完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从1---20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。 One day,

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从1---20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。
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（沙砾，石子），dumped some in and 6 the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space 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 are the ‘big rocks’ in your life? Then put those in your 20 first.”
【小题1】A．harderB．rougherC．clearerD．wiser【小题2】A．carefullyB．firmlyC．activelyD．unwillingly【小题3】A．edgeB．bottomC．wallD．top【小题4】A．fullB．pureC．enoughD．smooth【小题5】A．sentB．reachedC．managedD．felt【小题6】A．deliveredB．shookC．droppedD．held【小题7】A．beneathB．acrossC．beyondD．between【小题8】A．put outB．came outC．brought outD．set out【小题9】A．spacesB．cavesC．blanksD．holes【小题10】A．At lastB．Shortly afterC．Later onD．Once more【小题11】A．unlessB．untilC．beforeD．while【小题12】A．meaningB．opinionC．pointD．comment【小题13】A．calmB．awkwardC．nervousD．eager【小题14】A．add B．fitC．includeD．collect【小题15】A．neverB．evenC．stillD．ever【小题16】A．WhetherB．HoweverC．WhateverD．Which【小题17】A．concludeB．encourageC．freshD．time【小题18】A．moreB．littleC．muchD．less【小题19】A．reflectingB．countingC．decidingD．insisting【小题20】A．packetB．canC．jarD．luggageC

(答案→)C 解析：【小题1】To make the point clearer是“使观点更明确”C项符合。【小题2】副词词义辨析：carefully仔细地 firmly坚定地actively 积极地unwillingly不情愿地，结合后面的one by one可以判断他是小心地把几个拳头大小的石头放在坛子里。选A。【小题3】从后文：no more rocks would fit inside,说明已经到了顶部，再也装不进了。所以D正确。【小题4】和上一题一样，坛子装到顶部了，那就是满了。填A。【小题5】这题是词义辨析：send派、送reach到达、伸手manage管理feel感觉，再结合下文pulled out a bucket of gravel，说明是把伸到桌子下面。选B。【小题6】从后面的句子：causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the… 使沙子漏下去，说明是用shake，“摇晃”，选B。【小题7】考查介词的用法：space between the rocks“岩石间的空间”。选D。【小题8】词组辨析：put out“扑灭” come out“出版，发行”bring out“产生，拿出”set out “出发”，从前面的pulled out a bucket of gravel说明是拿出，选C。【小题9】从上面的down into the space看出这里填space，是岩石间的空隙。选A。【小题10】文章第三段提到：he asked, “Is this jar 4 ? 第四段说道：Then he asked the group the same question. 所以这里是Once more he asked the question. 他再次问了那个问题。选D。【小题11】句意是：他朝坛子里注水直到水满到边缘。填B。【小题12】词义辨析：A.meaning意义，B. opinion （人的）观点C. point要点，重点D. comment评论，句意是：这个演示的重点是什么？C【小题13】形容词词义辨析：calm冷静的awkward窘迫的nervous紧张的eager 急切的。前文说的是：It is such a seemingly easy question，说明是“迫切的学生”。【小题14】fit是“安装，放入”句意是：无论你的日程安排有多满，只要你努力，就能在放入更多的东西。所以选B。【小题15】句意是：如果你不先放进大的石头，你永远不会把它们都放进去。选A。【小题16】whatever=no matter what“无论什么”，句意是：无论你生活中的大石头是什么，做你喜欢做的事。选C。【小题17】time这里做动词用，“安排时间”，句意是：做你喜欢的事，为自己安排时间。所以选D。【小题18】从前面的：if you value the little stuff 如果你看中小事，说明后面也是填little，意思是：用小事填满你的生活。填B。【小题19】reflect“反思”，当你反思这个小故事，A【小题20】从前面的“a wide-mouth jar”可知填C，句意是：把这些放进你的坛子里。

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