Agroupofgraduatessuccessfulintheircareersgottogethertovisittheirolduniversityprofessor．Conversationsoonturnedintocomplaintsaboutstressinworkandlife．

Beforeofferinghisguestscoffeetheprofessorwenttothekitchenandreturnedwithalargepotofcoffeeandavarietyofcups-porcelainplasticglasscrystalsomeplainlookingandcheapsomeexquisiteandexpensive-tellingthemtohelpthemselvestothecoffee．

Whenallthestudentshadacupofcoffeeinhandtheprofessorsaid:"Ifyounoticedallthenicelookingexpensivecupsweretakenupleavingbehindtheplainandcheapones．Whileitisnormalforyoutowantonlythebestforyourselvesthatisthesourceofyourproblemsandstress．Beassuredthatthecupitselfaddsnoqualitytothecoffee．Inmostcasesitisjustmoreexpensiveandinsomecasesevenhideswhatwedrink．Whatallofyoureallywantedwascoffeenotthecupbutyouconsciouslywentforthebestcups．．．Andthenyoubeganeyeingeachother'scups．

Nowconsiderthis:Lifeisthecoffee;thejobsmoneyandpositioninsocietyarethecups．TheyarejusttoolstoholdandcontainLifeandthetypeofcupwehavedoesnotdefinenorchangethequalityofLifewelive．SometimesbyconcentratingonlyonthecupwefailtoenjoythecoffeeGodhasprovidedus．"

Godbrewsthecoffeenotthecups．Enjoyyourcoffee!

"Thehappiestpeopledon'thavethebestofeverything．Theyjustmakethebestofeverything．"

Livesimply．Lovegenerously．Caredeeply．Speakkindly．LeavetheresttoGod．

小题1:Whatdoestheunderlinedword"it"inParagraph3referto?A．theordinary-lookingcupB．thenice-lookingcupC．thecoffeeofgoodqualityD．thecoffeeofpoorquality小题2:Whydidtheprofessorofferhisstudentscoffeewithvarietiesofcups?A．Togivehisstudentsmanymorechoices．B．Toteachhisstudentshowtoenjoycoffee．C．Toshowthestudentshiscollectionofcups．D．Totellhisstudentstherightattitudetolife小题3:Accordingtotheprofessorthehappiestpeoplearetheoneswho_____．A．getthebesttypeofcoffeecups