题目内容
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. ”
1. A．harder B．rougher C．clearer D．wiser
2. A．carefully B．firmly C．actively D．unwillingly
3.A edge B. bottom C. wall D. top
4. A．full B．pure C．enough D．smooth
5. A．sent B．reached C．managed D．felt
6. A．delivered B．shook C．dropped D．held
7. A．beneath B．across C．beyond D．between
8. A．threw out B．came out C．brought out D．set out
9. A．spaces B．caves C．blanks D．holes
10. A．At last B．shortly after C．Later on D．Once more
11. A．unless B．until C．before D．while
12. A．result B．opinion C．point D．comment
13. A．calm B．awkward C．nervous D．eager
14. A．add B．fit C．include D．collect
15. A．never B．even C．still D．ever
16. A．Whether B．However C．Whatever D．Which
17. A．conclude B．encourage C．achieve D．value
18. A．more B．little C．much D．less
19. A．reflecting B．counting C．deciding D．insisting
20. A．packet B．can C．jar D．luggage
1.C
2.A
3.D
4.A
5.B
6.B
7.D
8.C
9.A
10.D
11.B
12.C
13.D
14.B
15.A
16.C
17.D
18.B
19.A
20.C
【解析】
试题分析：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"）。
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。
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。
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。
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。
5. 根据下文He reached under the table and 8 a bucket of sand，故选B
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
12.根据To make the point clearer, he used an illustration.故选C。
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。
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。
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。
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。
17.根据In your schedule if you value the little stuff，故选D。
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。
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。
20.根据Then he carefully placed about a dozen fist-sized rocks, one by one, into the jar，故选C。
考点：日常生活类短文完形填空
点评：答题前一定要略读全文，把握文章要表达的主题，注意前后句与句，段落与段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一遍文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。
I don’t want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated (controlled) by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space, time and the nature of black holes.
At 19, when I began studying astrophysics(天体物理学), it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers, awards—was viewed through the lens (镜片) of gender (性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus (相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations (挑衅) : I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.
【小题1】Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
| A．She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination (歧视). |
| B．She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields. |
| C．She is not good at telling stories of the kind. |
| D．She finds space research more important. |
| A．the burden she bears in a male-dominated society |
| B．her involvement in gender politics |
| C．her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist |
| D．the very fact that she is a woman |
A. Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.
B. Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.
C. People’s fixed attitude toward female scientists.
D. Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurtured.
【小题4】What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?
| A．Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation. |
| B．Women can balance a career in science and having a family. |
| C．Women have more barriers on their way to academic success. |
| D．Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career. |