A group of computer engineers,all of (1)
whom
whom
were highly established in their careers,got together to visit their old university professor.Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee,the professor went to the kitchen and returned with (2)
a
a
large pot of coffee and a(3)
variety
variety
(various)of cups,some ordinary-looking,some expensive,some fine.He told his students to help(4)
themselves
themselves
(them)to hot coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in their hands,the professor said:"If you have noticed,all the nice-looking expensive cups(5)
have been taken
have been taken
(take)up,leaving only the plain and cheap looking ones.(6)
While/Although/Though
While/Although/Though
it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves,that is the source of your problems and stress.(7)
What
What
you really wanted was coffee,not the cup,but you consciously went for the best cups and (8)
worse
worse
(bad) still,you were eyeing each other's cups.
"Now if life is coffee,then the jobs,money and position in society are the cups.They are just tools (9)
to hold
to hold
(hold) and contain life,but the quality of life doesn't change.Sometimes,by (10)
concentrating
concentrating
(concentrate)only on the cup,we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."So never let the cups drive you,enjoy the coffee instead.