Question

   One day a teacher stood before his class and picked up a large empty glass bottle and filled it with rocks. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. He then added a box of pebbles to the jar,shaking it lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the rocks. “Is the jar filled now?” The students said yes.

   But then he poured a bag of sand into the bottle. The sand filled in everything else. Once more he asked if it was full and after some thinking they said that it was.

   The teacher then opened two cans of beer and poured them into the jar. The students were very excited about this demonstration.

   The teacher spoke again, “I want you to know that this jar represents (代表) your life. The rocks are the important things in your life： your family,your partner,your health …things that if everything else was lost and only they remained,your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter,like your job,your house,and your car. The sand is everything else. If you put the sand into the jar first,there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks”. “The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff,you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Play with your friends. Take time to get medical checkups. Take care of the rocks first. The else is just sand. ”

   Then one of the students asked what the beer represented.

   “It just goes to prove that no matter how full your life may seem,there's always room for a couple of beers. ”

1. What do rocks represent according to the passage?

   A. Things you have to do every day,like cooking and washing.

   B. Things without which you can't live,like house and job.

   C. Things that make your life full,like your family,friends and health.

   D. Things that help to relax yourself,like reading and watching TV.

2. The underlined word “demonstration ” in the passage probably means “ ”.

   A. 游戏   B. 指责

   C. 演讲   D. 论证

3. What can we learn from the passage?

   A. We should listen to the teacher carefully at school.

   B. Never spend time and energy on the small things.

   C. Something like beer is necessary in our life.

   D. Take care of the most important things first.

4. What do you think of the teacher?

   A. Strict. B. Wise.

   C. Kind-hearted. D. Serious.

5. What did the teacher want to do in his class?

   A. To teach students the philosophy (哲学) in life.

   B. To teach them how to put more things into the jar.

   C. To show the students when the jar can be full.

   D. To make students work harder at school.

Answer 1

1. C 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. A

  文章中的老师先后用岩石、鹅卵石、沙子和啤酒四种不 同的东西装满瓶子，岩石代表着家庭等对你来说最重要的东 西，而鹅卵石代表着你的工作、房子等，沙子代表其他小事。 启示我们永远都要把最重要的事情放在第一位，不要被琐事 牵绊。

1. C细节理解题。由第四段的The rocks are. ..your family,your partner , your health可知，岩石代表着你生活中重要的东西，如家庭、伙伴和健康，而这些东西能填满你 的生活。

2. D词义猜测题。文章前三段主要是讲老师在学生们面前做的一个实验:装满了岩石的瓶子是否还能装下其他 东西，接下来老师还装下了鹅卵石、沙子和啤酒等东 西，看似已经满了的瓶子还能相继装下许多不同的东 西，学生们显然对这一“论证”兴致盎然。

3. D推理判断题。通读第四段可知，瓶子里的岩石代表着对你最重要的东西，如家庭、朋友等，鹅卵石和沙子代 表其他小事。如果你先把沙子放进瓶子里，那么其他 的东西都放不下了；如果你先放岩石，就算你失去了其 他所有的东西，那么你的生活看起来还是圆满的。由 此可推断，在现实生活中我们应该把最重要的东西放 在第一位，故选D项。

4. B推理判断题。通读全文可知，老师通过装瓶子这件事告诉学生要把最重要的事情放在第一位，不要被琐事 牵绊，由此可推断这位老师是明智的，故选B项。

5. A主旨大意题。老师先后在瓶子里放人岩石、鹅卵石、沙子和啤酒，他这么做是告诉学生一个生活中的哲理:岩 石代表着生命中你最重要的东西，要把这些重要的东 西放在第一位。

lightly adv.轻微地

two cans of beer 两罐啤酒

stuff n.原料;材料 checkup n.体格检查

障碍句分析

   If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff,you will never have room for the things that are important to you.如果你把所有的时间和精力都耗费在琐事上，你将永 远无法给那些对你来说重要的东西留有空间。

   句中的if引导条件状语从句，从句用一般现在时，主句 用一般将来时;that引导定语从句，修饰things。spend some time on sth.意为“在某事或物上花费时间”。