完形填空原創(chuàng)練習
2012-04-29 00:00:00吳華
考試·新英語 2012年2期
改編自China Daily網(wǎng)站，適合高三學(xué)生平時和考前訓(xùn)練。
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從1～20各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about __1__ 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 plain-looking， some expensive， some beautiful — 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 nice-looking expensive cups have been __7__， leaving behind the plain and __8__ ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves， that is the __9__ of your problems and stress. \"
\"Be assured that the cup __10__ adds no quality to the coffee. __11__ it is just more expensive and in some cases__12__ hides what we drink. \"
\"__13__ all of you really want is coffee， not the cup， __14__ you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began __15__ each other's cups.
\"Now consider this: __16__ is the coffee; the jobs， money and position in society are the cups. __17__ are just tools to hold and contain life， and the type of cup we have does not define， nor change the __18__ 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. stress B. dream C. sorrow D. truth
2. A. friends B. customers C. fellows D. guests
3. A. carried B. returned C. arrived D. reached
4. A. kind B. variety C. sort D. number
5. A. devote B. expose C. help D. addicted
6. A. searched B. witnessed C. noticed D. discovered
7. A. taken up B. brought in C. sold out D. cut down
8. A. expensive B. cheap C. beautiful D. usual
9. A. point B. answer C. source D. result
10. A. by itself B. on its own C. for itself D. itself
11. A. At no time B. At times C. In no case D. In most cases
12. A. ever B. even C. never D. hardly
13. A. What B. That C. Which D. Whether
14. A. but B. so C. and D. for
15. A. suspecting B. liking C. envying D. eyeing
16. A. Love B. Life C. Future D. Failure
17. A. They B. We C. You D. What
18. A. quantity B. style C. quality D. standard
19. A. have B. hesitate C. forget D. fail
20. A. control B. drive C. puzzle D. amaze
文章大意：本文講述了一個生活哲理。盛咖啡的杯子的貴賤優(yōu)劣，并不能決定杯中咖啡的質(zhì)量好壞。對于喝咖啡的人來說，咖啡杯只是一個器具；杯中的咖啡才是他（她）的旨趣所在。工作，金錢，社會職位之于生活又何嘗不是如此呢？
Keys: 1 — 5 ADBBC 6 — 10 CABCD 11 — 15 DBAAD 16 — 20 BACDB
解析：1. stress 從本句“complained(抱怨)”及下文第四段的末句可知。
2. guests 學(xué)生們來看望以前的老師，自然是客人。
3. returned 此句指教授從廚房返回客廳。
4. a variety of cups 各種各樣的杯子 從破折號的解釋可看出，教授拿出許多不同的咖啡杯來。
5. help oneself to。
6. noticed 注意，關(guān)注。
7. taken up 占用 本句意思是“價錢貴樣子又好看的杯子都給你們用上了，撂在一旁的都是一些不好看的便宜貨”。
8. cheap 與本句的expensive 相對。
9. source 根源，其它選項不符。
10. itself 本句的意思是說杯子本身的好壞貴賤并不能決定杯中咖啡的質(zhì)量。其它選項與句 意不符。
11. in most cases 在大部分情況下，與本句的in some cases 相呼應(yīng)。
12. even 甚至，加強語氣。
13. what 引導(dǎo)主語從句。
14. but 此處表轉(zhuǎn)折。
15. eyeing 關(guān)注。
16. 略。
17. they指前文的jobs， money and position in society。
18. the quality of life 指生活品質(zhì)。
19. fail to do sth 此句大意是說，有時候人們只關(guān)注盛咖啡的杯子，而沒能品嘗出咖啡的味道。寓意人們過于關(guān)注生活的外在表現(xiàn)形式，而忽略生活的真正內(nèi)涵。
20. drive驅(qū)使。
