第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从

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第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

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 D. important

49. A. answer B. cause C. result D. reason

50. A. adapts B. puts C. applies D. adds

51. A. asB. that C. what D. which

52. A. cared forB. called for C. looked for D. went for

53. A. facing B. eyeing C. smelling D. tasting

54. A. condition B. attitude C. position D. situation

55. A. contain B. include C. control D. experience

56. A. quality B. color C. cost D. style

57. A. manage B. start C. hope D. fail

58. A. shownB. taken C. sent D. provided

59. A. keep B. make C. take D. hold

60. A. complexB. remains C. rest D. complaints

最佳答案：

41---60 DACAB CBABD CDBCA ADDBC

答案解析：

略

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。