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Offering his guests coffeeꎬ the professor went to the
kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a
couple of 2 —porcelainꎬ plasticꎬ glassꎬ crystalꎬ
some plain lookingꎬ some expensiveꎬ some delicate—
telling them to 3 themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in handꎬ
the professor saidꎬ “If you noticedꎬ all the nice looking
expensive cups were taken upꎬ 4 behind the plain
and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to choose only
the best for yourselvesꎬ that is the 5 of your
problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself 6
no quality to the coffee. What all of you really wanted
was coffeeꎬ not the cupꎬ but you 7 went for the best
cups. And then you began 8 each others cups. Now
consider this: Life is the 9 ꎻ the jobsꎬ money and
position in society are the cups. They are just tools to
hold and contain lifeꎬ and the type of cup we have does
not define nor 10 the quality of life we 11 .
Sometimesꎬ by concentrating only on the cupꎬ we 12
to enjoy the coffee God has 13 for us. God brews the
coffeeꎬ not the cups. Enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people dont have the best of
everything. They just 14 the best of everything.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak
kindly. Leave the 15 to God.
2. A. pans B. cups
C. bowls D. aprons
3. A. devote B. help
C. take D. pick
4. A. running B. leaving
C. hiding D. piling
5. A. reasons B. energy
C. source D. power
6. A. reduces B. adds
C. likes D. relies
7. A. luckily B. impatiently
C. consciously D. painfully
8. A. looking B. guiding
C. eyeing D. exchanging
9. A. tea B. water
C. wine D. coffee
10. A. worsen B. beat
C. change D. rise
11. A. dislike B. use
C. make D. live
12. A. fail B. succeed
C. wish D. try
13. A. sold B. gave
C. bought D. provided
14. A. keep B. say
C. make D. do
15. A. cups B. argument
C. rest D. thinking