One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business studen
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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. ”
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:C
解析
试题分析：本文通过一个故事，诠释了这样一个哲理：如果你奔忙于琐事，那么，这些无关紧要的小事就会填满你的生活，让你成天操心，你就永远没办法腾出真正的"黄金时光"来处理你的大事和要事（即"大石块"）。
小题1:这里想表达为了更清楚的说明问题，他进行了演示，harder更困难 rougher更粗糙 clearer更清楚 wiser更聪明，故选C。
小题2: 这里想表达他拿出十多个拳头大小的石块，将它们小心翼翼、一块一块地放进瓶子里，carefully小心谨慎地 firmly坚定地 actively积极地 unwillingly不情愿地，故选A。
小题3:根据and no more rocks would fit inside可知这里想说等石块填满到瓶口，再也塞不下时，故选D。
小题4:这里想说他问："（你们说）,瓶子被装满了吗？"，full满的 pure纯正的 enough足够的 smooth光滑的，故选A。
小题5: 根据下文He reached under the table and 8 a bucket of sand，故选B
小题6:这里想表达他伸手到桌下取出一桶碎石，接着，他将一些碎石倒进瓶子里，并摇晃着瓶子让碎石顺着石块之间的间隙里漏进瓶中，delivered递送 shook摇晃 dropped落下 held举行，故选B。
小题7:根据下文He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel，故选D。
小题8:这里想表达他伸手到桌底下，拎出了一桶沙。threw out抛出 came out出版 brought out取出来 set out出发，故选C。
小题9:根据causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks.可知这里想表达他突然把沙往瓶子里倒，沙子漏进了石块与碎石之间残留的缝隙，到不能再倒进沙子时，spaces空隙 caves 洞穴 blanks空白表格 holes洞，故选A。
小题10:这里想表达他又一次问："瓶子被装满了吗？"，At last最后 shortly after之后立即 Later on以后 Once more再，又，故选D。
小题11:这里想表达然后他又一把抓过一大罐水，开始往瓶子里倒，一直倒到水浸到瓶口。Unless除非 until直到……才 before在……之前 while然而，故选B。
小题12:根据To make the point clearer, he used an illustration.故选C。
小题13:这里想表达一个学生急忙举起了她的手，calm平静的 awkward笨拙的nervous 紧张不安的 eager热切的，故选D。
小题14:这里想表达"要点是：不管你的日程安排得多紧，如果认真努力地想办法，你总是能够在其中安插更多的事情，故选B。
小题15:这里想表达这个演示教给了我们一个事实：如果你不是先放大石块，它们就永远就没有机会被放进去，故选A。
小题16:这里想表达你生活中的"大石块" 是什么呢？Whether是否 However然而 Whatever无论什么 Which哪一个，故选C。
小题17:根据In your schedule if you value the little stuff，故选D。
小题18:这里表示 如果你奔忙于琐事，那么，这些无关紧要的小事就会填满你的生活，故选B。
小题19:这里想表达当你考虑一下这个很短的故事，reflect on意思是反思，考虑 ，故选A。
小题20:根据Then he carefully placed about a dozen fist-sized rocks, one by one, into the jar，故选C。
点评：答题前一定要略读全文，把握文章要表达的主题，注意前后句与句，段落与段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一遍文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。
举一反三
Our area was just a few miles from the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history. We were on “evacuation alert (疏散警报)”. If we got the 1 to evacuate, we would have to leave immediately.
We 2 suitcases with some clothes and set them by the door. We didn’t 3 these things were valuable, but time was. We moved the computers, with which I wrote for newspapers and made a 4 . We took family pictures off the 5 and packed them in boxes. These were truly valuable and could not be replaced.
Then we took a hard look at all that 6 . There was a lamp that belonged to my great grandmother. It was a 7 to my family. And there was the piano my wife 8 to play when she was a little girl. Not of great 9 in itself, but another family connection. It was impractical to move everything from our home and store them for an indefinite (无限的) time. Some important items would have to stay behind.
The thought of 10 something passed down from our families saddened me deeply, 11 I’d never been much attached to things. It’s about what they 12 —family and love. They each had a(n) 13 to tell, and some of them spoke in the 14 of our parents and grandparents.
The fire 15 reached our home. We were lucky. And though I felt grateful that all was 16 , I also realized just how fortunate I had been 17 . I saw just how rich my life had been.
Someone 18 said, “There are people so poor that the only thing they have is money.” And now I 19 I was indeed rich. I was rich in family, rich in memories, rich in everything that really 20 to me. I am wealthier than I ever believed possible.
It took a fire to teach me, I wonder if there is any other kind of wealth worth seeking.
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His heart filled with a terrible fear, all Bertie could think of was his white lion. “But the lion,” he cried, “What about the lion?”
“I’m afraid there’s something else I have to tell you, ” his father said. Looking across at Bertie’s mother, he took a deep breath. Then he told Bertie he had met a circus owner from France, who was over in Africa looking for lions to buy. He would come to their farm in a few days.
“No! You can’t send him to a circus!” said Bertie. “People will come to see him. He’ll be shut up behind bars. I promised him he never would be. And they will laugh at him. He’d rather die. Any animal would! ” But as he looked across the table at them, he knew their minds were quite made up.
Bertie felt completely betrayed (出卖). He waited until he heard his father’s deep breathing next door. With his white lion at his heels，he crept (蹑手蹑脚地移动) downstairs，took down his father’s rifle (步枪) and stepped out into the night. He ran and ran till his legs could run no more. As the sun came up over the grassland, he climbed to the top of a hill and sat down, his arms round the lion’s neck. The time had come.
“Be wild now”，he whispered. “You’ve got to be wild. Don’t ever come home. All my life I’ll think of you. I promise I will. ” He buried his head in the lion’s neck. Then, Bertie climbed down the hill and walked away.
When he looked back, the lion was still sitting there watching him; but then he stood up, yawned, stretched, and sprang down after him. Bertie shouted at him, but he kept coming. He threw sticks. He threw stones. Nothing worked.
There was only one thing left to do. With tears filling his eyes and his mouth，he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired over the lion’s head.
小题1:Bertie’s mother was sad probably because she _____.
| A．had been seriously ill recently |
| B．had decided to send Bertie to school |
| C．knew Bertie would hate to go to England |
| D．knew selling the lion would upset Bertie |
| A．other animals | B．some audience | C．Bertie’s parents | D．circus owners |
| A．threaten the lion back to the wild | B．kill the lion out of fear |
| C．protect himself from the lion | D．show his anger towards his father |
| A．animal-hunting is popular in Africa |
| B．parents are sometimes cruel to their children |
| C．people and animals can be faithful to each other |
| D．animals usually lead a miserable life in circuses |
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it. Mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be a most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”
I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed in action. But as a young girl. I wanted to have heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional (易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface (表面)”.
As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.
My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace – it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
But the present of her desk told me, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside – a photo of my father and a one-paper letter, folded and refolded many times. It was my letter.
“In any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.”
小题1:The writer began to love her mother’s desk________.
| A．after Mother died | B．after she wrote the letter |
| C．when she was a child | D．when Mother gave it to her |
| A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter |
| B．Mother was too serious about her daughter in words |
| C．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words |
| D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careless words |
| A．The author may work as a writer |
| B．The author and her mother love each other, but didn’t say it out |
| C．Neither the author nor her mother had a happy family. |
| D．The author’s mother is a person who prefers act to words. |
| A．She had never received the letter. |
| B．For years, she often talked about the letter. |
| C．She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life. |
| D．She read the letter again and again till she died. |
| A．My letter to Mother | B．Mother and children |
| C．My Mother’s Desk | D．Talks between Mother and me |
Sunday, October 5
Clear, 69°F
My wife, Eleanor and I took the train from Paris to Strasbourg, where we were met by our driver and guide, and the minibus which goes along with the boat. We stopped off in Barn for an hour on the way. Then we were taken to Nancy where the boat was kept.
After the other passengers arrived, we had our first dinner on the boat. After dinner we walked into downtown Nancy, a village with a large square and wooden houses.
Monday, October 6
Rained last night, cloudy in the morning, 69°F
We spent about two hours in Nancy, and then sailed on the Canal de la Marne au Rhine. Kind of a lazy day. Eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner, after dinner we watched a tape on Baccarat, where we will visit tomorrow. It was pleasant to sit out on deck （甲板）and watch the scenery go by at about 3 mph.
Tuesday, October 7
Light rain, 64°F
This mourning we drove over to Baccarat and toured its museum and the church, which has this unbelievable lamp that is going on a world tour the next day. We did lost of shopping, then walked across the bridge to see a very, very modern Catholic church with special Baccarat windows.
We drove to the top of the Voges Mountains and started down the eastern side. Later we drove to Sorrenbourg to see the 13th century church at the Cordeliers. It contains the largest window by Mar.
Wednesday, Ocrober8
Cloudy.65 °F
Today we sailed from Schneckenbush to Saverne. We went though two caves, an extremely unusual part of the journey. This river scenery is very different. We were in a mountain valley with grassland on one side and a forest beginning to show some color on the other.
Thursday, Ocrober9
Cloudy, 66°F
Our dependable minibus was waiting to load the luggage and take us to the hotel where everyone went their separate ways. Our boating days are over until next time.
小题1:Where did the author get off the train?
| A．Paris | B．Barn | C．Nancy | D．Strasbourg |
| A．Monday and Wednesday | B．Tuesday and Wednesday |
| C．Wednesday and Wednesday | D．Monday and Tuesday |
| A．churches | B．towns | C．museums | D．mountains |
| A．Tiring | B．Expensive | C．Enjoyable | D．Quick |
When you walk in the room the very first impression you make on the interviewer can have a great influence on the rest of the interview. It is important that you introduce yourself, shake hands, and are friendly. In a job interview, the first question is often a “breaking the ice” type of question. Don’t be surprised if the interviewer asks you something like: “How are you today?” or “What do you think of the weather lately?” Answer the question without going into too much detail.
Talking about qualifications (资历) is the most important part of any job interview. Your qualifications include your education and any special training you may have received in the past. Your qualifications also include your experience in any previous work. It is important to explain what experience you have in detail. Generally, employers want to know exactly what you did and how well you accomplished your tasks. This is not the time to be modest.
Try to avoid some big mistakes in the job interview, such as leaving the mobile on and criticizing previous bosses. The worst thing is you yourself have no questions. Having no questions shows you are either not interested or not prepared. Remember that interviewers are more impressed with the questions you ask than the selling points you try to make.
小题1:The passage is mainly about .
| A．the typical questions asked in job interviews |
| B．importance of interviewees’ qualifications in job interviews |
| C．some common mistakes found in job interviews |
| D．Dos and Don’ts in job interviews |
| A．a question that makes people unhappy |
| B．an opening question asked to make people less nervous |
| C．a sharp question that makes people angry |
| D．a question asked about serious topic |
| A．educational background | B．social background |
| C．all kinds of special training received | D．experience in previous work |
| A．Leaving the mobile on | B．Criticizing previous bosses. |
| C．Having no questions. | D．Arriving late. |
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