第二节 完型填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
One day,an
expert in time management was speaking to a group of students. To drive his ___36___
home, he used an illustration (演示) those students will never ___37___.
“Okay, now
watch carefully”, and then he pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the ___38___
in front of him. He also ___39___ about a dozen fist-sized rocks and
carefully ___40___ them, one at a time, into the jar.
When the jar
was filled to the ___41___ and no more rocks would ___42___
inside, he asked, “Is this jar full?” Everyone in the class answered, “Yes.” The expert replied, “Really?” He
___43___ under the table and pulled out a bucket of small stones. He
dropped some ___44___ and then asked the group once more, “Is the jar
full?”
By this time
the class was on to him. “___45___” one of them answered carefully.
“Good!” he
replied, and then brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping (dropping)
the sand in the jar and it ___46___ into all of the ___47___ left
between the rocks and the small stones. ___48___ he asked the question,
“Is this jar full?” “No!” the class shouted.
“Good.” Then
he looked at the class and asked, “What is the point of this illustration?”
One ___49___
student raised his hand and said, “The point is, no matter how ___50___
your schedule (时间表) is, if
you ___51___ really hard you can always fit some more things in it!”
“___52___.”
the speaker replied. “That's not the point. The ___53___ this
illustration teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll
never get them in ___54___.”
What are the
‘big rocks' in your ___55___? Then, put those in your jar first.
36. A. time B.
point C.
example D.
speech
37. A. understand B.
remember C.
realize D.
forget
38. A. board B.
chair C.
floor D.
table
39.A. shaped B.
formed C.
produced D.
performed
40. A. dropped B.
threw C.
drew D.
placed
41. A. surface B.
edge C.
top D.
end
42. A. fix B.
fit C.
fill D.
feed
43. A. reached B.
extended C.
fetched D.
inched
44. A. off B.
down C.
out D.
in
45. A. No way B.
Probably not C. Of
course D.
Certainly is
46. A. entered B.
broke C.
went D.
came
47. A. spaces B.
areas C.
places D.
rooms
48. A. Once or twice B.
Once more C.
All at once D.
Once in a while
49. A. nervous B.
impatient C.
anxious D.
eager
50. A. full B.
whole C.
entire D.
thorough
51. A. work B.
try C.
think D.
act
52. A. Maybe B.
Never C.
Okay D.
No
53. A. means B.
fact C.
truth D.
reality
54. A. after all B.
above all C.
at all D.
and all
55. A. life B.
time C.
way D.
year
