8. 【2011·山西太原市模擬一】 完型填空

A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor．They talked about the present-day _36__ topic — Happiness．But the conversation soon turned into complaints about _ 37_ ?in work and in life．To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and _38_．with a large pot of coffee and different types of ?_39_ ? — plastic, glass, crystal, some nice-looking, some plain-looking, some expensive, some cheap—telling them to help _40 _to the coffee．_41_ all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said．"If you _42_ ?, you might find all the nice-looking, expensive cups are taken up, with the plain and cheap ones ?_43_．While it is ?_44_ for you to want: only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your _45_ and stress．In fact, the cup itself adds no _46_ to the coffee．What．a(chǎn)ll of you _47_wanted was coffee, not．the cup．but you consciously went for the best cups and were _48_each other's cups．"

“Now ?_49_ ?this: Life is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in _50_ are the cups．They are just tools to ?_51_ and contain life, and the types of cups do nor decide or _52_ the quality of life we live．Sometimes, focusing on the cup makes us _53_ to enjoy the coffee itself．So, don't let the cups drive you．Enjoy the coffee _54_．"

The _55_ people don't have the best of everything．They just make the best of everything,

36．A．warm ? ? ? ? ? ? B．hot ? ? ? ? ? C．heavy ? ? ? ? ? D．sensitive

37．A．progress ? ? B． plans ? ? ? C．disasters ? ? ? D．stress

38．A．cooked ? ? ? B．passed ? ? ? ? ? C．returned ? ? ? ? ? D．provided

39．A．cups ? ? ? ? ? B．plates ? ? ? ? ? C．bowls ? ? ? ? ? D．tables

40．A．them ? ? ? ? ? ? B．themselves ? ? C．you ? ? ? ? D．yourselves

41．A．Before ? ? ? ? ? B．Since ? ? ? ? ? C．When ? ? ? ? ? D．Because

42．A．saw ? ? ? ? ? B．suggested ? ? ? ? C．proved ? ? ? ? ? D．noticed

43．A．left behind ? ? ? B．got away ? ? ? C．put away ? ? ? ? D, sent back

44．A．helpful ? ? ? B．normal ? ? ? ? C．safe ? ? ? ? ? D．popular

45．A．habit ? ? ? ? ? B．courage ? ? C．fear ? ? ? D．problem

46．A．quality ? ? ? ? ? B．weight ? ? ? C．colour ? ? ? ? D．cost

47．A．nearly ? ? ? ? ? B．finally ? ? ? ? ? C．really ? ? ? ? D．quickly

48．A．looking ? ? ? ? B．eyeing ? ? ? ? ? C．saying ? ? ? D．feeling

49．A．consider ? B．repeat ? ? ? C．do ? ? ? ? ? ? D．recite

50．A．school ? ? ? ? B．thought． ? ? ? ? C．society ? ? ? ? ? D．dream

51．A．check ? ? ? ? B．create ? ? ? ? C．measure ? ? ? ? ? D．hold

52．A．correct ? ? ? ? ? B．change ? ? ? ? ? C．bring ? ? ? ? ? ? D．record

53．A．fail ? ? ? ? ? B．stop ? ? ? ? ? C．dislike ? ? ? D．struggle

54．A．too ? ? ? ? ? B．either ? ? ? ? ? C．a(chǎn)lso ? ? ? ? D．instead

55．A．busiest ? ? ? ? B．cleverest ? ? ? ? C．happiest ? ? ? ? ? D．kindest

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