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(瓷), plastic, glass, crystal(水晶), some ____ looking, some expensive, and some delicate(精美的) — 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 normal for you to ____ 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 it even hides what we drink. ____ all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you ____ went for 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 ____ life, and the type of cup we have does not define(规定), nor change the quality of life we ____. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we ____ to enjoy the coffee God has ____ for us. God brews（酿造）the coffee, not the cup… Enjoy your coffee! The happiestpeople 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.
试题分析：这是一篇叙事说理文，介绍一群事业有成的学生回母校看望老师，并向老师请教如何排解生活事业上的困扰。老师通过咖啡和杯子这一现象来为学生们讲述生活的真谛。 【小题1】动词辨析。 A. stopped 停止 B. looked 看到C. grew成长D. turned转换。这里说到谈话转换到对于工作和生活的抱怨，即D项。 【小题2】名词辨析。根据 returned with a large pot of coffee and...可知教授应该从厨房端来茶具，即Kitchen。 【小题3】名词辨析。 A. Cups杯子 B. Pans平底锅C. Bowls碗D. Bottles瓶子。根据When all the students had a cup of coffee...以及下文可知教授拿出来各种不同的杯子，即A项。 【小题4】形容词辨析。根据...behind the plain and cheap ones可知此处选择plain朴素的，一般的。 【小题5】固定搭配。此处help oneself to sth(请自便,随便食用，饮用...），即B项。 【小题6】名词辨析。A. Stomach肚子B. hand 手C. Mind思想 D. Mouth嘴，学生们应该是手里拿着盛有咖啡的杯子，B项。 【小题7】动词辨析。Fall behind落后；leave behind留下，遗留；hide behind躲在后面，keep behind停在后面，这里学生端起了漂亮的杯子，而把一般的留在桌上。 【小题8】动词辨析。根据下文all of you really wanted was coffee可知此处选择D项want（想，想要）。 【小题9】名词辨析。A. source 来源B. resource 资源 C. Result结果 D. Reason原因，一般后接for而不是of，这里选择source of sth...的来源，原有。 【小题10】动词辨析。A. Adapts适应 B. Puts放置C. Adds增添，添加D. Applies提供，供给。此处表示杯子本身并不会给咖啡增加任何效果，C项更符合句意。 【小题11】考查主语从句引导词，根据后面all of you really want可知从句缺少宾语，所以选择what作为引导词。 【小题12】副词辨析。A. Consciously有意识地，有意地B. Cheerfully欢快地 C. Excitedly兴奋地D. Subjectively主观地。学生们有意识地的选择最好的杯子，而忘记了自己真正想要的其实是咖啡而不是杯子，A项最佳。 【小题13】动词辨析。A. Looking看，瞧 B. Glaring怒目而视C. Eyeing定睛地看D. Glancing瞥见，其中look，stare和glance是不及物动词不能直接加宾语，只有C项可作为及物动词，且含义符合。 【小题14】教授以咖啡和杯子作比喻，生活正如手里的咖啡，而财富社会地位等都是身外之物，正如杯子一样，不必太在意。 【小题15】动词辨析。A. Include包含包括B. change改变C. contain 容纳D. Conclude总结，在这个比喻中，杯子只是盛纳咖啡的工具而已，所以C项最为贴切。 【小题16】考查固定搭配，lead a life过...生活，所以选择B项。 【小题17】动词辨析。A. Fail to未能做...B. Want to想要做...C. Tend to 往往...D. Manage to努力做...。有时候只关注于手里的杯子，我们会无法享受上帝为我们提供的咖啡的，A项，不能做到某事。 【小题18】根据上题可知此处应为D项provided。 【小题19】动词辨析。最开心的人并不是那些拥有最好的一切东西，而是那些把一切事情做到做好的。 【小题20】名词辨析。A. Concerns关心顾虑B. Principles原则C.achievements成就D. Complaints抱怨根据首段中“...into complaints about stress in work and life.”可知此处D项最佳，把抱怨留给上帝。 考点：考查说理性议论文