Question

    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 out B.took out C.gave out

2.A.until B.though C.unless

3.A.stones B.baseballs C.bags

4.A.against B.except C.between

5.A.joy B.surprise C.regret

6.A.provide B.require C.hold

7.A.why B.what C.how

8.A.full B.successful C.traditional

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，文章讲述时间管理的专家给学生做实验，罐子装载棒球后看上去满了，但是仍能装进去石头、沙子甚至是橘子汁。作者由此启发读者生活就像罐子一样，充分的利用时间是当很多事情仍需要解决的时候我们应提醒自己要做的事；不管你的生活有多满，只要你想总是有更多的东西可以享受。

1.

句意：然后他取出一个广口罐，把它放在桌上。

sold out卖完；took out取出，抽出；gave out释放，放出。根据“a wide-mouth jar”可知此处用动词短语took out，表示“拿出一个广口罐”。故选B。

2.

句意：然后他仔细地放一些棒球在罐子里，一个接一个，直到它不能装更多。

until直到；though 尽管；unless除非。根据“it couldn't hold one more”可知此处用until表示“直到”。故选A。

3.

句意：然后他放一些小石头进罐子里，问学生相同的问题。

stones石头；baseballs棒球；bags包。根据后文“the baseballs and the stones”可知此处用名词stones。故选A。

4.

句意：所有棒球和石头之间留下的空间进去了沙子。

against反对；except除了；between在……之间。根据“the baseballs and the stones”可知此处用between表示“棒球和石头之间的空隙”。故选C。

5.

句意：令他们吃惊的是，专家缓慢地倒入橘子汁到罐子里。

joy乐趣；surprise吃惊；regret后悔。根据后一句“were quite shocked to”可知此处用形容词surprised表示“吃惊”，因为放了这么多东西之后还能倒入橘子汁。故选B。

6.

句意：所有的学生很震惊地看到满满的罐子仍能够装如此多的橘子汁。

provide提供；require要求；hold持有，容纳。根据“jar”和“orange”可知此处用动词hold表示罐子能容纳橘子汁。故选C。

7.

句意：充分的利用时间是当很多事情仍需要解决的时候我们应提醒自己要做的事。

why 为什么；what什么；how怎样。is后面是表语从句；根据“we should remind ourselves to do”可知此处用what引导从句，what做do的宾语。故选B。

8.

句意：不管你的生活有多满，只要你想总是有更多的东西可以享受。

full满的；successful成功的; traditional传统的。根据“living a life is just like filling a jar”生活就像罐子，罐子满了仍能装进去东西，此处把生活比作罐子，用形容词full。故选A。