A group of class friends，highly successful in their careers，got together to visit their old university professor .The conversation soon
36 into complaints about stress in work and life
Offering his guests coffee，the professor went to the
37 and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of
38 —porcelain，plastic，glass，crystal，some
39 -looking，some expensive，some delicate—telling them to
40 themselves to the coffee
When all the students had a cup of coffee in
41 ,the professor said：“If you noticed，all the nice-looking expensive cups were taken up，
42 behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to
43 only the best for yourselves，that is the
44 of your problems and stress.
Be assured that the cup itself
45 no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink .
46 all of you really wanted was coffee，not the cup，but you
47 went for the best cups. And then you began
48 each other’s cups.
Now consider this：Life is the
49 ，the jobs，money and
50 in society are the cups . They are Just tools to hold and contain life，and the type of cup we have does not define
nor change the quality of life we
51 . Sometimes，by concentrating only on the cup，we
52 to enjoy the coffee God has
53 us. God brews the coffee，not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything . They Just
54 the best of everything .
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply . Speak kindly . Leave the
55 to God .
| 小题1: | | A．stopped | B．looked | C．challenged | D．turned |
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| 小题2: | | A．living-room | B．waiting-room | C．neighbourhood | D．kitchen |
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| 小题3: | | A．cups | B．pans | C．bowls | D．bottles |
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| 小题4: | | A．plain | B．clean | C．ugly | D．fine |
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| 小题5: | | A．devote | B．help | C．blame | D．enjoy |
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| 小题6: | | A．stomach | B．hand | C．mind | D．mouth |
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| 小题7: | | A．falling | B．leaving | C．hiding | D．keeping |
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| 小题8: | | A．hope | B．wish | C．need | D．want |
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| 小题9: | | A．source | B．resource | C．energy | D．investigation |
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| 小题10: | | A．handles | B．puts | C．adds | D．contributes |
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| 小题12: | | A．consciously | B．consistently | C．enthusiastically | D．cautiously |
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| 小题13: | | A．looking | B．glaring | C．eyeing | D．glancing |
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| 小题14: | | A．tea | B．water | C．wine | D．coffee |
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| 小题15: | | A．position | B．situation | C．condition | D．environment |
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| 小题16: | | A．spend | B．live | C．hate | D．love |
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| 小题17: | | A．fail | B．attend | C．tend | D．succeed |
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| 小题18: | | A．folded | B．taken | C．sent | D．provided |
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| 小题19: | | A．keep | B．take | C．make | D．hold |
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| 小题20: | | A．opportunity | B．remains | C．rest | D．complaints |
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