A group of graduates have highly been established in their careers. One day they got together to their old university professor. Shortly they arrived, their conversation turned into complaints about in work and life. In order to his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups made of porcelain(陶瓷的), plastic, glass or crystal. Some of
are plain looking, some expensive, and some are exquisite(做工精致的). The told them to help themselves to the coffee.
When the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:
If you noticed, all the nice looking cups were taken up, behind the plain and cheap ones. it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the of your problems and stress.
all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you consciously went for the best cups and were seeing each other’s .
Now consider this: is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are tools to hold and contain life, and do not change the of life. Sometimes, by concen- trating only on the cup, we to enjoy the coffee God has provided. So, don’t let the cups drive you. . . the coffee instead.
| 小题1: | | A．call at | B．call on | C．call for | D．call up |
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| 小题2: | | A．after | B．before | C．when | D．as |
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| 小题3: | | A．happiness | B．joy | | C．satisfaction | D．stress |
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| 小题4: | | A．offer | B．provide | C．make | D．supply |
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| 小题7: | | A．students | B．professor | | C．son | D．wife |
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| 小题8: | | A．all | B．so me of | | C．none of | D．both |
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| 小题9: | | A．cheap | B．ordinary | | C．glass | D．expensive |
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| 小题10: | | A．leaving | B．remaining | | C．keeping | D．staying |
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| 小题11: | | A．Because | B．Since | | C．While | D．If |
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| 小题12: | | A．source | B．resource | | C．end | D．solution |
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| 小题13: | | A．That | B．What | | C．Anything | D．Something |
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| 小题15: | | A．cups | B．coffee | C．eyes | D．faces |
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| 小题16: | | A．Work | B．Life | C．Career | D．Study |
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| 小题17: | | A．more than | B．rather than | | C．just | D．not only |
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| 小题18: | | A．quantity | B．quality | | C．pace | D．style |
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| 小题19: | | A．manage | B．try | | C．attempt | D．fail |
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| 小题20: | | A．enjoy | B．drink | C．have | D．share |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:B
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小题1: B call on sb.拜访某人。这里指一群毕业生去拜访当年的老教授。
小题2:A shortly after“……之后不久”。句意：他们到后不久，就开始抱怨……
小题3: D 根据下文中的 27 of your problems and stress可知，此处应该是抱怨工作和生活中的压力。
小题4: A 此处意为“为了招待他们咖啡”。offer sb. sth.“给某人提供某物”，在意思上等同于provide/supply sb. with sth.。
小题5:C with“带着；伴随；有”。句意：教授拿着咖啡和杯子从厨房回来。
小题6: C them在这里指代的是咖啡杯子。
小题7:B 文中只涉及了教授和学生们。因此是教授让学生们自己倒咖啡喝。
小题8:A 根据上下文可知不是只有两个学生；按常理应该是所有的学生都倒好了咖啡。
小题9:D 根据下文的 25 behind the plain and cheap ones可知，学生挑选的是一些好看的、昂贵的杯子，留下的是普通的、便宜的。
小题10:A leave behind“把……留/剩下来”，是固定短语。
小题11: C while此处意为“尽管；虽然”。句意：虽然你们想要最好的杯子很正常，然而这却成了你们所有问题和压力的来源。
小题12:A 根据语境可知，你所选择的虽是最好的，但却成了你麻烦和压力的源头(source)。
小题13: B what引导主语从句，表示“你们想要的东西”。
小题14: D 由句意“你们想要的是咖啡不是杯子，可是你们却下意识地去拿最好的杯子”可知，前后是转折关系。
小题15: A 根据上下文可知，他们虽然拿了杯子，但是还是看着别人手里的杯子，而不是咖啡或其他。
小题16:B 根据下文的 32 tools to hold and contain life…可知，作者把生活比作咖啡。
小题17: C 工作、金钱、社会地位只是盛生活的工具。just“只是；仅仅”。
小题18: B 工作、金钱、社会地位改变不了生活的性质。
小题19: D 根据上下文可知，只注意杯子，就享受不了杯子里的咖啡了。
小题20: A 承接上文的…by concentrating only on the cup, we 34 to enjoy the coffee God has provided.，享受你的咖啡，而不是杯子。 |
核心考点
试题【A group of graduates have highly been established in their careers. One day they】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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Oprah Winfrey，born in 1954，is all American talk show host，best known for her multiawardwinning talk show. She is also，according to some assessments，the most influential woman in theworld. It"s no surprise that her endorsement(认可)can bringovernight sales fortune that defeats most，if not all，marketingcampaigns .The star features about 20 products each year On her“Favorite Things” show.There"s even a term for it: the Oprah Effect.
Her television career began unexpectedly. When she was 16 year old，she had the idea of being a journalist to tell other people"s stories in a way that made a difference in their lives and the world.She was on television by the time she was 19 years old. And in 1986 she started her own television show with a continuous determination to succeed at first TIME magazine wrote，“People would have doubted Oprah Winfrey"s swift rise to host of The most popular talk show on TV .In a field ruled by white males，she is a black female of big size. As interviewers go，she is no match for，say，what she lacks in journalistic toughness.She makes up for in plainspoken curiosity，rich humor and，above all understanding Guests with sad stories to tell tend to bring out a tear in Oprah"s eye .They，in turn，often find themselves exposing things they would not imagine telling anyone，much less a national TV audience.”
“I was nervous about the competition and then I became my own competition raising the bar every year，pushing，pushing，pushing myself as hard as I knew. It doesn"t matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to fall if you"re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you"re constantly pushing yourself higher，higher the law of averages，you will at some point fall. And when you do I want you to know this，remember this：there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction”as Oprah addressed graduates at Harvard on May 30,2013.
小题1:The Oprah Effect refers to ________.| A．the effect On a business | | B．the power of Oprah"s opinions | | C．the impact On talk shows | | D．the assessment of Oprah"s talk show |
小题2:What can be inferred about Oprah"s television career?| A．She once gave up on her choice. | | B．Her swift success has been expected. | | C．It lives up to her parents" expectation. | | D．She must have been challenged by white males. |
小题3:．The message from Oprah to graduates at Harvard is that ________.| A．success comes after failure | | B．failure is nothing to fear | | C．there is no need to set goals too high | | D．pushing physical limits makes no sense |
小题4:Which of the following best describes Oprah Winfrey?| A．Dull and pushy. | | B．Honest but tough. | | C．Caring and determined. | | D．Curious but weak. |
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Last November, Nick heard a disorder at a party. A group of people had ____ outside, pointing at something floating in the Bay. As he ran to ____， he soon saw what was wrong: Two kids in a boat were caught in the ____ and being pulled out to sea.
Tim and Jack had climbed into a boat anchored nearby and had rowed out to ____ a football. Reaching beyond the calm waters, the ____ fitted to the boat caught the wind and pulled it into open water. They tried to row back. But they were no ____ for the wind and turned around in circles. Nick dashed to the farthest of land. The boat was already just a ____ on the sea. He knew that the ____ boat would soon be overtaken by the huge waves, and that it was 2 degrees. Nick jumped into the ____ cold water. Every 90 yards, he raised his head to assess his ____. At one point, he considered turning back before managing to yell to them, “Take down the umbrella！”
Tim battled with the ropes holding the umbrella. Finally he loosened the ropes and ____ the umbrella. Then Nick caught up, but soon waves crashed over the boat, which began to sink. Nick ____ it would be faster to pull them toward the nearest bank. They ____ wore life jackets , which Nick held in one hand, swimming ____.“Are we there？” they asked repeatedly. “Yes，” Nick ____ them each time. It was 30 minutes before they got to the bank and stayed as close as possible for ____. Worn out, Nick had hardly arrived when he ____.It was an hour later when he found himself in a hospital that he came to. Asked what it took him to make the ____ move, he replied:
It is ____ to step out of the comfort zone. Being an onlooker is a cautious existence, but ____ we should never be stuck in. Stand by or stand up.
| 小题1: | | A．played | B．gathered | | C．laughed | D．cried |
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| 小题2: | | A．investigate | B．find | | C．ask | D．join |
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| 小题3: | | A．sands | B．rain | | C．waves | D．sun |
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| 小题4: | | A．kick | B．borrow | | C．buy | D．recover |
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| 小题5: | | A．life jacket | B．umbrella | | C．rope | D．anchor |
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| 小题6: | | A．match | B．strength | | C．power | D．force |
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| 小题8: | | A．lost | B．delicate | | C．old | D．damaged |
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| 小题9: | | A．bitterly | B．absolutely | | C．fairly | D．helplessly |
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| 小题10: | | A．progress | B．weather | | C．strength | D．energy |
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| 小题11: | | A．threw | B．opened | | C．closed | D．freed |
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| 小题12: | | A．decided | B．said | | C．declared | D．recognized |
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| 小题13: | | A．awkwardly | B．carefully | | C．slowly | D．easily |
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| 小题14: | | A．hopefully | B．cautiously | | C．continuously | D．desperately |
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| 小题15: | | A．told | B．comforted | | C．discouraged | D．supported |
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| 小题16: | | A．food | B．pleasure | | C．warmth | D．help |
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| 小题17: | | A．passed out | B．passed away | | C．passed off | D．passed by |
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| 小题18: | | A．warm | B．generous | | C．proud | D．brave |
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| 小题19: | | A．easy | B．tough | | C．interesting | D．dull |
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The Great Barn Adventure
One morning when I was 11, I explored the town"s abandoned round grain barn(谷仓). I found a chained sliding door that was wide enough for me to pass through.
Inside, there was a heavy smell of dead mice in the dark. After my eyes adjusted, I noticed a shaft (升降机井) that rose all the way to the top of the barn. On one side was a oneman elevator with a long rope and roller.
I stepped onto the platform and gave the rope a drag and the elevator began sliding up the shaft, but stopped halfway. After a brief panic attack, I noticed holes in the wall at regular intervals, forming a ladder. For reasons known only to an 11yearold, I decided it would be better to go up than down. So, with shaking hands, I began climbing the wall.
After what seemed like forever, I reached the top of the shaft. I stood up, dusted myself off and found…absolutely nothing of interest. It was just an empty room with a ladder leading up to the roof. I climbed all the way up here for this? Then I noticed a fire extinguisher(灭火器)，which I"d always wanted to shoot off. So this was the chance of a lifetime. I tried it, and, much to my surprise, the thing worked! It shot out a thick cloud of powder that instantly filled the room. I couldn"t breathe. I was going to choke to death, and they"d probably never even find my body.
Luckily, I remembered the ladder to the roof. I climbed up, popped the straw roof and saw a bright blue sky.
I suddenly realized the dust and powder pouring out of the top could draw attention. So when the dust had settled, I climbed down and slipped out of the chained door. I"m not sure if I was more excited about being alive or about not being caught, but I ran all the way back home.
小题1:When the author got inside the barn, he ________.| A．noticed a man on the elevator | | B．opened the chained sliding door | | C．saw many dead mice in the dark | | D．found a shaft leading to the top |
小题2:Which of the following is the right order of the author"s adventure?
a. The elevator stopped halfway.
b. He entered the round grain barn.
c. He climbed to the top of the shaft.
d. He found a fire extinguisher and shot it off.| A．b－a－c－d | B．a－c－b－d | | C．c－a－d－b | D．b－c－a－d |
小题3:After getting out of the chained door, the author might feel ________.| A．inspired | B．relieved | | C．surprised | D．disappointed |
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While the presence of rats in homes may cause anxiety and annoyance, they rarely result in driving out the residents. But that is exactly what happened to the inhabitants of the 10squaremile Hawadax Island off the coast of Alaska, almost 230 years ago. Now thanks to a fiveyear effort by scientists, the terribly silent “Rat Island” as it had been called for many years has been returned to its rightful owners ——birds!
Hawadax Island is part of a chain of volcanic islands in the Bering Sea called the Aleutian Islands. The rats that arrived there in 1780, when a Japanese ship carrying them broke down nearby, completely destroyed the native population because the environment of the island was not built to defend its animals from these predators. There isn"t any tree on the Island, which meant that the birds were accustomed to building their nests low in the ground, giving the rodents(啮齿动物) easy access to both eggs and baby chicks. As years passed, the birds that had called the island home for thousands of years became endangered and eventually, disappeared completely.
In 2007, the U．S. FWS (Fish and Wildlife Service) started a serious plan to rid the island of the rats and try bringing back the beautiful birds that had once called it home. Given that there were an estimated 10,000 rodents inhabiting “Rat Island” and the fact that they reproduce rapidly, it was not an easy task. But by 2009, the Island was officially declared rat free!
Then slowly but surely, the birds began to return. Unfortunately, some of the pioneers were unintentionally killed from the leavings of the raticide, a poison that had been used to wipe out the rodents. But now it seems things are becoming more stable and the Island is starting to increasingly look like its former self. Before the transformation, “Hawadax”， also known as “Rat Island”， was a silent and ghostly place with bird bones, snail remains and rocks covered in rat feces(粪便)．
Today, birds" singing and flying in and out is a common sight. Tufted puffins and song sparrows, which had long disappeared, are gradually making their way back. Scientists have also been observing an increase in ground nesting and shorebirds. Though the Island is still not back to its full glory, the signs are encouraging and things can only get better, as time passes.
小题1:The underlined word “that”in Para.1 probably refers to ________.| A．the presence of rats | | B．birds" being driven out | | C．birds" returning to the island | | D．residents" worrying about rats |
小题2:Birds on Hawadax Island became an easy target because ________.| A．this island was treeless | | B．they nested randomly | | C．they reproduced too rapidly | | D．their chicks were extremely weak |
小题3:From the passage, we can know the plan of US FWS ______.| A．has helped the island fully recovered | | B．cost little but benefited greatly | | C．involved poisoning the rats on a large scale | | D．accomplished its goal after exactly 24 months |
小题4:Which would be the best title for the passage?| A．FWS Help Get Rare Birds Back to Alaska Island | | B．Japanese Changed a Bird Paradise into Rat Island | | C．FWS Plan to Drive Rats Out Of Rat Island | | D．Alaska"s Rat Island Returns to a Bird Paradise |
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My father and I disagreed about curfew (晚间在家的时间). He"d say I was to be in by 9：30 on weekdays, and 11：00 on weekends, no exceptions without my first asking. I told him it made me ____ like a juniorhigh kid. He explained that while a curfew ____ sound like a restriction, it"s really about people looking out for one another.
The very next Friday after that pretty heated ___， my dad and I had tickets to see our town"s professional football game. On that day he was ____ to a nearby city to meet with some major clients and ____ me that his getting home and our leaving for the game would be tight.
To make sure we could ____ off the moment he walked in, I got everything prepared. When a half hour had passed from the time he said he"d be home, I understood that he was a little ____. But then, nearly a whole hour passed. I was getting ____. We were going to miss the kickoff! And why hadn"t he ____ me and let me know he was going to be really late? As I anxiously ____ the floor, another half hour passed. That"s when I got really angry. How inconsiderate of my father! Now we were going to ____ the whole game! When yet another half hour passed, my anger turned to ____. What if something terrible had happened to my dad, like he had a heart attack or had been in an accident, or something? I began to really ____. I"d already called his cellphone about ten times, but no ____.
I was beside myself, assuming the worst had happened.
Finally, the phone rang, and my dad said ____， “Son, I"m so sorry about the game, but…there was a terrible accident…on the freeway coming home, and I ____ to help… and ended up going to the hospital. I ____ my cellphone in the car, so I couldn"t call until now.”
I was so relieved to hear from my father and to ____ that he was safe that I actually cried. That was ____ I “got” the importance of a curfew: Checking in! It"s about knowing that someone you love is ____. It was one more proof of my father"s loving me as much as he does.
| 小题2: | | A．might | B．must | | C．needed | D．should |
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| 小题3: | | A．speech | B．match | | C．description | D．exchange |
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小题4:．| A．cycling | B．driving | | C．flying | D．walking |
| 小题5: | | A．allowed | B．advised | | C．informed | D．ordered |
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| 小题7: | | A．late | B．lazy | | C．forgetful | D．careless |
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| 小题8: | | A．upset | B．sorry | | C．rude | D．puzzled |
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| 小题9: | | A．warned | B．signalled | | C．phoned | D．showed |
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| 小题10: | | A．hit | B．paced | | C．cleared | D．measured |
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| 小题11: | | A．play | B．watch | | C．miss | D．start |
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| 小题12: | | A．sadness | B．surprise | | C．doubt | D．fear |
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小题13:．| A．envy | B．worry | | C．regret | D．cry |
| 小题14: | | A．excuse | B．way | | C．time | D．answer |
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| 小题15: | | A．strangely | B．casually | | C．breathlessly | D．angrily |
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| 小题16: | | A．stopped | B．forgot | | C．failed | D．refused |
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| 小题18: | | A．wonder | B．guess | | C．expect | D．learn |
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| 小题19: | | A．what | B．when | | C．whether | D．why |
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| 小题20: | | A．confident | B．great | | C．safe | D．honest |
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