B. use用途；C. best最好；D. worst最糟糕；故C项符合题意。

15.15】考查副词及语境。句意：诚实生活，慷慨施爱，深切关心， 怎样说话，其余就交给上帝吧。 A. kindly 友好地；B. sadly伤心难过地；C. rudely 粗鲁地；D. seriously严肃地；可推知应是和善的说话。故选A。

考点：考查故事类阅读。