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