A group of men, highly successful in their jobs, went to visit their old teacher. Soon they began to about the stress in work and life.
The old teacher went to the kitchen and returned a pot of coffee and different kinds of cups: glass, plastic; nice-looking ones, ugly ones; some , some cheap. He told them to help to the coffee.
When all the students were holding a cup of coffee, the teacher said: “I’ve found that all the nice-looking expensive cups were and you’ve left behind the ugly and cheap . While it is for you to take only the best for yourselves, your problems and stress come along.
You know that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee, what you wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you went for the best cups.
Now think this: life is the coffee. The jobs and money are the cups. They are just outlooks of our life, and the type of cup does not the quality of life. Sometimes, we care about the cup, and we fail the coffee that life offers us. Life hands us the coffee, not the cups. Please enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don’ t have the of everything. They just make the best of everything.
So please speak kindly, live , and love deeply.
A．think B．complain C．worry D．say
A．by B．at C．with D．for
A．expensive B．good C．beautiful D．strange
A．yourself B．yourselves C．them D．themselves
A．taken B．changed C．broken D．lost
A．one B．cup C．ones D．coffee
A．necessary B．usual C．normal D．often
A．first B．true C．really D．just
A．still B．only C．unless D．though
A．for B．of C．to D．about
A．make B．improve C．change D．have
A．much too B．a little C．too little D．too much
A．enjoy B．enjoying C．enjoyed D．to enjoy
A．worst B．better C．best D．worse
A．shortly B．quickly C．simply D．clearly
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Antarctica is in the most _____part of the world. It’s like nowhere else____the earth. It’s nearly twice the size of Australia, much____ than Europe. Antarctica is the ____ and windiest place in the world, even colder and windier than the Arctic. In summer, the sun shines for twenty-four hours a day. ____ in winter, it’s completely dark for about three months. Very___ plants grow there, but there is some wildlife, like sea lions and penguins (企鹅).
When Captain James Cook traveled around Antarctica by ship ____, he found nobody living there. Today, a few ____ are studying the Ozone Hole (臭氧空洞) in Antarctica. The ozone layer (臭氧层) is getting thinner and thinner. The biggest “hole” is over Antarctica, and the____ there is becoming warmer. These scientists are thinking about ways to____Antarctica. Maybe they will find some useful methods soon.
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Old George selected（挑选） his food in the supermarket more carefully than NASA chose its astronauts. When he left the cashier, he was ____________ to think that he had saved 80 cents today.
At the exit, the cold wind made him ____________ his gloves. He looked for them in his coat and pants _____________ could not find them anywhere. He had bought the black gloves at a(an) ____________ price, for just $35, years ago. They were ____________ and very comfortable. He had taken great care looking ____________them, so they were in good condition.
George, calm on the outside but mad on the inside, re-entered the _____________. He followed the same route he had walked before. Several minutes of searching turned out to be in vain (徒劳). His ___________ were gone. “People have changed,” he said to himself. “Years ago, if somebody picked up something lost, they would give it back. Not any more!”
He stared at anybody wearing black gloves to see if they looked like ____________. On his way to the dairy section, he _____________ a lady wearing a pair of black gloves. He sped up and in three seconds was in front of her. But ____________ the surprised woman looked over, his eyes dropped, for her gloves were just far too small to be his. He went over to the cashier to ask if she had received any lost gloves, but she said no. He finally walked out _____________ the street.
A few days later, poor George decided to buy another leather pair. _____________ getting on the subway, he stepped into the supermarket again. He wanted to see if by any chance his gloves had been returned to the lost and found office. “What color are they?” the woman in the office asked. “Black,” he _____________the same answer. She looked into her drawer and drew out a pair of ___________ leather gloves. “Are they?”
“Yes! Those are mine,” George exclaimed, his eyes full of joy.
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My wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and watch a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know that woman also loves you and would like to spend _________ with you.”
The other woman ____________my wife asked me to pay attention to was my mother. My father has been dead for many years. My mother lived __________, but sometimes I was too busy to visit her.
That evening I called her and invited her to dinner and watch a movie. She seemed very___________ when I arrived at her house. We went to a restaurant. My mother took my arm and walked as if she was my first lady.
__________ dinner, we had a very good conversation. It was nothing special. We simply________the latest events in our lives. But we were so busy talking___________we missed the movie. At last, she said,” I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.”I agreed.
A few days later, my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a ____________ to do anything for her. Not long after that, I received a payment receipt (收据) from the restaurant as well as an attached (附加) note：
“I paid the bill for our second dinner in advance(提前). I am not sure___________I could have dinner with you or not. So I paid for two people, you and your wife. I have no words to explain how important that dinner meant to me. My son, I love you.”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time “I LOVE YOU” and giving our loved ones the time that they deserve (应得) . __________ in life is more important than our family.
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One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then _________down to eat something. A few ________ later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.
“Please tie your horse to another tree,” said the poor man. “My horse is wild. It will kill yours.” ________ the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard terrible ________ , the two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too ________ . The rich man’s horse was killed. “See what your horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to ________ for it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.
Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no ________ . At last Mr. Know said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.” “Oh,” the rich man shouted ________ . “He can! He spoke to me when I met him.” “Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he say ? “He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was ________ and would kill my horse.” “Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he ________ you. Then can you expect to get money from him? ”
The rich man said nothing and left silently.A. putB. satC. turned
A. daysB. minutesC. weeks
A. SoB. AndC.But
A. songB. bellC. noise
A. lateB. hardC. quick
A. payB. waitC. care
A. ideaB. mistakeC. answer
A. heavilyB. angrilyC. happily
A. quietB. niceC. wild
A.helpedB. warnedC. ordered
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I love PE classes in my school! One day, our teacher told us that we had the__ __ to choose our favorite sport. It included badminton, __ __basketball, volleyball and soccer. We were all ____ about that, because we could choose what we really like. Before, we always __ __taking PE classes. We thought they were boring. But now I think __ __ of us will get interested, because we are doing what we really enjoy!A. chanceB. activityC. time
A. singingB. dancing C. tennis
A. worriedB. sadC. excited
A. likedB. hatedC. started
A. noneB. anyoneC. all