第二节 完型填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

One day,an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students. To drive his ___36___ home, he used an illustration (演示) those students will never ___37___.

“Okay, now watch carefully”, and then he pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the ___38___ in front of him. He also ___39___ about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully ___40___ them, one at a time, into the jar.

When the jar was filled to the ___41___ and no more rocks would ___42___ inside, he asked, “Is this jar full?” Everyone in the class answered, “Yes.” The expert replied, “Really?” He ___43___ under the table and pulled out a bucket of small stones. He dropped some ___44___ and then asked the group once more, “Is the jar full?”

By this time the class was on to him. “___45___” one of them answered carefully.

“Good!” he replied, and then brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping (dropping) the sand in the jar and it ___46___ into all of the ___47___ left between the rocks and the small stones. ___48___ he asked the question, “Is this jar full?” “No!” the class shouted.

“Good.” Then he looked at the class and asked, “What is the point of this illustration?”

One ___49___ student raised his hand and said, “The point is, no matter how ___50___ your schedule (时间表) is, if you ___51___ really hard you can always fit some more things in it!”

“___52___.” the speaker replied. “That's not the point. The ___53___ this illustration teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in ___54___.”

What are the ‘big rocks' in your ___55___? Then, put those in your jar first.

36. A. time 　　　　　　　　 B. point 　　　　　　　 C. example 　　　　　 D. speech

37. A. understand 　　　　 B. remember 　　　　 C. realize 　　　　　　 D. forget

38. A. board 　　　　　　　　 B. chair 　　　　　　　 C. floor 　　　　　　　 D. table

39.A. shaped 　　　　　　　 B. formed 　　　　　　 C. produced 　　　　 D. performed

40. A. dropped 　　　　　　 B. threw 　　　　　　　　　　 C. drew 　　　　　　　 D. placed

41. A. surface 　　　　　　　 B. edge 　　　　　　　　 C. top 　　　　　　　　　 D. end

42. A. fix 　　　　　　　　　　 B. fit 　　　　　　　　　 C. fill 　　　　　　　　　 D. feed

43. A. reached 　　　　　　 B. extended 　　　　　 C. fetched 　　　　　　 D. inched

44. A. off 　　　　　　　　　 B. down 　　　　　　　　　　 C. out 　　　　　　　　　 D. in

45. A. No way 　　　　　　 B. Probably not 　　 C. Of course 　　　　 D. Certainly is

46. A. entered 　　　　　　 B. broke 　　　　　　　　　　 C. went 　　　　　　　 D. came

47. A. spaces 　　　　　　　 B. areas 　　　　　　　 C. places 　　　　　　　 D. rooms

48. A. Once or twice 　　 B. Once more 　　　 C. All at once 　　　 D. Once in a while

49. A. nervous 　　　　　　 B. impatient 　　　　 C. anxious 　　　　　 D. eager

50. A. full 　　　　　　　　　 B. whole 　　　　　　　 C. entire 　　　　　　　　　　 D. thorough

51. A. work 　　　　　　　　 B. try 　　　　　　　　　 C. think 　　　　　　　 D. act

52. A. Maybe 　　　　　　　　　　 B. Never 　　　　　　　 C. Okay 　　　　　　　 D. No

53. A. means 　　　　　　　 B. fact 　　　　　　　　 C. truth 　　　　　　　 D. reality

54. A. after all 　　　　　　 B. above all 　　　　 C. at all 　　　　　　　 D. and all

55. A. life 　　　　　　　　　 B. time 　　　　　　　　 C. way 　　　　　　　　 D. year

35. The project is designed in this way and once ___________, nothing can be done to change it.

A. starts 　　　　　　　 B. starting　 　　　　 C. started 　　　　　　 D. having started

34. If you ___________ a mistake in reviewing the report, please bring it to my attention.

A. come along 　　　 B. come across　 　 C. come around 　　 D. come about

33. ___________ to understand what he doesn't, he makes a fool of himself.

A. Always pretending 　 　　　　　　　　　　 B. Always pretended　

C. Having always pretended　 　　　　　　 D. Always being pretended

32. - According to the agreement, you must finish the work by this month.

- Don't worry. We're trying hard and it ___________ that long.

A. hasn't lasted 　　 B. won't last　 　　 C. didn't last 　　　　 D. doesn't last

31. It's so nice to hear from her again. ___________, we last met more than thirty years ago.

A. What's more 　　 B. That's to say 　　 C. In other words D. Believe it or not

30. Helen always helps her mother even though going to school_____ most of her day.

　　 A. takes up 　　　　　 B. makes up　　　　　 C. saves up 　　　　　 D. puts up

29. The secretary was more_____ for what happened than the boss.

　　　 A. blame　　　　　　　 B. blamed　　　　　　　 C. to blame 　　　　　 D. to be blamed