God’s Coffee
A group of class friends, highly achieved in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor．Conversation soon
31 into complaints about stress(压力) in work and life．
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the
32 and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of
33 —porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking,
34 expensive, some delicate—telling them to
35 themselves to the coffee．
When all the students had a cup of coffee in
36 ,the professor said：“If you noticed，all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up,
37 behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is
38 for you to choose only the best for yourselves, that is the
39 of your problems and stress．Be sure that the cup itself
40 no quality to the coffee．In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink．
41 all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously (自觉地) went
42 the best cups．And then you began
43 each other’s cups．Now consider this：Life is the
44 ; 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 explain , nor
45 the quality of life we
46 . Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we
47 to enjoy the coffee God has
48 us．God brews the coffee, not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything．They just
49 the best of everything．
Live simply．Love generously．Care deeply．Speak kindly．Leave the
50 to God．
| 小题1: | | A．crowded | B．looked | C．burst | D．turned |
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| 小题2: | | A．living-room | B．waiting-room | C．bedroom | D．kitchen |
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| 小题3: | | A．cups | B．pans | C．bowls | D．dishes |
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| 小题4: | | A．some | B．others | C．another | D．other |
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| 小题5: | | A．choose | B．help | C．take | D．pick |
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| 小题6: | | A．stomach | B．hand | C．mind | D．mouth |
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| 小题7: | | A．running | B．leaving | C．hiding | D．staying |
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| 小题8: | | A．wise | B．important | C．natural | D．necessary |
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| 小题9: | | A．use | B．disagreement | C．answer | D．cause |
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| 小题10: | | A．likes | B．comes | C．adds | D．relies |
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| 小题13: | | A．looking | B．guiding | C．eyeing | D．changing |
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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．improve |
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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．brought |
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| 小题20: | | A．item | B．view | C．rest | D．thought |
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