题目内容：

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C、D) 中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.

The conversation soon turned into complaints about ________ in work and life. To offer his ________ coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and ________ with a large pot of coffee and a ________ of cups—porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautiful—telling them to ________ themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “if you have ________, all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, ________ the plain and cheap ones. While it is ________ for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the ________ of your problems and stress.”

“Be assured that the cup itself ________ no quality to the coffee. ________ it is just more expensive and in some cases ________ hides what we drink.”

“________ all of you really want is the coffee, not the cup, ________ you consciously went for the best cups… And then you began ________ each other’s cups.”

Now consider this: ________ is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and ________ life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the ________ of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we ________ to enjoy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups ________ you… enjoy the coffee instead.

1.A. stressB. dreamC. sorrowD. truth

2.A. friendsB. customersC. fellowsD. guests

3.A. carriedB. returnedC. arrivedD. reached

4.A. kindB. varietyC. sortD. number

5.A. devoteB. exposeC. helpD. absorb

6.A. searchedB. witnessedC. noticedD. discovered

7.A. leaving behindB. leaving over

C. falling aboutD. falling behind

8.A. strangeB. normalC. wonderfulD. important

9.A. purposeB. answerC. sourceD. result

10.A. takesB. linksC. passesD. adds

11.A. At no timeB. At all times

C. In no caseD. In most cases

12.A. everB. evenC. neverD. hardly

13.A. WhatB. ThatC. WhichD. Whether

14.A. butB. soC. andD. for

15.A. suspectingB. likingC. praisingD. eyeing

16.A. LoveB. LifeC. FutureD. Failure

17.A. containB. createC. supportD. own

18.A. quantityB. styleC. qualityD. standard

19.A. haveB. manageC. planD. fail

20.A. envyB. driveC. forceD. assess