(2014·福建泉州模拟)
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.The conversation soon turned into__1__about stress in work and life.Offering his__2__coffee，the professor went to the kitchen and__3__with a large pot of coffee and a__4__of cups—porcelain，plastic glass，crystal，some plainlooking，some expensive，some exquisite (精致的)，telling them to __5__themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand，the professor said，“If you have__6__，all the nicelooking expensive cups have been__7__，leaving behind the plain and__8__ones.Of course，__9__it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves，that is the __10__of your problems and stress.”
“It is sure that the cup itself__11__no quality to the coffee.__12__ it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we__13__.”
“What all of you really want is coffee，not the cup，but you went__14__for the best cups.And then you began__15__each other’s cups.”
“Now consider this：Life is the coffee;the jobs，__16__and position in society are the cups.They are just tools to__17__and contain life，and the type of cup we have does not define，nor__18__the quality of life we live.Sometimes，by concentrating only on the cup，we__19__to enjoy the coffee.Value the coffee，not the cups!”
Don’t let the cups __20__you.Enjoy the coffee instead.
1.A.information B.complaints
C.surprises D.satisfaction
2.A.friends B.customers
C.guests D.fellows
3.A.carried B.returned
C.arrived D.brought
4.A.kind B.set
C.variety D.group
5.A.devote B.expose
C.help D.provide
6.A.seen B.discovered
C.recognized D.noticed
7.A.taken in B.taken back
C.taken out D.taken up
8.A.cheap B.dear
C.pretty D.fantastic
9.A.if B.while
C.because D.since
10.A.resource B.source
C.result D.point
11.A.increases B.expands
C.extends D.adds
12.A.At no time B.In most cases
C.In no case D.At times
13.A.drink B.desire
C.eat D.want
14.A.happily B.strangely
C.consciously D.surprisingly
15.A.suspecting B.envying
C.considering D.eyeing
16.A.money B.love
C.friendship D.death
17.A.offer B.take
C.live D.hold
18.A.exchange B.raise
C.change D.create
19.A.have B.hesitate
C.forget D.fail
20.A.defeat B.drive
C.decide D.puzzle
