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After leaving school for many years, a group of graduates (大学毕业生) visited their teacher. All of them complained about problems and stress in their work and life.
The teacher went to the kitchen and returned with a large bottle of coffee and many kinds of cups—china, plastic and glass. He told them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in their hands, the teacher said, "If you noticed, all the nice-looking and expensive cups are taken, but the simple and cheap ones are left behind. Although it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. In fact, the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. It is just a tool to contain what we drink."
What all of them really wanted was coffee, not the cups, but they all went for the best cups. And then they began to watch others' cups. Life is the coffee. Jobs, money and the social position are the cups. The cups we have do not change the quality of our life.
Sometimes, if we only pay attention to the cup, we will fail to enjoy the coffee.
The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.
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D
) 1. The graduates were not satisfied because of ____ according to the passage.
A. what the teacher did
B. the bad coffee
C. the simple and cheap cups
D. their problems and stress
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C
) 2. The teacher provided his students with many kinds of cups because ____.
A. he hoped that they could have better cups
B. he wanted his students to enjoy the coffee
C. he tried to tell the students how to understand life
D. he wanted to show his big collection of different kinds of cups
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A
) 3. The passage tells us that ____.
A. the cup is just a tool for drinking
B. the cup can add quality to the coffee
C. the cup can change the quality of our life
D. different cups should be given to different people
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B
) 4. Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Everyone chose the simple and cheap cups.
B. It's normal for everyone to want the best.
C. We should pay more attention to the cups than the coffee.
D. The happiest people always have the best of everything.
