A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. They talked about the 36 topic-happiness. But soon their conversation turned into plaints about 37 in work and life.
To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and 38 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of 39 -plastic glass, metal, porcelain (陶瓷), some plain-looking some very 40 .The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in 41 . the professor said: lf you have noticed, all the nice-looking 42 . cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is 43 for you to want only the best for Your belives, that is the 44 of your problems and stress. The professor continued, Believe that the cup itself adds no 45 to the coffee. ln most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even 46 what we drink. What all of you 47 wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went 48 the best cups. Now 49 this: life is coffee, the jobs, money, and 50 in society are the cups， which are just tools to hold and 51 life, and the different types of cups we have don't decide, nor 52 the quality of life. lf we concentrate only on the cups, we will 53 to enjoy the coffee in it. So don't let the cups 54 you...enjoy the coffee instead.
At these words, the graduates looked at each other in 55 embarrassment.
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(答案→)A
解析：教授通过杯子以及咖啡形象的比喻了生活与金钱，地位，告诉人们我们不要为金钱地位驱使而忘记生活的本质。
【小题1】考查形容词辨析。根据上下文可知他们讨论的是热门话题。
【小题2】名词辨析。根据根据下文that is the 44 of your problems and stress.
【小题3】动词辨析。全文说教授走进了厨房，那么这里应该是从厨房返回
【小题4】名词辨析。根据下文可知是各种咖啡的杯子。
【小题5】形容词辨析。delicate精美的,雅致的；与前面的plain-looking形成呼应。
【小题6】考查介词搭配。根据句意：每个人手中都有一个杯子。
【小题7】上下文串联。根据后文的leaving behind the plain and cheap ones。
【小题8】形容词辨析。每个人都想要好东西这是正常的事情。
【小题9】考查名词辨析。根据句意可知追求昂贵的事物是他们压力的来源。
【小题10】考查名词辨析。贵的杯子不会增加咖啡的品质，咖啡的品质不是容器决定的。
【小题11】动词辨析。根据句意昂贵的杯子甚至会掩盖掉杯子的真正内容，人们只会注意杯子，不注意杯子的内容。
【小题12】考查副词辨析。根据句意：人们真正想要的是咖啡而不是杯子。
【小题13】考查动词短语。go for 想得到;你们只想得到好的杯子。
【小题14】考查动词辨析。根据句意：现在考虑这件事情。
【小题15】名词辨析。根据句意：工作金钱，和地位是杯子。生活是咖啡。
【小题16】动词辨析。杯子中包含有生活。
【小题17】动词辨析。根据上文we have don't decide，可知杯子不能决定也不能改变我们的生活。
【小题18】动词辨析。根据上下文可知，当人们只关注杯子的时候，我们就不能享受咖啡了。
【小题19】动词辨析。根据句意：不要让杯子驱使你，不要做杯子的奴隶。
【小题20】上下文串联。教授的点评非常有道理，大家都无话可说。