God's Coffee
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, decided to visit their old university professor. They 16 to walk to the house and on getting into the door, they began chatting with their former professor. 17 , conversation soon turned into 18 about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and 19 with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups-porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some 20 looking, some expensive, some exquisite-telling them to help themselves to the 21 .
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, ''If you 22 ， all the nice looking expensive cups were 23 , leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the 24 of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no 25 to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and, in some cases, even 26 what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you 27 went for the best cups…And then you began 28 each other's cups. ''
Now take this into 29 : Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not 30 , nor change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by 31 only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us. '' So, it is vital for us to learn the importance of ''coffee'' 32 the wonderful ''cups'', as it may disturb our 33 .
God brews the coffee, not the cups. Enjoy your coffee! ''The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. '' Live simply. Love generously. Care 34 . Speaking kindly. With all of these things in your mind, you can just leave the 35 to God.
16．A．got through B．got together C．got up D．got around
17．A．However B．Therefore C．Then D．But
18．A．complaints B．apologies C．discussions D．views
19．A．brought B．carried C．returned D．came
20．A．artificial B．simple C．affordable D．plain
21．A．coffee B．tea C．juice D．food
22．A．got B．knew C．noticed D．found
23．A．pulled up B．picked up C．taken up D．put up
24．A．content B．resource C．source D．supply
25．A．dimension B．equipment C．pleasure D．quality
26．A．fades B．hides C．misses D．abandons
27．A．consciously B．confidentially C．immediately D．preferably
28．A．glaring B．eyeing C．glancing D．regretting
29．A．thought B．considering C．mind D．account
30．A．define B．ruin C．anticipate D．deduce
31．A．looking B．concentrating C．going D．basing
32．A．in reference to B．instead of C．regardless of D．in spite of
33．A．version B．eyesight C．vision D．insight
34．A．timely B．broadly C．wonderfully D．deeply
35．A．coffee B．cup C．fantasy D．rest
16．B
17．A
18．A
19．C
20．D
21．A
22．C
23．B
24．C
25．D
26．B
27．A
28．B
29．D
30．A
31．B
32．B
33．D
34．D
35．D
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【分析】
这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了几个毕业的学生回到大学看望教授，谈论的话题都是对社会的不满，教授通过几只杯子来表述人生中哲理，很有启发性。
16．
考查动词短语辨析。句意：他们聚在一起走到教授家里，一进门，就开始和他们以前的教授聊天。A. got through通过；B. got together 聚在一起；C. got up 站起来；D. got around 四处走动。根据上文的A group of alumni, highly established in their careers可知这些人聚在了一起，故选B项。
17．
考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，谈话很快就变成了对工作和生活压力的抱怨。A. However然而；B. Therefore 因此；C. Then 那么；D. But 但是。结合上下文可知，此处是转折，however后面经常使用逗号，而but不需要，故选A项。
18．
考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而，谈话很快就变成了对工作和生活压力的抱怨。A. complaints抱怨；B. apologies 道歉；C. discussions 讨论；D. views 视图。根据下文that is the (9)of your problems and stress.可知此处用“抱怨”符合语境，故选A项。
19．
考查动词词义辨析。句意：教授走到厨房，回来的时候端着一大壶咖啡和各种各样的杯子，瓷器、塑料、玻璃、水晶，有些看起来很普通，有些很贵，有些很精致，让他们随意喝咖啡。A. brought带来；B. carried 携带；C. returned 返回；D. came 来。根据上文的the professor went to the kitchen可知此处用“返回”符合语境和逻辑，故选C项。
20．
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：教授走到厨房，端上一大壶咖啡和各种各样的杯子，瓷器、塑料、玻璃、水晶，有些看起来很普通，有些很贵，有些很精致，让他们随意喝咖啡。A. artificial人造的；B. simple 简单的；C. affordable 负担得起；D. plain 普通的。根据下文 leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.可知是普通的，plain是原词复现，故选D项
21．
考查名词词义辨析。句意：教授走到厨房，端上一大壶咖啡和各种各样的杯子，瓷器、塑料、玻璃、水晶，有些看起来很普通，有些很贵，有些很精致，让他们随意喝咖啡。A. coffee咖啡；B. tea 茶；C. juice 果汁；D. food 食物。根据上文with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups-porcelain可知是咖啡，coffee是原词复现，故选A项。
22．
考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果你注意到了，所有好看的昂贵的杯子都被捡起来了，剩下的是普通的和便宜的杯子。A. got得到；B. knew 知道；C. noticed 注意到；D. found 找到。结合上下文可知，此处是教授提醒学生注意眼前发生的事情，故选C项。
23．
考查动词短辨析。句意：如果你注意到了，所有好看的昂贵的杯子都被拿起来了，剩下的是普通的和便宜的杯子。A. pulled up拉起；B. picked up 捡起来；挑选；C. taken up 占用；D. put up 竖起。根据下文 leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.可知是挑出，故选B项。
24．
考查名词词义辨析。句意：虽然你只想要最好的东西是正常的，但这是你问题和压力的根源。A. content内容；B. resource 资源；C. source 来源；D. supply 供应；根据上下文可知，此处是指教授认为想要做好的东西正是人们有压力的原因，即压力的来源，故选C项。
25．
考查名词词义辨析。句意：请放心，咖啡杯本身不会增加咖啡的质量。A. dimension尺寸；B. equipment 设备；C. pleasure 愉快；D. quality 质量。根据下文nor change the quality of Life we live.可知是质量，quality是原词复现，故选D项。
26．
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在大多数情况下，它只是更贵，在某些情况下甚至隐藏了我们喝的东西。A. fades褪色；B. hides 隐藏；C. misses 错过；D. abandons 放弃。根据下文的What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup,可知咖啡杯有时会隐藏我们喝的东西，故选B项。
27．
考查副词词义辨析。句意：但你有意识地去拿最好的杯子。A. consciously有意识地；B. confidentially 保密地；C. immediately 立即；D. preferably 最好是。结合上下文可知，此处是指人们都会下意识地去拿最好的杯子，故选A项。
28．
考查动词词义辨析。句意：然后你开始盯着对方的杯子。A. glaring怒目而视；B. eyeing 注视；审视；C. glancing 瞥一眼；D. regretting 后悔。结合上下文可知，此处是指每个人拿了自己认为最好的杯子后，会盯着别人的杯子，去比较谁的更好，故选B项。
29．
考查名词词义辨析。句意：现在考虑一下：生活就是咖啡；工作、金钱和社会地位就是杯子。A. thought思想；B. considering 考虑；C. mind 思想；D. account 账户。根据句意可知，此处考查固定短语 take sth. into account“考虑”，故选D项。
30．
考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们拥有的杯子的类型并没有定义，也没有改变我们生活的质量。A. define定义；B. ruin 毁灭；C. anticipate 预料；D. deduce 推断。根据上文的They are just tools to hold and contain Life可知杯子本身并没有定义，故选A项。
31．
考查动词词义辨析。句意：有时，只专注于杯子，我们无法享受上帝给我们的咖啡。A. looking看；B. concentrating 集中；C. going 继续；D. basing 以……为基础。根据下文的we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us.可知，因为只专注于杯子，让我们不能享受咖啡，故选B项。
32．
考查介词短语辨析。句意：因此，我们必须了解“咖啡”的重要性，而不是美妙的“杯子”，因为它可能会扰乱我们的洞察力。A.in reference to关于；B. instead of 而不是；C. regardless of 不管；D. in spite of 尽管。根据上文 by(16)only on the cup,we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us可知此处用“而不是”符合语境，故选B项。
33．
考查名词词义辨析。句意：因此，我们必须了解“咖啡”的重要性，而不是美妙的“杯子”，因为它可能会扰乱我们的洞察力。A. version版本；B. eyesight 视力；C. vision 愿景；D. insight 洞察力。结合上下文可知，此处是只专注于杯子会扰乱人们的洞察力，故选D项。
34．
考查副词义辨析。句意：；简单地生活。慷慨地爱。深切地关心。A. timely及时；B. broadly 广义地；C. wonderfully 奇妙地；D. deeply 深深地。根据上文的Live simply. Love generously.可知此处用“深切地”符合语境，故选D项。
35．
考查名词词义辨析。句意：有了这些，将其他的留给上帝。A. coffee咖啡；B. cup 杯子；C. fantasy 幻想；D. rest 其他；其余。根据上文的With all of these things in your mind可知，我们只需要以上的几种品质，其余的事情交给上帝，故选D项。
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Feeling extreme loneliness can increase an older person’s risk of premature (过早的)death by 14 percent, according to research by John Cacioppo, professor of psychology at the University of Chicago.
Cacioppo and his colleagues’ work shows that the impact of loneliness on premature death is nearly as strong as the impact of disadvantaged socioeconomic status, which they found increases the chances of dying early by 19 percent. A 2010 meta﹣analysis showed that loneliness has twice as much impact on early death as obesity does, he said.
The researchers looked at dramatic differences in the rate of decline in physical and mental health as people aged. Cacioppo and his colleagues have examined the role of satisfying relationships on older people to develop their resilience ([rɪˈzɪliəns] 快速恢复的能力；适应力), the ability to feel better quickly after something unpleasant, and grow from stresses in life.
The consequences for health are dramatic, as feeling isolated or separated from others can disturb sleep, elevate blood pressure, increase morning rises in the stress hormone cortisol ([‘kɔ:tɪsɒl] 皮质醇), change the gene expression in immune cells, increase depression and lower overall subjective well﹣being, Cacioppo pointed out in a talk, “ Rewarding Social Connections Promote Successful Aging.”
Cacioppo, one of the nation’s leading experts on loneliness, said older people can avoid the consequences of loneliness by staying in touch with former co﹣workers, taking part in family traditions, and sharing good times with family and friends ﹣ all of which give older adults a chance to connect with others about whom they care and who care about them.
”Retiring to Florida to live in a warmer climate among strangers isn’t necessarily a good idea if it means you are disconnected from the people who mean much to you,” said Cacioppo. Population changes make understanding the role of loneliness and health all the more important,he explained. “People have to think about how to protect themselves from depression, low subjective well﹣being and early death. “
Although some people are happy to be alone, most people develop from social situations in which they provide mutual support and establish a strong bond. Evolution encourages people to work together to survive and accordingly most people enjoy companionship compared to be alone.
It is not solitude (独处)or physical isolation itself, but rather the subjective sense of isolation that Cacioppo’s work shows to be so destructive. Older people living alone are not necessarily lonely if they remain actively engaged in social life and enjoy the company of those around them. Some aspects of aging, such as blindness and loss of hearing, however, place people at special risk of becoming isolated and lonely, he said.
| Passage outline | Supporting details |
| The main idea | Chances are that older people will die early if they feel extremely 51．. |
| 52． with loneliness | • Like disadvantaged socioeconomic status and obesity, loneliness can 53． old men’s premature death. • When 54． from others, one will find physical health impacted and tend to feel depressive and unhappy. |
| Suggestions | • Keep in touch with others and take part in 55． activities. • Choosing to live in a pleasant climate don’t necessarily make sense if the elder are disconnected from people who are 56． to them. • Think about how to57． depression, low subjective well﹣being and early death. • Work together with others to 58．, to gain mutual support and establish a strong bond. |
| Conclusions | • The sense of isolation, rather than solitude or physical isolation itself, isn’t 59．to elders. • Living alone doesn’t mean loneliness if older people live an 60． social life. |