阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
God’s Coffee
A group of class friends, highly established(很有成就) in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor．Conversation soon __41__ into complaints about stress(压力) in work and life．
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the __42__ and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of __43__ —porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, __44__ expensive, s
ome delicate—telling them to __45__ themselves to the coffee．
When all the students had a cup of coffee in _46__ ,the professor said：“If you noticed，all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, __47__ behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is __48__ for you to choose only the best for yourselves, that is the __49__ of your problems and stress．Be assured that the cup itself __50__ no quality to the coffee．In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink．__51__ all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously (自觉地) went __52__ the best cups．And then you began __53__ each other’s cups．Now consider this：Life is the __54__; 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(详细说明) , nor __55__the quality of life we __56__．Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we __57__ to enjoy the coffee God has __58__ for us．God brews the coffee, not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything．They just __59__ the best of everything．
Live simply．Love generously．Care deeply．Speak kindly．Leave the __60__ to God．
A．crowded B．looked C．burst D．turned
A．living-room B．waiting-room C．bedroom D．kitchen
A．cups B．pans C．bowls D．aprons
A．some B．others C．another D．other
A．devote B．help C．take D．pick
A．stomach B．hand C．mind D．mouth
A．running B．leaving C．hiding D．piling
A．wise B．important C．natural D．necessary
A．use B．disagreement C．answer D．cause
A．likes B．reduces C．adds D．relies
A．As B．What C．That D．Which
A．for B．into C．by D．on
A．looking B．guiding C．eyeing D．exchanging[
A．tea B．water C．wine D．coffee
A．worsen B．beat C．change D．improve
A．dislike B．live C．make D．use
A．fail B．succeed C．wish D．try
A．sold B．gave C．bought D．provided
A．keep B．say C．make D．do
A．dignity B．argument C．rest
I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 36 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 37 but a failure.” After five years of 38 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the beatific 39 that could have happened to me. I 40 I wanted to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to 41 that what people said about me was 42 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s 43 it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 44 and went to college. My first novel 45 while I was at college. After college I taught during the 46 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 47in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 48 that job to write full time 49 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself — 50 was a working-class boy who’d 51 school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and 52 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 53 what does it mean? I 54 wish all the people that have put me down had 55 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
A．bright B．useless C．simple D．hopeful
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．low B．good C．poor D．useful
A．support B．happiness C．surprise D．thing
A．admitted B．decided C．planned D．told
A．me B．them C．her D．it
A．stupid B．right C．wrong D．faulty
A．see B．know C．understand D．face
A．experiment B．practice C．writing D．composition
A．came on B．came in C．came back D．came out
A．day B．night C．month D．year
A．graduation B．pass C．degree D．success
A．giving in B．giving back C．giving out D．giving up
A．while B．if C．or D．when
A．there B．it C．here D．that
A．left B．attended C．changed D．graduated
A．tired B．calm C．nervous . D．famous
A．And B．But C．However D．Well
A．so B．exactly C．just D．very
A．said B．praised C．answered D．advised
One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods 21 she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and 22 what to do, she began crying. After a while. She 23 to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. 24 it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and 25 stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the 26 . Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a 27 .
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy 28 that his mistrees（女主人）was in danger. He jumped 29a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a 30 scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He 31 the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking 32 into the air, the dog 33 through the woods until he found the 34 . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his
35 , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He 36 over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was 37 .
When she opened her eyes and 38 her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you
39 me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of 40 That night Laddy had a heror’s supper: a huge meal of steak
A．since B．before C．while D．as
A．remembering B．forgetting C．wondering D．regretting
A．preferred B．expected C．decided D．failed
A．If B．Until C．When D．Because
A．cautiously B．carelessly C．hopelessly D．unwillingly
A．trees B．bushes C．grasses D． woods
A．rock B．stream C．tree D．house
A．sensed B．found C．heard D．smelt
A．at B．in C．through D．onto
A．terrible B．familiar C．pleasant D．strange
A．followed B．discovered C．missed D．ignored
A．calmly B．gently C．merrily D．loudly
A．looked B．wandered C．searched D．travelled
A．window B．girl C．hero D．house
A．delight B．disappointment C．embarrassment D．satisfaction
A．climbed B．jumped C．walked D．flew
A．awake B．abandoned C．asleep D．available
A．spotted B．saw C．observed D．watched
A．rescued B．comforted C．disturbed D．scared
A．relief B．shock C．sorrow D．pain
A farmer found a wounded eagle (鹰) in his field. He was so 26 that he took it home and cleaned its wounds. After that he placed it 27 in the yard, in the hope that it 28 recover soon.
Strangely enough, the eagle soon got used to the 29 of all the chickens in the yard. It learned to 30 from side to side like chickens, and eat happily from a trough (食槽). For many years, the eagle 31 his new life on the farm.
Then one day, one of the farmer’s friends pointed to the playing 32 and asked, “33 is that eagle acting like a chicken?” The farmer told him what had34 , and the friend felt quite35 .
“I can’t believe that!” said the friend. “It should fly in the 36 , not live here!” He picked up the eagle, and37 it into the air. The eagle was38 , and cried loudly. Then it just fell down on the ground.
That night, the friend could39 sleep as he remembered the chicken-like eagle. The next morning, he headed back to the farm for another40 . This time he carried the eagle to the41 of a nearby mountain.
When he stood at the highest place of the mountain, he looked into its eyes and shouted, “Don’t you42 ? You weren’t made to live like a chicken!” As he43 the eagle up, he made sure it was facing into the bright44 of the rising sun. Then he 45 tossed (抛) the bird into the sky. This time the eagle opened his wings, and disappeared into the clouds.
A．polite B．brave C．kind D．proud
A．forward B．outside C．inside D．backward
A．would B．should C．must D．need
A．food B．sounds C．water D．habits
A．walk B．sleep C．talk D．drink
A．wasted B．forgot C．lost D．enjoyed
A．chicken B．eagle C．farmer D．plane
A．When B．How C．Why D．What
A．suffered B．experienced C．happened D．found
A．pleased B．surprised C．worried D．satisfied
A．sky B．sea C．land D．lake
A．pulled B．moved C．took D．threw
A．afraid B．interested C．excited D．angry
A．hardly B．exactly C．actually D．finally
A．drink B．meeting C．rest D．try
A．top B．foot C．center D．side
A．believe B．cry C．understand D．work
A．held B．put C．filled D．tied
A．sight B．light C．space D．shape
A．easily B．softly C．quickly D．powerfully
Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to 36 my father, who’d moved there to find 37 work when I was three years old. He had a job at a restaurant and only visited us 38 every couple of years.
Before I moved, I knew that people in the US spoke English. But honestly, I didn’t stop to analyze the 39 when I was 40 to leave. Just like I assumed I could easily become a doctor or a lawyer. I assumed that I had the skills to learn English in a few weeks.
When I 41 in the US and started 8th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was speaking a(n) 42 language I couldn’t understand. I 43 that life had subtitles, like in foreign movies. School was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt like I was in a geek（呆子） class. The teachers were always 44 my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the worst thing was having to read 45
46 after almost seven months of complaining about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things. 47 just made my life worse. If I was going to 48in this new concrete jungle, I had to 49 . I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own 50 school. After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers 51 my improvement and moved me into a more 52 English class. I could go to the store and ask for things that I wanted to buy without 53 frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again 54 .I didn’t hear foreign talk. I 55 understand people.
A．find B．join C．see D．help
A．good-looking B．well-dressed C．better-paying D．highly-thought
A．once B．other C．each D．only
A．case B．condition C．situation D．state
A．packing B．trying C．managing D．arranging
A．reached B．entered C．got D．arrived
A．strange B．unusual C．standard D．foreign
A．hoped B．wished C．expected D．demanded
A．staring B．looking C．checking D．watching
A．texts B．newspapers C．English D．poems
A．Although B．Even if C．But D．Since
A．It B．They C．I D．Things
A．live B．study C．survive D．continue
A．adapt B．adopt C．adore D．admire
A．for B．in C．after D．at
A．made B．noticed C．concerned D．remember
A．modern B．advanced C．difficult D．convenient
A．even B．ever C．some D．any
A．if B．though C．ever D．because
A．could B．should C．would D．might
My l4-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat which was hanging at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass. While the other coats drooped, this one looked as if it were 36 itself up. The coat had beautiful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label and a(an) 37 price of $28, which was popular just then with 38 , but could cost several hundred dollars new. This coat was even better, bearing that 39 of classic elegance. John tried it on and the fit was perfect.
John 40 the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile "Did the kids like your coat?" I asked. "They loved it," he said, 41 folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a 42 came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness and reasoned discussion replaced fierce 43 . He became more mannerly and 44 , eager to please. He would generously loan his younger brother his tapes and lecture him 45 his behavior.
When I mentioned this incident to his teacher and 46 what caused the changes, she said laughing. "It 47 be his coat!" Another teacher told him she was giving him a good 48 not only because he had earned 49 but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran into a friend “Could this be John?" he asked surprisingly, 50 John's new height, assessing the cut of his coat and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both know we should never 51a person's clothes for the real person within them. 52 there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for 53 what is on the inside to what is on the outside.
For John it is a time when it is as easy to try on different approaches to 54 as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape 55 all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.
A．turning B．holding C．showing D．hanging
A．unreasonable B．expected C．unbelievable D．acceptable
A．teenagers B．adults C．women D．strangers
A．color B．price C．style D．size
A．sent B．carried C．lent D．wore
A．casually B．comfortably C．carefully D．quickly
A．happiness B．change C．smile D．matter
A．doubt B．fight C．argument D．war
A．thoughtful B．handsome C．hopeful D．curious
A．of B．on C．with D．at
A．wondered B．confirmed C．concluded D．discovered
A．can B．must C．will D．should
A．present B．mark C．word D．result
A．this B．them C．it D．one
A．looking up at B．looking down to C．checking up D．taking up
A．trust B．mistake C．exchange D．regard
A．But B．Though C．Since D．So
A．attaching B．connecting C．relating D．matching
A．career B．life C．study D．success
A．where B．why C．how D．when