After leaving school for many years, a group of graduates (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 (瓷), 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 had been taken, but the simple and cheap ones had been left behind. Although it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source (根源)of your problems and stress. In fact, the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. It is just a tool to contain (容纳) 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.
(1)According to the passage, the graduates are not satisfied because of .
A. |
what the teacher did |
B. |
the bad coffee |
C. |
the simple and cheap cups |
D. |
their problems and stress |
(2)From the passage we can know that .
A. |
the teacher gave out the cups to the graduates |
B. |
the teacher went to get the coffee and cups from the kitchen |
C. |
the teacher thought the jobs and money were more important |
D. |
the teacher had the best of everything |
(3)The teacher provided his students with many kinds of cups because .
A. |
he wanted his students to enjoy the coffee |
B. |
he wanted to show his big collection of different kinds of cups |
C. |
he tried to tell the students how to understand life |
D. |
he hoped that they could have better cups |
(4)The passage tells us that .
A. |
the cup can add quality to the coffee |
B. |
the cup can change the quality of our life |
C. |
different kinds of cups should be given to different kinds of people |
D. |
the cup is just a tool for drinking |
(5)Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. |
No one chose the simple and cheap cups. |
B. |
It's normal for everyone to look forward to the best. |
C. |
We should pay more attention to the cups than the coffee. |
D. |
Try your best to make everything in your life best. |