【推荐】2015届高考英语二轮小专题复习之完形填空3.docVIP

完形填空3 A group of class friends, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon 41 into complaints about pressure in work and life. While the guests were talking, the professor went to the 42 and prepared coffee. Then he 43 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups — porcelain (瓷) , plastic, glass, crystal, some 44 looking, some expensive, some delicate (精致) — telling them to 45 themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee 46　 hand, the professor said, “If you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up, 47 behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is 48 for you to choose the best for yourselves, that is the 49 of your problems and pressure. Be assured that the cup itself 50 no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. Though 51 all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you 52 the best cups directly. And then you began 53 each other’s cups.” The professor paused and then went on, “Now consider this: Life is the coffee and the jobs, money and 54 in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and 55 life and they do not change the 56 of life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 57 to enjoy the coffee God has 58 for us. God brews the coffee, not the cup…Enjoy your coffee! The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just 59 the best use of everything. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the 60 to God. 41. A. stopped B. looked C. became D. turned 42. A. kitchen B. bedroom C. study D. living-room 43. A. went B. got C. returned D. turned 44. A. plain B. clean C. ugly D. fine 45. A. enjoy B. help C. offer D. devote 46. A. for B. by C. in D. with 47. A. falling B. leaving C. hiding D. keeping 48. A. natural B. formal C. necessary