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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小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:C
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试题分析：小题1:D 动词辨析。Look into调查；turn into变成；句意：他们的对话很快就变成了对工作和生活中的压力的抱怨。
小题2:D 上下文串联。要给客人准备咖啡，那么应该是去厨房了，故D正确。
小题3:A 上下文串联。根据下文的对话说明教授拿出了很多装咖啡的各种各样的杯子。
小题4:A 形容词辨析。A普通的；B干净的；C丑陋的；D好的。Plain-looking外形普通的。指教授拿出的杯子，有的很好看，有的很丑陋，有的很普通。
小题5:B 固定词组. Help oneself自行取用.指教授让他们自己去拿杯子倒咖啡。
小题6:B 名词辨析。根据句意指每个人的手里都拿着一个杯子。
小题7:B 短语辨析。Fall behind落后；leave behind剩下；指剩下的都是普通的便宜的杯子。
小题8:D 动词辨析。AB希望；C需要；D想要。句意：每个人都要要最好的，这是很正常的。那就是你们压力和问题的根源。
小题9:A 名词辨析。A根源；B资源，物力；C精力；能量；D调查，研究。解析同上。
小题10:C 动词辨析。A处理；B放置；C增加；D贡献；指杯子本身并不能增加咖啡的品质。
小题11:B 语法分析。What引导的是主语从句，what在句中做want的宾语。句意：你们想要的是咖啡，而不是杯子。而你们都有意地去拿好的杯子，随着还要看着别人的杯子，进行比较。
小题12:A 副词辨析。A有意地；B一贯，坚持；C热情地；D谨慎地，解析同46。
小题13:C 动词辨析。四个选项中ABC都是不及物动词，不能直接加宾语，eye看（及物动词）
小题14:D 上下文串联。教授把咖啡比喻成生活，把杯子比喻成工作，金钱和社会地位。
小题15:A 名词辨析。A地位，职位；B情况；C条件；D环境。解析同49.
小题16:Ｂ固定词组。Live a life过着…生活。指这些杯子不能改变我们的生活的质量。
小题17:A 动词辨析。A失败；B参加；C倾向；D成功；我们过于把注意力集中于杯子上，未能上帝给我们提高的生活。
小题18:D 动词辨析。A折叠；B带走；C送；D提供；解析同52.
小题19:C 固定词组。Make the best of充分利用。
小题20:C 名词辨析。A机会；B遗址；C剩余的东西；D抱怨；我们要
点评：教授通过几只杯子来表述人生中哲理，很有启发性。本文集中考查了词义辨析较多，同时上下文串联考查了3题，提醒考生在这两方面在平时要有意识加强训练。 |
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试题【A group of class friends，highly successful in their careers，got together to visi】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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The differences between men and women"s friendships
Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles (困扰) old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ballgame, come back three and a half hours later, and they"re still sitting on the sofa and talking?
What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that women have so much to share.
Betty shrugs. Talk? We"re friends.
Researching this matter called friendship, psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men. Rubin"s study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to a female friend.
"In general," writes Rubin in her new book, "women"s friendships with each other lie on shared emotions and support, but men"s relationships are marked by shared activities.”
“ Men keep their innermost(内心深处的) feelings to themselves. " Rubin writes, " Whereas(然而) a woman"s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage. However, a man by society doesn’t complain about his marriage trouble. it wasn"t unusual to hear a man say he didn"t know his friend"s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa. "
小题1:What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that ________.| A．he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband | | B．women have so much to share. | | C．women show little interest in ballgames | | D．he find his wife difficult to talk to |
小题2:Rubin"s study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to _________.| A．a male friend | B．a female friend | | C．her parents | D．her husband |
小题3:What do women"s friendships with each other lie on in general?| A．shared emotions | B．support | | C．shared activities | D．shared emotions and support |
小题4:According to the last paragraph, which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?| A．Ending his marriage without good reason. | | B．Spending too much time with his friends. | | C．complaining about his marriage trouble. | | D．going out to ballgames too often.. |
小题5:What is the article about? ________.| A．happy and successful marriages | | B．friendships of men and women | | C．emotional problems in marriage | | D．interactions between men and women |
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There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists _____1_____. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he ____2_____
liked and he had to choose between them.
One picture was of a ___3___ lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering ___4____ were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a _____5_____ picture of peace.
The other picture had mountains too. But there were rugged and ____6____. Above was an ____7____ sky from which rain fell, in which lightening ____8____. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look ____9____at all.
But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny ____10____growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her ____11____. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, ____12____ the mother bird on her nest…perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize?
The King ____13____ the second picture.
Do you know why?
“Because,” explained the king, “peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, ___14___, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your ____15___. That is the real meaning of peace.”
| 小题1: | | A．tied | B．tried | C．died | D．mined |
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| 小题2: | | A．probably | B．generally | C．really | D．finally |
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| 小题3: | | A．calm | B．clean | C．clear | D．beautiful |
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| 小题4: | | A．houses | B．mountains | C．fields | D．deserts |
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| 小题5: | | A．awful | B．fearful | C．terrible | D．perfect |
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| 小题6: | | A．bare | B．thick | C．strong | D．handsome |
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| 小题7: | | A．sunny | B．happy | C．angry | D．kind |
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| 小题8: | | A．predicted | B．drowned | C．expected | D．played |
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| 小题9: | | A．dreadful | B．peaceful | C．grateful | D．respectful |
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| 小题10: | | A．tree | B．grass | C．bush | D．flower |
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| 小题11: | | A．room | B．kitchen | C．toilet | D．nest |
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| 小题12: | | A．sat | B．trembled | C．shook | D．strained |
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| 小题13: | | A．removed | B．chose | C．abandoned | D．postponed |
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| 小题14: | | A．excitement | B．happiness | C．trouble | D．joy |
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| 小题15: | | A．hand | B．mouth | C．stomach | D．heart |
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It’s easy to see how to help some people, but what about those whose needs are not so clear? This story may have happened not long ago--- but it was a lesson which has stayed with me and helped me ever since.
It was Thanksgiving and I was volunteering with my parents at a shelter for the needy. We served hot food to whoever came in. Most of our dinners looked like they had been having hard times; their clothes were worn out and dirty. Then, a man came in, who looked anything but needy. He was well dressed. I wondered what he was doing there and my jaw (下巴) dropped in amazement when he joined the line for food. The closer he came to my service station , the more I muttered (小声抱怨). What was this man doing? Surely he wasn’t going to take food which was meant for those who were really in need!
Then my mother quietly took me to one side. She said, “You have thought that the needs of the people who come here must be purely physical, hunger, etc. And this gentleman doesn’t seem to have any of those problems. But what if his needs are emotional（情感的）? What if he needs comfort, friends, or just to be among other human beings? Her words hit me like a ton of bricks! I felt like I should apologize to the man--- but I didn’t.
About a week later the shelter received a large donation from an anonymous source. I can’t help but wonder if it came from that man.
Now, whenever I meet someone I remember my mother’s lesson and try to send kindness their way, no matter how they look. Needs aren’t always seen. But kindness always makes a difference.
小题1:How did the author feel as the well-dressed man joined the line for food?| A．Surprised | B．Excited | C．Nervous | D．Hopeless |
小题2:The author’s mother mainly wanted to tell the author that we ______. | A．shouldn’t judge a man by his appearance. | | B．shouldn’t complain about others | | C．should give others what they want. | | D．should accept everything we meet |
小题3:What does the underlined word “anonymous” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?| A．Important | B．Unknown | C．Independent | D．Excellent |
小题4:From the last paragraph, we learn that ______. | A．seeing is believing | | B．it’s difficult to be kind to others | | C．some rich people pretend to be poor. | | D．we should help people in the way they need. |
小题5:What would be the best title for the text?| A．My mother’s influence on my growth | | B．The importance of volunteering | | C．One of my most shameful experiences | | D．My mother’s simple lesson in kindness |
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My husband Ollie had retired from teaching and we were making plans to travel together to Florida. Then he was terribly ill and became very weak, hardly able to speak. Weeks passed and it became clear that Ollie was near death, but I prayed day and night that he could get better.
One of us was always in Ollie’s hospital room—either me, or our grown children, Bruce and Karen. One day, in his broken and weak speech, Ollie told Bruce, “Go home. You should be with Gwen.” Gwen was Bruce’s wife. They had been married for six years and lived hundreds of miles away. Gwen was about to have a baby. We felt an extra sadness, knowing Ollie would never see his first grandchild.
“I don’t want to leave you, Dad,” Bruce said. Ollie repeated, “You should be with Gwen.” Reluctantly, Bruce left. “When the baby comes,” he promised Ollie, “you will be the first to know.” A few days later, around 2 p.m., Ollie awoke from a sleep. He turned and looked at me. I sat close to hear his weak words. “The baby is coming now. It’s a boy,” he said. For a moment his eyes were filled with tears. Then he went back to sleep again. Not long after that, Karen ran into the room. “Bruce called,” she said, a smile lighting her face. “Gwen gave birth to a healthy baby boy around two o’ clock.”
Ollie smiled; he had been the first to know. That night, Ollie died in his sleep.
小题1:Ollie didn’t travel to Florida because________.| A．he was too weak to travel | | B．he could hardly be able to speak | | C．he could not afford the trip | | D．he was waiting for his grandchild to be born |
小题2:Why did Ollie want Bruce to be with Gwen?| A．Ollie thought it was too much trouble for Bruce to stay at hospital. | | B．Ollie wanted Bruce to bring the baby along as soon as it was born. | | C．Ollie didn’t want his son to be absent when his baby was born. | | D．Ollie couldn’t bear his son seeing him dying with a broken heart. |
小题3:The underlined word in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_______.| A．Disappointedly | B．Unwillingly | C．Excitedly | D．Immediately |
小题4:What can we learn from the passage ?| A．Ollie and his wife had planned to settle in Florida. | | B．Ollie cared for his son more than his daughter. | | C．Ollie was sad about not being able to see his first grandchild. | | D．Ollie died happy and in peace. |
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There was once a boy called Mario who loved to have loads of friends. He always 31 off how many friends he had at school. One day his grandfather said to him, “Mario, I 32 you a big bag of popcorn that you don’t have as many friends as you think. I’m sure many of them are nothing more than companions.”
Mario 33 the bet without hesitation. However, he wasn’t sure how to test 34 his schoolmates were real friends or not, so he asked his grandfather. The old man answered, “Wait a minute.” Then the old man left, 35 soon as though carrying something in his hands, but Mario could see 36 there.
“Take it. It’s a very special chair because it’s invisible (看不见). It’s rather 37 to sit on it, but if you take it to school and 38 to sit on it, you’ll activate (激活)its magic and you’ll be able to 39 who your real friends are. ”
Mario, brave and determined, took the 40 and set off for school. At break time he asked everyone to form a(n) 41 , and he put himself in the middle, with his chair. Having difficulty seeing it, Mario tried to sit on it and 42 straight onto his backside. Everyone around him had a pretty good laugh.
“Wait！Let me try again,” Mario said. But again, he missed the seat, 43 more surprised looks and a few catcalls (尖叫，喝倒彩). Mario didn’t 44 and kept trying to sit on the magic chair. But he kept falling onto the ground…until， 45 he tried again but didn’t fall. Looking around, Mario saw three of his best friends 46 him up. Meanwhile, many others he had 47 as friends had done nothing but make 48 of him.
And there, the show 49 to an end. Mario understood that true friends were those who 50 for him, and not just the companions that happened to be passing by. And someone who took joy in his misfortunes (不幸) was even less of a friend.
| 小题1: | | A．turned | | B．paid | | C．took | | D．showed |
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| 小题3: | | A．received | B．followed | C．accepted | D．dropped |
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| 小题4: | | A．which | B．that | C．what | D．whether |
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| 小题5: | | A．answering | B．returning | C．passing | D．recovering |
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| 小题6: | | A．everything | B．anything | C．something | D．nothing |
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| 小题7: | | A．hard | B．annoying | C．upset | D．painful |
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| 小题8: | | A．prepare | B．allow | C．manage | D．invite |
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| 小题9: | | A．doubt | B．tell | C．explain | D．call |
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| 小题10: | | A．popcorn | B．friend | C．book | D．chair |
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| 小题11: | | A．area | B．space | C．line | D．circle |
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| 小题12: | | A．walked | B．fell | C．broke | D．suffered |
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| 小题13: | | A．causing | B．bringing | C．providing | D．moving |
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| 小题14: | | A．give away | B．give out | C．give up | D．give off |
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| 小题15: | | A．suddenly | B．nearly | C．generally | D．unfortunately |
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| 小题16: | | A．carrying | B．holding | C．pulling | D．improving |
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| 小题17: | | A．imagined | B．faced | C．placed | D．viewed |
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| 小题18: | | A．smile | B．laugh | C．fun | D．interest |
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| 小题19: | | A．came | B．lasted | C．added | D．led |
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| 小题20: | | A．arranged | B．cared | C．looked | D．served |
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