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those students would never forget.
He pulled out a wide jar (罐子) and put it on the table. He also took out several rocks and carefully put them
into the jar one at a time. When no more rocks would 2 inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?"
Everyone in the class shouted, "Yes." The teacher replied, "Really?" He pulled out a box of small stones. He
dumped some in and 3 the jar. The stones went down into the spaces 4 the big rocks. He then asked the
group once more, "Is this jar full?"
"Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he replied. He brought out a glass of sand and dumped the
sand into the jar and it went into all of the spaces 5 . Once more he asked the question,"Is this jar full?"
"No!" the class started. Once again he said, "Good!" Then he poured a cup of water in 6 the jar was full.
Then he asked, "What is the key point here?" One student put up his hand and said, "The key point here is that
even if you are busy, you can 7 plan everything well if you try really hard!"
"No," the speaker replied, "that"s not the point. The point is if you don"t put the big rocks in 8 , you"ll never
get them in. What are the "big rocks" in your 9 ? Time with your loved ones, your education, or your dreams?
Remember to put these big rocks in first, or you"ll never get them in 10 ."
| ( )1. A. spend ( )2. A. drop ( )3. A. threw ( )4. A. between ( )5. A. added ( )6. A. before ( )7. A. only ( )8. A. first ( )9. A. study ( )10. A. at least | B. take B. fall B. broke B. in B. made B. until B. even B. later B. family B. at all | C. kill C. fit C. shook C. among C. offered C. after C. also C. immediately C. education C. at once | D. arrange D. set D. hit D. under D. left D. when D. still D. finally D. life D. at first | |||
| 1-5 DCCAD 6-10 BDADB | ||||||
| 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和首字母提示，在短文空白处填入适当的单词， 使短文内容通顺、合理。 | ||||||
| On the night of October 8, 1871, a fire started in Chicago and burned for 27 hours. More than 17 000 (1)h______ were burned down. But it was (2)1______ that only a few people lost their lives. It is said that the fire was started when Mrs. O"Leary"s cow (3)k______ over a kerosene (煤油) lamp with (4)i______ head. Although this story-still goes on today, what really caused the fire is not (5)k______ yet. Many poor people stayed in their homes until the (6)1______ moment in order to save the little that they had in the world. (7)H______, they were forced to leave when the fire reached their houses. (8)T______ of people were left homeless, but Chicago was completely rebuilt in two years. Because of the fire and the need for safer buildings, the high building (9)w______was built of steel and stone was developed (10)b______ the Chicago architect (建筑师) Louis Sullivan. | ||||||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||||
| John is thirteen now. He began to study in a middle school two years ago. His home is in a small village and it"s nearly five kilometers from the school. He has to get up early in the morning. After a quick breakfast he has to run to school and get there on time. His father hopes to borrow some money to buy a bike for him, but he knows his mother is always ill and his father spends much money on medicine. He doesn"t agree with his father and keeps running there every day. Now he"s very strong. He is never late for class and his teachers often praise him. Last week there was a sports meeting in his school. John ran faster than any other boy and won the boy"s 800 meters, 1, 500 meters and 3, 000 meters. The whole school knew him. He was very happy. He told his grandma about the good news as soon as he got home. "I broke two school records today, Granny, " called out the boy. To his surprise, the old woman wasn"t happy. She thought for a while and said, "I"m sorry to hear that. We have no money to pay for them, you know!" | ||||||
| 1. John began to study in a middle school at the age of _________. | ||||||
| A. nine B. eleven C. thirteen D. fifteen | ||||||
| 2. John runs to school every day in order to _________. | ||||||
| A. keep healthy B. win the boy"s race C. make his teachers happy D. get to school on time | ||||||
| 3. John doesn"t ask his father to buy him a bike because _________. | ||||||
| A. he doesn"t like riding a bike B. he doesn"t like his father C. his home is near the school D. he knows his father doesn"t have enough money | ||||||
| 4. John _________ after the school sports meeting. | ||||||
| A. ran faster B. worked harder C. became famous D. got a bike | ||||||
| 5. John"s grandma wasn"t happy because _________. | ||||||
| A. she thought John had broken some things in the school and they had to pay for them B. she thought John hadn"t done well in the school sports meeting C. John"s father couldn"t afford a bike D. John"s mother was ill and they spent much money on medicine | ||||||
| 阅读下列语段。把它们组成一篇连贯的短文。 | ||||||
| (A) An old horse has three sons. One day the father horse says to them, "It"s time for you to learn some skills." So the three horses all leave their home. (B) In three months, the youngest son comes back home, too. He learns nothing. Only his hair looks different. (C) Soon, the eldest son comes back home. He learns the skill of running from a leopard (豹). He can run very far without stopping. His father is happy with him. (D) Why is this? Because he sees a lion. The lion"s hair is curly. He thinks that it is very cool. So he makes his hair curly, too. He also dyes it red. He feels happy with his hair. (E) The old horse is very angry. He whips (鞭打) the youngest son and tells him to get out of the house. People see the marks of the whip on the youngest son" s body, and call him "Zebra". (F) In two months, the second son also comes back home. He learns to carry things on his back from the elephants. He feels OK even if he carries many things on his back. His father is happy with him, too. The right order is: 1______ 2______ 3______ 4______ 5______ | ||||||
| 完形填空。 | ||||||
| A woman saw three old men sitting outside. She said, "I don" t think I know you, but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something to 1 ." "We don"t go into a house 2 ," they answered. "Why is that?" she asked. One of the old men said, "His name is Wealth (财富) this is Success, and I am Love. Now go in and 3 with your family which one of us you want in your house." The woman went in and told her family all that happened. She said, "Let"s invite Wealth. We have been so 4 ." Her husband disagreed, "My dear, why don"t we invite Success? Don"t you want me to be a successful man?" Then her daughter asked, "Would it be 5 to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with love!" In the end, the family decided to take the 6 advice. So the woman went out and asked, "Which one of you is 7 ? Please come in and be our guest." Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and 8 him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, "I 9 invite Love. Why are you coming along?" The two old men answered, "If you invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to 10 , but as you invite Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is Wealth and Success." | ||||||
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