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(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. ”
| 小题1: | | A．harder | B．rougher | C．clearer | D．wiser |
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| 小题2: | | A．carefully | B．firmly | C．actively | D．unwillingly |
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小题3:A edge B. bottom C. wall D. top
| 小题4: | | A．full | B．pure | C．enough | D．smooth |
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| 小题5: | | A．sent | B．reached | C．managed | D．felt |
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| 小题6: | | A．delivered | B．shook | C．dropped | D．held |
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| 小题7: | | A．beneath | B．across | C．beyond | D．between |
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| 小题8: | | A．threw out | B．came out | C．brought out | D．set out |
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| 小题9: | | A．spaces | B．caves | C．blanks | D．holes |
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| 小题10: | | A．At last | B．shortly after | C．Later on | D．Once more |
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| 小题11: | | A．unless | B．until | C．before | D．while |
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| 小题12: | | A．result | B．opinion | C．point | D．comment |
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| 小题13: | | A．calm | B．awkward | C．nervous | D．eager |
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| 小题14: | | A．add | B．fit | C．include | D．collect |
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| 小题15: | | A．never | B．even | C．still | D．ever |
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| 小题16: | | A．Whether | B．However | C．Whatever | D．Which |
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| 小题17: | | A．conclude | B．encourage | C．achieve | D．value |
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| 小题18: | | A．more | B．little | C．much | D．less |
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| 小题19: | | A．reflecting | B．counting | C．deciding | D．insisting |
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| 小题20: | | A．packet | B．can | C．jar | D．luggage |
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