Question

A teacher takes a very big bottle and puts a few big stones (石头) into it. He asks the students, “Is the bottle full?”

They all answer, “Yes!”

The teacher then puts some small stones into the bottle. The small stones are between the big stones. He then asks, “Is it full now?”

Some students give no answer, but most answer, “Yes!”

The teacher then starts to put some sand (沙子) into the bottle. For the third time, the teacher asks, “Is it full?”

Now most students give no answer, but some still answer, “Yes!”

Then the teacher pours (倒) a cup of water into the bottle. “What does it tell us?” asks the teacher.

One clever student answer, “No matter (无论) how busy you are, you can always find time to do some more things.”

“No,” says the teacher. “If you don’t put the big stones into the bottle first, you can never get them in. The big stones are the important things in your life. If you fill your life with small things like the small stones, sand and water, you’ll never have the time for the important things.”

1.How many of the students really know what the act wants to tell them?

A. All.        B. Most.        C. Some.       D. None.

2. What does the teacher think is the most important?

A. The sand.           B. The water.

C. The big stones.     D. The small stones.

3. What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 9 refer to (指代)?

A. The water.          B. The big stones.

C. The small stones.    D. The sand.

4. What is the main (主要的) idea of the article?

A. We should use our time to do some more things.

B. We should try to ask the teachers more questions.

C. We should not put sand or water into our life.

D. We should try to find the important things in our life.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是老师给学生们做了一个实验，通过这个实验，老师想要告诉同学们，在生活中，我们要抓住最重要的东西，如果你先抓住了一些小的事情，那么你的生活中就装不下大事情了。

1.推理判断题。根据文意可知，老师往一个瓶子里放了一些大的石头，学生们以为瓶子满了，但是老师又往里面放了一些小石头，学生们还以为满了。后来老师又往里面放了些沙子，学生们以为这次瓶子真的满了，但是老师还能往里面加水。根据这个故事的意思我们可以看到，学生们不明白老师真正想要告诉他们什么。故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据短文的最后一段中老师的话If you don’t put the big stones into the bottle first, you can never get them in. The big stones are the important things in your life.可知，老师觉得大的石头是最重要的，因为如果你不先把大石头放进去，那么之后再放的话就放不进去了。故选C。

3. you don’t put the big stones into the bottle first, you can never get them in. 可知，，老师这里的意思是，如果我们不先把大石头放进去，那么之后再放，就放不进去了。这里的them代指的是大的石头。故选B。

4.主旨大意题。这篇短文讲述的是老师给学生们做了一个实验，通过这个实验，老师想要告诉同学们，在生活中，我们要抓住最重要的东西，如果你先抓住了一些小的事情，那么你的生活中就装不下大事情了。故D选项最符合文意。

考点：人生哲理类短文阅读。