2014高考英语完形填空精英训练极品题：13.docVIP

2014高考英语完形填空精英训练极品题（13）及答案 【四川省2014高考英语仿真模拟试题】 完形填空(共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11--30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳答案。 A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. They talked about the 11 topic— happiness. But soon their conversation turned into complaints about 12 in work and life. To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and 13 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of 14 — plastic, glass, metal, porcelain(陶瓷), some plain-looking, some very 15 . The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in 16 , the professor said: “If you have noticed, all the nice-looking 17 cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is 18 for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the 19 of your problems and stress.” The professor continued, “Believe that the cup itself adds no 20 to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even 21 what we drink. What all of you 22 wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went 23 the best cups. Now 24 this: life is coffee, the jobs, money, and 25 in society are the cups which are just tools to hold and 26 life, and the different types of cups we have don’t decide, nor 27 the quality of life. If we concentrate only on the cups, we will 28 to enjoy the coffee in it. So don’t let the cups 29 you...enjoy the coffee instead.” At these words, the graduates looked at each other in 30 embarrassment. 11. A. hot B. sensitive C. famous D. easy 12. A. pay B. joy C. experience D. stress 13. A. cooked B. took C. returned D. met 14. A. cups B. gifts C. plates D. drinks 15. A. common B. special C. rare D. delicate 16. A. order B. time C. hand D. place 17. A. pretty B. different C. colorful D. expensive 18. A. necessary B. normal C. good D. possible 19. A. situation B. an