题目内容
(安徽省芜湖一中2008年高三5月最后一模)
A professor was invited to speak to a group of business students. As he 36 in front of the students, he pulled out a jar and 37 it on the table. Then he carefully placed some fist-sized 38 , one at a time, into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would 39 inside, he asked, “Is this jar 40 ?”
Everyone in the class said, “Yes.”
“ 41 ?” He reached under the table, pulled out a bag of gravel (石子) and dumped some gravel in and 42 the jar to fill up the spaces between the rocks. Then he asked the class, “Is the jar full?”
“ 43 not, ” one of them answered.
“Good!” he replied. He 44 under the table and brought out a bag of sand. He started dumping the sand in and it 45 all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. 46 he asked the class, “Is this jar full?”
“No!” the class shouted.
He said, “Good!” Then he grabbed (抓) a big 47 full of water and began to 48
water in until the jar was filled to the top. Then the speaker said to the class, “The 49 this illustration (示例) teaches us is: If you don’t put the big rocks in 50 , you’ll never get them in at all. What are the ‘big rocks’ in your 51 ? Time with your loved ones? Your faith, your education, your dreams? A worth cause? 52 to put the BIG ROCKS in first 53 you’ll never get them in at all.”
54 , tonight or in the morning when you are 55 of this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the “big rocks” in my life or business? Then, put those in your jar first.
36．A．spoke B．stood C．taught D．sat
37．A．lay B．broke C．covered D．set
38．A．apples B．oranges C．bricks D．rocks
39．A．fit B．match C．fill D．contain
40．A．valuable B．full C．heavy D．large
41．A．Exactly B．Actually C．Truly D．Really
42．A．lifted B．pressed C．shook D．tapped
43．A．Probably B．Absolutely C．Certainly D．Nearly
44．A．searched B．reached C．felt D．watched
45．A．came into B．turned into C．went into D．flowed into
46．A．Now and again B．Time and again C．Once before D．Once more
47．A．box B．basket C．glass D．bag
48．A．pour B．fall C．drop D．put
49．A．experience B．truth C．knowledge D．idea
50．A．quickly B．finally C．first D．ahead
51．A．community B．future C．district D．life
52．A．Try B．Learn C．Remember D．Wait
53．A．or B．and C．yet D．because
54．A．Instead B．So C．As a result D．As usual
55．A．thinking B．hearing C．talking D．saying
答案 36.B 37.D 38.D 39.A 40.B 41.D 42.C 43.A 44.B 45.C 46.D 47.C 48.A 49.B 50.C 51.D 52.C 53.A 54.B 55.A
