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　　Once an old villager was reading the Ramayana while sitting in a railway station waiting for the train to come．

　　A young man with 　　1　　 was standing nearby and said to the old man, "You 　　2　　 people read only the Ramayana all the time．Do you not have any other book to read? There are so many best sellers 　　3　　 these days．What is so great in the Ramayana anyway?"

　　The old man 　　4　　 to read and smiled without any reply to the young man．The 　　5　　 of the train was delayed so the young man 　　6　　 for about 30 minutes．　　7　　 his return, he saw the old man still reading the Ramayana and became really 　　8　　 and began to criticize the old man even more．

　　Soon, 　　9　　, the train arrived．Everyone, 　　10　　．rushed in to get a seat(as one must do in India)．It 　　11　　 that the old man and young man were seated next to each other in train too．And…the old man continued to read the Ramayana．

　　　　12　　 the young man realized that his wife was missing! He looked for the emergency-chain to stop 　　13　　 and shouted anxiously, "My wife! Where is she? I think she has been 　　14　　 on the platform!" The old man said to him calmly, "　　15　　 you had read the Ramayana, you would never have 　　16　　 this mistake．"

　　"　　17　　?" said the young man．

　　The old man explained："It is said in the Ramayana that when Ram Chandra, Sita and Lakshmana were standing on the 　　18　　 of the Ganga and the boat man came with the boat．Ram Chandra asked Sita to get in the boat first and only then did he get in the boat himself! So why are you 　　19　　 me what is said in the Ramayana when you do not 　　20　　 know enough to take care of your own wife and see that she gets onto train first? You see, the Ramayana tells you even this!"

　　True enough, any time you are confused and cannot decide what your duty is, just read the Ramayana and you will find the answers to all your doubts! Treat with respect all things held sacred to others, whether you understand these things or not．

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阅读下面短文，从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　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(沙砾，石子)，dumped some in and 　　6　　 the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space 　　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 are the ‘big rocks’ in your life? Then put those in your 　　20　　 first．”

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Big things were happening in my life the summer after I turned 13．In the middle of that summer, my parents 　　1　　 my entire world and turned it upside down 　　2　　 they told me they were getting a divorce(离婚)．I couldn't believe that our family was going to 　　3　　．Though I always knew my parents weren't very happy and they often 　　4　　 , I still wanted my family to stay the same．

　　My life changed completely 　　5　　 the divorce．My mother and I moved into a small apartment across town, 　　6　　 my father and brother, Bill, stayed in our house．I now became a 　　7　　 whenever I went to see my dad and Bill on the weekends．And immediately I had my soon-to-be stepfather, Dan, whom I showed no 　　8　　 in．I was depressed, especially after Dan and my mother married and I realized that there was no 　　9　　 that things could change back to the way they were．

　　Even though I 　　10　　 all Dan's attempts to get to know me and wasn't very 　　11　　 to him, he never gave up on me．　　12　　 , I began to trust him．I realized that we actually had some things in 　　13　　 , especially when it came to movies and TV shows．We 　　14　　 a lot of time together hanging out watching TV．That gave us a chance to talk and get to know each other．

　　Better still, Dan showed an interest in me that I had never experienced from my own father．Dan was always around when I needed 　　15　　 on school or friends．Once I began to warm up to Dan, the three of us began spending a lot of time together．We often went out to eat and took short trips．　　16　　 , I discovered that I had the happy family that I had always wanted．

　　I now realize my parents were 　　17　　 about getting the divorce．Their divorce was the best thing to happen for all of us．My father also found happiness-he 　　18　　 and had another child, my half-sister, Michelle．

　　At 13, I learned an important 　　19　　-change is not always the worst thing that can 　　20　　, Sometimes, it is just what we need the most．

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