God"s Coffee
A group of schoolmates who have left school for several years, highly established in their careers, got
together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into 1 about stress in work and
life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and 2 with a large pot of coffee and a
variety of cups-porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some graceful-telling
them to 3 themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said. " 4 you noticed, 5 the nice
looking expensive cups were 6 , leaving behind the 7 and cheap ones. 8 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 itself adds
no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases 10 hides what we drink.
What all of you 11 wanted was coffee, not the cup, 12 you consciously 13 the best cups... And then
you began 14 each other"s cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money, and 15 in society
are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor
change the 16 of life we live. Sometimes, by 17 only on the cup, we 18 to enjoy the coffee God has
provided us."
God brews the coffee, not the cups... Enjoy your coffee!
"The 19 people don"t have the best of everything. They just 20 the best of everything."
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.
Leave the rest to God. |
( )1. A. cares
( )2. A. left
( )3. A. treat
( )4. A. If
( )5. A. all
( )6. A. lifted up
( )7. A. broken
( )8. A. As
( )9. A. resource
( )10. A. even
( )11. A. only
( )12. A. and
( )13. A. took in
( )14. A. exchanging
( )15. A. position
( )16. A. purpose
( )17. A. seeking
( )18. A. learn
( )19. A. happiest
( )20. A. take | B. complaints
B. went
B. serve
B. Whether
B. most
B. taken up
B. delicate
B. While
B. force
B. also
B. really
B. so
B. held up
B. toasting
B. income
B. way
B. wasting
B. fail
B. richest
B. make | C. arguments
C. returned
C. attach
C. Because
C. no
C. cleared up
C. plain
C. When
C. reason
C. almost
C. surely
C. or
C. struggled
C. eyeing
C. occupation
C. quality
C. concentrating
C. tend
C. luckiest
C. learn | D. opinions
D. shared
D. help
D. Unless
D. some
D. fixed up
D. normal
D. Though
D. source
D. absolutely
D. possibly
D. but
D. went for
D. admiring
D. location
D. attitude
D. spending
D. prefer
D. cleverest
D. try |
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| 阅读理解。 | A woman whose sports car was stolen with her dog in it put up notices all over the area that made it clear
getting back her pet was more important than her car.
"Whoever did this can keep my car. Please let Tom come home," the notice said.
It is not known whether the thief showed any pity, but almost 30 hours after the 1 pm theft Friday, Julie
and Tom, a 10-year-old black retriever (猎犬), were reunited after police located them in Barringlon.
"He"s hungry, he"s dirty, but he"s very happy to be home," Julie said.
The car was found at about 5 pm Saturday off Route 125 in an area full of off-the-road cars and dirt bikes.
However, the police couldn"t control Tom, and they had to call Julie to come and get him.
Julie said the thief cared for Tom a little by giving him some dry dog food. She believed Tom ended up
drinking some muddy water in the area.
She said they have been together for nearly 8 years after she took him back from a society shelter in Dallas,
Texas.
Before Tom was found, Julie and several friends put up notices all over the city. They also contacted animal
shelters, throughout southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
The notice stated there was a reward, and also that the dog needed medication. Any caller could remain
anonymous (匿名的).
Julie had parked the car outside a hardware store with the keys inside and gone in to buy a carpet cleaner.
"It was 10 minutes and I came out and my car was gone along with Tom in broad daylight," Julie said. The
car thief threw her wallet and other personal items out of the car before escaping from the scene. | | 1. What would be the best title for the passage? | A. A car with a dog was stolen
B. Lucky dog was returned to his owner
C. Stealing cars: a most important social problem
D. Woman wants dog back more than stolen car | 2. Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened?
a. Notices were put up saying there was a reward.
b. Julie saw Tom again.
c. Police found Julie"s car.
d. Julie took Tom back from a society shelter.
e. Julie bought a carpet cleaner in a hardware store. | A. d, e, a, b, c
B. d, e, a, e, b
C. e, a, d, b, c
D. e, a, c, d, b | | 3. We can infer from the passage _____. | A. the dog was treated extremely badly by the thief
B. car stolen accidents happen frequently nowadays
C. the dog was found because of the reward
D. the thief stole the car easily | | 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? | A. The dog was sent back immediately after Julie put up the notices.
B. Julie and her friends made a great effort to look for her dog.
C. The thief gave the dog back but kept the sports car.
D. The dog was back at l pm on a Friday. | | 完形填空。 | For a few years, I have been wearing a ring on my right hand. It"s not always the 1 ring, but it"s always
a ring that has 2 on it so that when I look at it, I"m 3 or reminded of something important. I have made
a 4 of buying rings like this whenever I see one in a store. Sometimes I give them away as 5 to someone
like Jennie.
I first met Jennie in the 6 waiting room and we had talked several times. One night I sat down beside her
and 7 how her son was doing because I knew that he was in very 8 condition. She told me that she didn"t
know what to do any more because it seemed none of the 9 from the doctors was good. They weren"t at all
sure her son was going to 10 the accident that had hurt him so badly. With 11 in her eyes she said, "They"re
12 my hope."
I knew then that it was 13 just a coincidence that I was wearing the ring that I had on that day. As she 14
to talk, I 15 slipped the ring off my finger and placed it in Jennie"s hand. I told her to wear it to remember that
God loved her and He would be with her 16 all of this. 17 Jennie looked down at the ring, she got excited and
then held it tightly, 18 the word written on the ring was "HOPE".
The last day I was at the hospital, I saw Jennie in the distance as I got on the lift. She 19 and held up the
hand with the ring on it as she called out to me saying, "Look, I 20 have Hope!" | ( )1. A. special
( )2. A. words
( )3. A. admired
( )4. A. plan
( )5. A. gifts
( )6. A. railway
( )7. A. asked
( )8. A. favorable
( )9. A. advice
( )10. A. defeat
( )11. A. apologies
( )12. A. keeping up
( )13. A. other than
( )14. A, continued
( )15. A. cautiously
( )16. A. over
( )17. A. Until
( )18. A. for
( )19. A. shouted
( )20. A. ever | B. expensive
B. pictures
B. encouraged
B. point
B. prizes
B. school
B. explained
B. normal
B. news
B. experience
B. tears
B. bringing down
B. rather than
B. refused
B. quietly
B. beyond
B. While
B. so
B. waved
B. only | C. same
C. names
C. trusted
C. list
C. awards
C. hospital
C. thought
C. serious
C. instructions
C. predict
C. anger
C. cutting off
C. more than
C. attempted
C. nervously
C. through
C. Since
C. yet
C. cheered
C. still | D. valuable
D. symbols
D. puzzled
D. habit
D. thanks
D. airport
D. found
D. excellent
D. comfort
D. survive
D. doubt
D. taking away
D. less than
D. started
D. shyly
D. within
D. When
D. and
D. hesitated
D. just | | 阅读理解。 | When Josephine Cooper was growing up, she learned the importance of charity from her parents. Although
they made a modest living for their family of 10, they insisted on sharing with those less fortunate.
Half a century later, Mrs. Cooper became a beloved volunteer at the San Diego Food Bank, where she
devoted herself to helping others. She organized and ran a distribution center from a church, helping it become
the organization"s largest emergency food distribution center in San Diego. She was one of 25 outstanding senior
volunteers in the nation selected and invited Washington D.C. to receive the award.
"She was the main person who helped us make that program grow," said Mike Doody, former director of
the Food Bank. "She had a way of getting people to work together and to work hard. She was determined and
stubborn, but in a good way. She had a good heart." People knew her as "Grandma" because of her selflessness
and her devotion to helping hungry children and families. "She reminded people of their Grandma." Doody said.
As a widow with a young child in 1979, Mrs. Cooper was helped through a difficult financial time when the
Food Bank provided her with groceries. "She devoted her life to giving back," said her daughter, Monica Cooper. It wasn"t unusual for a local church to call Mrs. Cooper to ask her to aid a needy family. "She would give people
food out of her cupboard. Sometimes we would cook a meal for a family living out of their car," Cooper said.
Although Mrs. Cooper was honored to receive the national award for her volunteer work, she said being able
to help others was her reward. She died of liver disease and kidney failure, aged 93. | | 1. The underlined word "charity" in Paragraph 1 refers to _____. | A. offering help
B. donating money
C. providing services
D. showing sympathy | | 2. The San Diego Food Bank is meant to _____. | A. distribute food in case of emergency
B. help hungry children and families
C. give basic first-aid treatment
D. train some senior volunteers | | 3. Which of the following is true of Mrs. Cooper? | A. She died at an early age.
B. She refused the national award.
C. She was kind and devoted.
D. She was not easy to get along with. | | 4. From what Monica Cooper said, we know that _____. | A. she is in financial trouble
B. she was finally rewarded
C. she once misunderstood her mother
D. she thinks highly of her mother | | 5. Mrs Cooper"s story suggests that _____. | A. everyone needs a Grandma nearby
B. children are what their parents are
C. a Sound mind is in a sound body
D. a mother"s love never changes | | 完形填空。 | It was a warm March evening, and I"d just taken a seat on the bus that would take me home. It was nearly
6:00 PM, but the bus was not yet full and the driver gave no 1 that he intended to start the bus.
A middle-aged woman took a seat opposite me. She was crying. Not speaking to anyone in particular,
she 2 narrated her story.
She had come to the city to visit her daughter. On the way to the terminal, a thief had 3 one of her bags.
It had contained half of the money she"d brought with her. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so
she 4 still had some money left. The bus conductor, driver, and other passengers listened to her tale.
At this time, an old man 5 got on the bus. He sat in the seat directly in front of the woman. After a few
minutes, all seats were 6 . The driver got behind the wheel and started the engine. The bus conductor collected
tickets and began asking us where we were 7 . When he came to the old man"s seat, he became 8 and asked
the old man Whether he had any money. The old man 9 that he did not. He explained that he 10 all his money
this morning when he"d accidentally got on the wrong bus and now he was trying to go home.
Upon heating this, the bus conductor 11 the old man to get off the bus. The old man was almost in tears as
he begged the bus conductor to let him take that bus 12 he could get home before dark. The bus driver
approached the old man, and repeated the conductor"s 13 to get off the bus.
"Stop troubling him! Can"t you see he"s only trying to get home?" she interfered. "He doesn"t have any money!"
the driver shouted. "Well, that"s no 14 to throw him off the bus," she insisted. Then she said, "How much is his
fare?" The bus conductor mumbled the amount. "Fine," said the woman. She 15 inside her blouse, took out
her 16 money, and handed the fares to the bus conductor. "Here"s his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a hard
time."
All eyes turned 17 the woman, who, just minutes before, had been crying over the money she"d lost. "It"s
only money," she shrugged.
By the time the bus rolled out of the terminal, she had given the old man bread and a dollar. She rode the rest
of the way home 18 a Mona Lisa smile of peace and grace, and the money she"d lost 19 was forgotten.
On the road of life, the politeness and smiles of 20 can lighten our loads and lift our spirits. How much
sweeter the journey when we make it a little smoother and richer for others! | ( )1. A. answer
( )2. A. tearfully
( )3. A. got
( )4. A. surprisingly
( )5. A. in rags
( )6. A. had
( )7. A. getting on
( )8. A. conscious
( )9. A. realized
( )10. A. spend
( )11. A. asked
( )12. A. so
( )13. A. arrangement
( )14. A. good
( )15. A. picked
( )16. A. left
( )17. A. in
( )18. A. owning
( )19. A. earlier
( )10. A. customers | B. agreement
B. excitedly
B. snatched
B. peacefully
B. shyly
B. crowded
B. getting down
B. suspicious
B. pretended
B. has spent
B. ordered
B. until
B. command
B. sense
B. removed
B. saving
B. to
B. wearing
B. sooner
B. friends | C. indication
C. helplessly
C. pulled
C. naturally
C. happily
C. full
C. getting off
C. curious
C. admitted
C. had spent
C. led
C. if
C. advice
C. reason
C. touched
C. borrowed
C. down
C. hating
C. later
C. strangers | D. talk
D. proudly
D. caught
D. fortunately
D. in disorder
D. taken
D. getting in
D. anxious
D. remembered
D. was spent
D. begged
D. when
D. decision
D. doubt
D. reached
D. remaining
D. on
D. losing
D. former
D. conductors | | Cloze test. | When I was young, my father used to grow carnations. He took care of them with so much love and 1 .
Every day, he came home from work he went 2 to see them. He enjoyed watching them every day. He used
to tell us, "No one should touch my flowers."
One day my elder sister, who 3 my dad very much, had wanted to help him and she 4 the carnations
from their stems one by one and arranged them on the floor. She believed that he would be very 5 to see
them that way.
When mom and I realized what my sister had done, we became completely speechless. However, my sister
had no idea why no one showed her any 6 . When my dad arrived home and saw his flowers 7 on the floor
like dead animals, he was 8 at first. He looked towards the street, to see if it was any of the 9 children who
could have done it. Then he entered the living room and looked at morn in silence.
Finally mom, who always taught us to 10 no matter what, looked at dad and said, "We have no bad
neighbors in our area". Then with a nice tone she continued, "No outsider did this great job, only your lovely
daughter Clemence." My dad"s face 11 into a smile and then he said, "Do I have a better helper than my lovely
daughter?" My elder sister smiled and 12 dad tightly. | ( )1. A. devotion
( )2. A. straight
( )3. A. disliked
( )4. A. cut
( )5. A. surprised
( )6. A. reward
( )7. A. destroyed
( )8. A. interested
( )9. A. enemies"
( )10. A. tell the truth
( )11. A. grew
( )12. A. hugged | B. spirits
B. soon
B. understood
B. watered
B. pleased
B. affection
B. standing
B. excited
B. friends"
B. behave ourselves
B. changed
B. kissed | C. gratitude
C. nonstop
C. loved
C. separated
C. disappointed
C. appreciation
C. presented
C. shocked
C. families"
C. follow the rules
C. pulled
C. grasped | D. expectation
D. immediately
D. misunderstood
D. cleaned
D. worried
D. feeling
D. lying
D. struck
D. neighbors"
D. keep secret
D. made
D. patted |
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