A group of class friends, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon ____ into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the ____ and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of ____ porcelain(瓷), plastic, glass, crystal(水晶), some ____ looking, some expensive, and some delicate(精美的) — telling them to        themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in       , the professor said, “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, ____ behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to ____ only the best for yourselves, that is the ____ of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself ____ no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even hides what we drink. ____ all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you ____ went for the best cups... And then you began ____ each other’s cups. Now consider this: Life is the ____; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and ____ life, and the type of cup we have does not define(规定), nor change the quality of life we ____. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we ____ to enjoy the coffee God has ____ for us. God brews（酿造）the coffee, not the cup… Enjoy your coffee!
The happiestpeople don't have the best of everything. They just ____ the best of everything.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the ____ to God.

A．stopped B．looked C．grew D．turned

A．living-room B．waiting-room C．bedroom D．kitchen

A．cups B．pans C．bowls D．bottles

A．plain B．clean C．ugly D．fine

A．devote B．help C．dedicate D．enjoy

A．stomach B．hand C．mind D．mouth

A．falling B．leaving C．hiding D．keeping

A．hope B．wish C．need D．want

A．source B．resource C．result D．reason

A．adapts B．puts C．adds D．applies

A．As B．What C．That D．Which

A．consciously B．cheerfully C．excitedly D．subjectively

A．looking B．glaring C．eyeing D．glancing

A．tea B．water C．wine D．coffee

A．include B．change C．contain D．conclude

A．spend B．lead C．hate D．love

A．fail B．want C．tend D．manage

A．shown B．taken C．sent D．provided

A．keep B．take C．make D．hold

A．concerns B．principles C．achievements D．Complaints