8. 【2011·山西太原市模拟一】 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．all 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．also         D．instead

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

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