题目内容

8、One day, an expert did an experiment that the students would never forget.
As he  1  in front of the students, he said, “OK, time for a(n)  2 .” He pulled out a wide-mouth  3 and set it on the table. He also took some fist-sized（拳头大小的）rocks and carefully  4 them into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would  5 inside, he asked, “Is this jar full?”  6  in the class shouted, “Yes.” The expert replied, “Really ?” He _7_ under the table and  8  some gravel（砾石）. He dumped（倒）some gravel in and  9  the jar, causing gravel down into the  10  between rocks. He then asked the same question again.   

“Probably not,” one student answered. “Good!” He replied. He then brought out some sand and started dumping the sand into the places  11  between the rocks and the gravel . Once more he asked the same question.
    “ 12 !” the class shouted. Once again he said, “Good!” Then he grabbed （拿） some water and began to  13  it in until the jar was full. Then he asked, “What's the point of this experiment?” One student  14  his hand and said, “The point is, no matter how  15  your schedule is, if you try really hard you can  16 fit some more things in it!”   

“No,” the expert replied, “that's not the point. This experiment 17  us if you don't put the big rocks in  18 , you will never get them in at all. What are the ‘ 19 rocks’ in your life? Time with your loved ones, your education, your dreams and so on. Remember to put these rocks in first 20  you'll never get them in at all.”
1. A. spoke                   B. stood               C. bent                 D. lay
2. A. class                    B. test                  C. exam                D. experiment
3. A. jar                        B. bow                    C. plate                 D. cup
4. A. led                       B. brought       C. placed               D. carried
5. A. fit                        B. put           C. stay                  D. come
6. A. Someone             B. Nobody       C. Everyone          D. One
7. A. reached                B. held                  C. put                   D. looked
8. A. pull off                 B. pulled out          C. pull over            D. pulled on
9. A. moved                 B. shook               C. covered             D. pressed
10. A. spaces                      B. rooms          C. air             D. place
11. A. marked             B. dug            C. taken          D. left
12. A. No                    B. Certainly      C. Yes            D. Of course
13. A. pipe                   B. pour           C. flow           D. take
14. A. rose            B. waved          C. raised          D. shook
15. A. important      B. full             C. much                D. poor
16. A. never                 B. always           C. seldom         D. even
17. A. teaches          B. writes          C. says           D. gives
18. A. first             B. second         C. third           D. last
19. A. beautiful          B. dull            C. important       D. big
20. A. but             B. and             C. or             D. while