A group of class friends, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon
into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the
and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of
— porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some
looking, some expensive, some delicate — telling them to
themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in
, the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up,
behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is
for you to choose only the best for yourselves, that is the
of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself
no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.
all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went
the best cups. And then you began
each other’s cups. Now consider this: Life is the
; 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 define nor
the quality of life we
. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we
to enjoy the coffee God has
for us. God brews the coffee, not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just
the best of everything.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the
to God.
| 小题1: | | A．devoted | B．exchanged | C．thought | D．turned |
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| 小题2: | | A．sitting-room | B．living-room | C．bedroom | D．kitchen |
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| 小题3: | | A．cups | B．pans | C．bowls | D．aprons |
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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．take | D．pick |
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| 小题6: | | A．stomach | B．hand | C．eye | D．mouth |
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| 小题7: | | A．running | B．leaving | C．hiding | D．piling |
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| 小题8: | | A．wise | B．important | C．normal | D．necessary |
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| 小题9: | | A．reason | B．energy | C．resource | D．source |
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| 小题10: | | A．likes | B．reduces | C．adds | D．relies |
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| 小题13: | | A．looking | B．guiding | C．eyeing | D．exchanging |
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| 小题14: | | A．tea | B．water | C．wine | D．coffee |
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| 小题15: | | A．worsen | B．beat | C．change | D．rise |
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| 小题16: | | A．dislike | B．live | C．make | D．use |
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| 小题17: | | A．fail | B．succeed | C．wish | D．try |
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| 小题18: | | A．sold | B．gave | C．bought | D．provided |
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| 小题20: | | A．cups | B．argument | C．rest | D．thinking |
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