A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about ____ in work and life. Offering his__ coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and ____ with a large pot of coffee and a   ____ of cups---porcelain(陶瓷), plastic, glass, crystal(水晶), some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautiful—telling them to ____ themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said,“If you have ____all the nice-looking expensive cups have been ____, leaving behind the plain and ____ ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves , that is the ____ of your problems and stress.”
“Be assured that the cup ____ adds no quality to the coffee. ____ it is just more expensive and in some cases ____ hides what we drink.”
“____ all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, ____ you consciously went for the best cups…. And then you began ____ each other’s cups.”
Now consider this:__ __ is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. ____ are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the ____ of life we live. Sometimes , by concentrating only on the cup, we ____ to enjoy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups ____ 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．apply

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．looking B．liking C．envying D．looking at

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