Question

A philosophy professor loved to teach students about important theories of the subject.Once, while his1was about to begin, he just closed the book and2stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him.Students were curious but the professor without looking at them3 a very large and empty jar.And then he started to 4it with small rocks.5 the jar appeared full, the professor asked his students whether the jar was full
The entire class6that jar was indeed full.Next, the professor picked up some 7and began pouring them into the jar.The moment pouring was8, he shook the jar lightly.As a result of that, all the small rocks9the open areas between the rocks comfortably.
Professor again asked the students if the jar is full.Same10from the class like before.Professor 11la bit but silently, and this time he picked up a box of sand.He poured the box into the jar and sand filled the entire 12spaces.At the same time, professor13his question to the class, if the jar was full? Yes again.
Professor now14towards the class and said, this jar 15your life.All the things in the jar I poured mean some important lessons.The rocks are the most important things, 16is family, your partner, health and your17.Even if everything else in your life goes away but the rocks remains there, your life would still be full18the most important things are still present in your life.Pebbles represent other significant things like car, house and job etc.And the sand is the small stuff or everything else.
If your time and 19is spent on small stuff then there is no20for the pebbles or the rocks or in other words, most important things of your life.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      lecture
   2. B.
      talk
   3. C.
      speech
   4. D.
      letter
2. 2.
   1. A.
      though
   2. B.
      besides
   3. C.
      otherwis
   4. D.
      instead e
3. 3.
   1. A.
      pointed to
   2. B.
      picked up
   3. C.
      took out
   4. D.
      sent up
4. 4.
   1. A.
      fill
   2. B.
      fix
   3. C.
      put
   4. D.
      turn
5. 5.
   1. A.
      Soon
   2. B.
      Instantly
   3. C.
      Luckily
   4. D.
      Hopefully
6. 6.
   1. A.
      argued
   2. B.
      told
   3. C.
      suggested
   4. D.
      agreed
7. 7.
   1. A.
      rocks
   2. B.
      stones
   3. C.
      sand
   4. D.
      water
8. 8.
   1. A.
      understandable
   2. B.
      complete
   3. C.
      reliable
   4. D.
      adjustable
9. 9.
   1. A.
      rolled into
   2. B.
      fell out
   3. C.
      mixed with
   4. D.
      turned up
10. 10.
    1. A.
       response
    2. B.
       comment
    3. C.
       order
    4. D.
       content
11. 11.
    1. A.
       spoke
    2. B.
       cried
    3. C.
       scolded
    4. D.
       smiled
12. 12.
    1. A.
       left
    2. B.
       available
    3. C.
       getting
    4. D.
       remaining
13. 13.
    1. A.
       asked
    2. B.
       answered
    3. C.
       repeated
    4. D.
       discussed
14. 14.
    1. A.
       turned
    2. B.
       looked
    3. C.
       walked
    4. D.
       moved
15. 15.
    1. A.
       means
    2. B.
       represents
    3. C.
       competes
    4. D.
       matches
16. 16.
    1. A.
       which
    2. B.
       that
    3. C.
       what
    4. D.
       it
17. 17.
    1. A.
       wealth
    2. B.
       business
    3. C.
       children
    4. D.
       friends
18. 18.
    1. A.
       because
    2. B.
       if
    3. C.
       once
    4. D.
       while
19. 19.
    1. A.
       energy
    2. B.
       money
    3. C.
       power
    4. D.
       strength
20. 20.
    1. A.
       hope
    2. B.
       need
    3. C.
       room
    4. D.
       doubt

Answer 1

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文章大意：人生有很多大事和小事構(gòu)成，每天都會有很多事情要處理，應該如何處理它們呢？教授用一個鵝卵石的例子，告訴我們，應該將精力用在主要的事情上。
1.A教授的工作室給學生上課，這里lecture表示“講課”。
2.D沒有給學生授課，他在桌子上放了一些別的東西。instead表示“代替，反而”。though盡管；雖然—表讓步；besides除了還；otherwise否則。
3.B根據(jù)下文的empty jar可知教授在動這個缸，因此選B，他拿起這個缸。
4.A根據(jù)下文的the jar appeared full，可以推斷教授往缸中注入小石頭。
5.B instantly用作連詞，表示“一……就”，下文的The moment pouring was…給出了暗示。
6.D下文的答語that jar was indeed full表明學生們都同意教授的問話。
7.A下文的As a result of that, all the small rocks…給出了提示
8.B傾倒鵝卵石結(jié)束/完成。complete是形容詞，表示“結(jié)束，完工”。
9.A鵝卵石滑落到石塊的縫隙間，并沒有與石塊融合，roll into表示“滾入”。
10.B聽到教授的問題，學生們在回答。response相當于answer，表示“響應, 答復”。
11.D句中的silently說明教授沒有說話。
12.D remaining用作形容詞，表示“剩余的，剩下的”。left是過去分詞，常做后置定語；remain是不及物動詞。
13.C教授又一次問了學生們這個問題，故這里指重復以上的問題。
14.A根據(jù)上文的He poured the box into the jar可知此時此刻教授面朝缸，因此他轉(zhuǎn)過身來問學生。
15.B這個缸象征著人的生命，而并不意味著生命，因此排除B。represent表示“代表, 象征”； compete競爭, 對抗；match和…相配, 較量。
16.B該空后的內(nèi)容在解釋the most important things，故選that is是插入語。
17.C文中的your partner, health都不屬于家人，因此排除A、B選項；children與partner都屬于家人。
18.A because在解釋生命依然充實的原因。
19.A作者在委婉的建議把時間精力花在重要事情上。energy表示人的精力、活力。
20.C把時間和精力花在小事情上，就沒有重要事情的空間了。room在這里用于比喻。