A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about  36  in work and life. Offering his  37  coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and  38  with a large pot of coffee and a  39  of cups---porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautiful—telling them to  40  themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “if you have  41 , all the nice-looking expensive cups have been  42 , leaving behind the plain and  43  ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the  44  of your problems and stress.”
“Be assured that the cup  45  adds no quality to the coffee.  46  it is just more expensive and in some cases  47  hides what we drink.”
“48  all of you really want is coffee, not the cup,  49  you consciously went for the best cups…. And then you began  50  each other’s cups.”
Now consider this:  51  is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. 52  are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the  53  of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we  54  to enjoy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups  55 you … enjoy the coffee instead.

A．stress B．dream C．sorrow D．truth

A．friends B．customers C．fellows D．guests

A．carried B．returned C．arrived D．reached

A．kind B．variety C．sort D．number

A．devote B．expose C．help D．addicted

A．searched B．witnessed C．noticed D．discovered

A．taken up B．brought in C．sold out D．cut down

A．expensive B．cheap C．beautiful D．usual

A．point B．answer C．source D．result

A．by itself B．on its own C．for itself D．itself

A．At no time B．At times C．In no case D．In most cases

A．ever B．even C．never D．hardly

A．What B．That C．Which D．Whether

A．but B．so C．and D．for

A．suspecting B．liking C．envying D．eyeing

A．Love B．Life C．Future D．Failure

A．They B．We C．You D．What

A．quantity B．style C．quality D．standard

A．have B．hesitate C．forget D．fail

A．force B．drive C．puzzle D．amaze