A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about  26  in work and life. To offer his guests coffee, the  27  went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of  28  — porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some  29  , some expensive, some delicate — telling them to help themselves to the  30  .
When all the students  31  a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, "If you have  32  , all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up,  33  the plain and cheap ones. While it is  34  for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the  35  of your problems and stress. "
"Be assured that the cup itself adds no  36  to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even  37 what we drink. "
"What all of you really want is coffee,  38  the cup, but you  39  went for the best cups … And then you began  40  each other's cups. "
"Now consider  41  : Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain  42  , and the type of cup we have does not determine, nor  43  the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we  44  to enjoy the coffee. Fully appreciate the coffee, not the cups! Don't let the cups   45  you ... enjoy the coffee instead. "

A．stress B．progress C．condition D．pride

A．advisor B．professor C．monitor D．graduate

A．glasses B．bowls C．trays D．cups

A．plain-looking B．beautiful C．modern D．nice-looking

A．pot B．sugar C．milk D．coffee

A．made B．had C．cooked D．served

A．talked B．discussed C．noticed D．decided

A．leaving behind B．falling about C．leaving about D．falling behind

A．strange B．wonderful C．normal D．important

A．source B．purpose C．doubt D．result

A．price B．quality C．sweet D．color

A．proves B．tastes C．hides D．steals

A．more than B．less than C．other than D．rather than

A．consciously B．wisely C．shyly D．carelessly

A．showing B．eyeing C．exchanging D．praising

A．it B．that C．this D．one

A．jobs B．money C．position D．life

A．change B．increase C．discover D．lower

A．try B．manage C．fail D．plan

A．envy B．drive C．support D．assess