Question

【題目】 One day, an expert in time management gave a group of business students a lesson that they would never forget.

As he stood in front of the group, he said, "Okay, time for a quiz. "He then_______ a wide— mouth jar(罐）and put it on the desk. Then he carefully placed some baseballs, one by one, into the jar _______ it couldn't hold one more. He asked," Is this jar full?"

"Yes," answered all the students. "Really?" Then he put some small _______ into the jar and asked the students the same question. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he replied.

He poured a bag of sand into the jar. It went into all the space left _______ the baseballs and the stones. Once more he asked the question, "Now, is it full?" All the students agreed.

To their _______, the expert poured orange juice into the jar slowly. All the students were quite shocked to see that the "full jar could still _______so much orange. "Now, it is full, the expert said finally.

In fact, living a life is just like filling a jar. Making the best use of time is_______we should remind ourselves to do when plenty of things remain to be dealt with. "The juice means, "the teacher added before the class ended, "no matter how _______ your life is, there is always something more to enjoy as long as you want. This is exactly what I want to tell you today. "

【1】A.sold outB.took outC.gave out

【2】A.untilB.thoughC.unless

【3】A.stonesB.baseballsC.bags

【4】A.againstB.exceptC.between

【5】A.joyB.surpriseC.regret

【6】A.provideB.requireC.hold

【7】A.whyB.whatC.how

【8】A.fullB.successfulC.traditional

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【6】C

【7】B

【8】A

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文，文章講述時間管理的專家給學(xué)生做實(shí)驗(yàn)，罐子裝載棒球后看上去滿了，但是仍能裝進(jìn)去石頭、沙子甚至是橘子汁。作者由此啟發(fā)讀者生活就像罐子一樣，充分的利用時間是當(dāng)很多事情仍需要解決的時候我們應(yīng)提醒自己要做的事；不管你的生活有多滿，只要你想總是有更多的東西可以享受。

【1】

句意：然后他取出一個廣口罐，把它放在桌上。

sold out賣完；took out取出，抽出；gave out釋放，放出。根據(jù)“a wide-mouth jar”可知此處用動詞短語took out，表示“拿出一個廣口罐”。故選B。

【2】

句意：然后他仔細(xì)地放一些棒球在罐子里，一個接一個，直到它不能裝更多。

until直到；though 盡管；unless除非。根據(jù)“it couldn't hold one more”可知此處用until表示“直到”。故選A。

【3】

句意：然后他放一些小石頭進(jìn)罐子里，問學(xué)生相同的問題。

stones石頭；baseballs棒球；bags包。根據(jù)后文“the baseballs and the stones”可知此處用名詞stones。故選A。

【4】

句意：所有棒球和石頭之間留下的空間進(jìn)去了沙子。

against反對；except除了；between在……之間。根據(jù)“the baseballs and the stones”可知此處用between表示“棒球和石頭之間的空隙”。故選C。

【5】

句意：令他們吃驚的是，專家緩慢地倒入橘子汁到罐子里。

joy樂趣；surprise吃驚；regret后悔。根據(jù)后一句“were quite shocked to”可知此處用形容詞surprised表示“吃驚”，因?yàn)榉帕诉@么多東西之后還能倒入橘子汁。故選B。

【6】

句意：所有的學(xué)生很震驚地看到滿滿的罐子仍能夠裝如此多的橘子汁。

provide提供；require要求；hold持有，容納。根據(jù)“jar”和“orange”可知此處用動詞hold表示罐子能容納橘子汁。故選C。

【7】

句意：充分的利用時間是當(dāng)很多事情仍需要解決的時候我們應(yīng)提醒自己要做的事。

why 為什么；what什么；how怎樣。is后面是表語從句；根據(jù)“we should remind ourselves to do”可知此處用what引導(dǎo)從句，what做do的賓語。故選B。

【8】

句意：不管你的生活有多滿，只要你想總是有更多的東西可以享受。

full滿的；successful成功的; traditional傳統(tǒng)的。根據(jù)“l(fā)iving a life is just like filling a jar”生活就像罐子，罐子滿了仍能裝進(jìn)去東西，此處把生活比作罐子，用形容詞full。故選A。