What is true about Ellen?
A.She likes African art. B.She knows Susan very well. C.She doesn’t know Bob.
Why is the man late?
A.The traffic was heavy. B.There was an accident. C.He took the wrong bus.
What does the man mean?
A.He will do a class project. B.He won’t go to the beach. C.He will go to the zoo next time.
How will the man pay?
A.By cheque. B.By credit card. C.In cash.
Where does the man want to go?
A.To New York. B.To Boston. C.To Chicago.
A professor stood before his class with some things in front of him. When the class began, he picked up a very large, empty _________ and filled it _______ golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor then _________ small pebbles(鹅卵石) and put them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into _________ between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was _______. They agreed it was.
The professor next _________ sand into the jar and it went into the places _________ between the golf balls and the ___________.
He asked once more the same question. The students said, “Yes！”
The professor then took out two cups of _________ and poured the coffee into the jar.
“Now.” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar ____________ your life. The golf balls are the ________ things-your__________, your children, your health and your friends. If you lost everything else, only they would remain and your life would still be full. The pebbles are the things that matter like your job, your __________ and your car. The____________ is the small stuff(事务).”
“If you put the sand into the jar __________,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for __________. If you spend all your __________ and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
One of the students __________ her hand and asked what the coffee represented. The professor smiled, “It just shows that no matter ____________ full your life may seem, there’s always ______________ for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend. "
1.A.jar B.bowl C.glass D.cup
2.A.into B.with C.in D.of
3.A.picked up B.brought up C.thought up D.turned up
4.A.rooms B.air C.water D.spaces
5.A.big B.empty C.full D.beautiful
6.A.carried B.poured C.put D.brought
7.A.marked B.held C.taken D.left
8.A.jar B.balls C.pebbles D.sand
9.A.coffee B.water C.liquid D.sand
10.A.believes B.agrees C.shows D.represents
11.A.useful B.beautiful C.important D.round
12.A.family B.job C.wealth D.house
13.A.house B.relatives C.friends D.computer
14.A.pebbles B.sand C.coffee D.golf balls
15.A.then B.at last C.first D.next
16.A.life B.health C.career D.job
17.A.money B.time C.brains D.intelligence
18.A.rose B.lifted C.raised D.carried
19.A.what B.how C.where D.who
20.A.room B.time C.position D.energy
