One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students. To make the point 1, he used an illustration.
As he stood in front of the group, he said, “Okay, time for a quiz.” He then pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the table. Then he 2 placed about a dozen fist-sized rocks, one by one, into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the 3 and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is this jar 4?” Everyone in the class said, “Yes.”
“Really?” Then he 5 under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel(石子), dumped some in and 6 the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces 7 the big rocks. Then he asked the group the same question. “Probably not,” one of them answered. “Good!” He replied.
He reached under the table and 8 a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all the 9 left between the rocks and the gravel. 10 he asked the question. “No!” the class shouted. “Good!” Then he grabbed a can of water and began to pour it in 11 the jar was filled to the brim.
Then the expert in time management looked at the class and asked, “What is the 12 of this illustration?” It is such a seemingly easy question that one 13 student raised his hand and said, “It is, however full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always 14 some more things in it.
“No,” the speaker replied. “The truth it teaches us is that you will 15 get them in at all if you don't put the big rocks in first. 16 the big rocks in your life are, do things that you love and 17 for yourself. In your schedule if you value the little stuff then you’ll fill your life with 18 things and you will never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big, important stuff. So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are 19 on this short story, ask yourself what the ‘big rocks’ in your life are. Then put those in your 20 first. ”
【小题1】A．harderB．rougherC．clearerD．wiser【小题2】A．carefullyB．firmlyC．activelyD．unwillingly【小题3】A edge B. bottom C. wall D. top
【小题4】A．fullB．pureC．enoughD．smooth【小题5】A．sentB．reachedC．managedD．felt【小题6】A．delivered B．shookC．droppedD．held【小题7】A．beneathB．acrossC．beyondD．between【小题8】A．threw outB．came outC．brought outD．set out【小题9】A．spacesB．cavesC．blanksD．holes【小题10】A．At lastB．shortly afterC．Later onD．Once more【小题11】A．unlessB．untilC．beforeD．while【小题12】A．resultB．opinionC．pointD．ment【小题13】A．calmB．awkwardC．nervousD．eager【小题14】A．addB．fitC．includeD．collect【小题15】A．neverB．evenC．stillD．ever【小题16】A．WhetherB．HoweverC．WhateverD．Which【小题17】A．concludeB．encourageC．achieveD．value【小题18】A．moreB．littleC．muchD．less【小题19】A．reflectingB．countingC．decidingD．insisting【小题20】A．packetB．canC．jarD．luggageC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文通过一个故事，诠释了这样一个哲理：如果你奔忙于琐事，那么，这些无关紧要的小事就会填满你的生活，让你成天操心，你就永远没办法腾出真正的黄金时光来处理你的大事和要事（即大石块）。
【小题1】这里想表达为了更清楚的说明问题，他进行了演示，harder更困难 rougher更粗糙 clearer更清楚 wiser更聪明，故选C。
【小题2】 这里想表达他拿出十多个拳头大小的石块，将它们小心翼翼、一块一块地放进瓶子里，carefully小心谨慎地 firmly坚定地 actively积极地 unwillingly不情愿地，故选A。
【小题3】根据and no more rocks would fit inside可知这里想说等石块填满到瓶口，再也塞不下时，故选D。
【小题4】这里想说他问：（你们说）,瓶子被装满了吗？，full满的 pure纯正的 enough足够的 smooth光滑的，故选A。
【小题5】 根据下文He reached under the table and 8 a bucket of sand，故选B
【小题6】这里想表达他伸手到桌下取出一桶碎石，接着，他将一些碎石倒进瓶子里，并摇晃着瓶子让碎石顺着石块之间的间隙里漏进瓶中，delivered递送 shook摇晃 dropped落下 held举行，故选B。
【小题7】根据下文He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel，故选D。
【小题8】这里想表达他伸手到桌底下，拎出了一桶沙。threw out抛出 came out出版 brought out取出来 set out出发，故选C。
【小题9】根据causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks.可知这里想表达他突然把沙往瓶子里倒，沙子漏进了石块与碎石之间残留的缝隙，到不能再倒进沙子时，spaces空隙 caves 洞穴 blanks空白表格 holes洞，故选A。
【小题10】这里想表达他又一次问：瓶子被装满了吗？，At last最后 shortly after之后立即 Later on以后 Once more再，又，故选D。
【小题11】这里想表达然后他又一把抓过一大罐水，开始往瓶子里倒，一直倒到水浸到瓶口。Unless除非 until直到……才 before在……之前 while然而，故选B。
【小题12】根据To make the point clearer, he used an illustration.故选C。
【小题13】这里想表达一个学生急忙举起了她的手，calm平静的 awkward笨拙的nervous 紧张不安的 eager热切的，故选D。
【小题14】这里想表达要点是：不管你的日程安排得多紧，如果认真努力地想办法，你总是能够在其中安插更多的事情，故选B。
【小题15】这里想表达这个演示教给了我们一个事实：如果你不是先放大石块，它们就永远就没有机会被放进去，故选A。
【小题16】这里想表达你生活中的大石块 是什么呢？Whether是否 However然而 Whatever无论什么 Which哪一个，故选C。
【小题17】根据In your schedule if you value the little stuff，故选D。
【小题18】这里表示 如果你奔忙于琐事，那么，这些无关紧要的小事就会填满你的生活，故选B。
【小题19】这里想表达当你考虑一下这个很短的故事，reflect on意思是反思，考虑 ，故选A。
【小题20】根据Then he carefully placed about a dozen fist-sized rocks, one by one, into the jar，故选C。