阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Have you ever played the game “Telephone” ? You sit in a circle with a group of people and one person whispers a phrase to the person next to him or her．Then, each person keeps whispering the phrase around the circle until it reaches the last person, who repeats the whispered statement out loud．What started out as "Pizza tastes great" can end up as "Pete's a great ape! " It's funny to laugh at how twisted the sentence became as it got passed around．Gossip can work the same way, but it's not so funny．In fact, it can be very hurtful．

　　When you say cruel things, tell stories that you're not sure are true, or let out information that you know is supposed to remain private, you're spreading gossip．What if you saw funny Jake go into the principal's office and you started wondering if he was in trouble．There's nothing wrong with wondering that, but what if you started telling other people you think Jake's in big trouble．You really don't know why he was in the principal's office, right?

　　But before you know it, everyone is talking about how Jake is in trouble and imagining why．Maybe he put his rubber snake in the teacher's desk, someone says．Maybe he hit a kid who didn't laugh at one of his jokes, another person suggests．Jake doesn't come back to class for a long time, but when he does, everyone wants to know what happened in the principal's office．Jake might be a little angry or confused about all the questions, especially when he explains, "I went to the principal's office because my mom was there to take me to a doctor appointment．"

　　That's how rumors work．They start small and often blow up into something different from the truth．

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　　One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students．To drive his 　　1　　 home, he used an illustration(演示)those students will never 　　2　　．

　　“Okay, now watch carefully”, and then he pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the 　　3　　 in front of him．He also 　　4　　 about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully 　　5　　 them, one at a time, into the jar．

　　When the jar was filled to the 　　6　　 and no more rocks would 　　7　　 inside, he asked, “Is this jar full?” Everyone in the class answered, “Yes．”

　　The expert replied, “Really?” He 　　8　　 under the table and pulled out a bucket of small stones．He dropped some 　　9　　 and then asked the group once more, “Is the jar full?”

　　By this time the class was on to him．“　　10　　” 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 　　11　　 into all of the 　　12　　 left between the rocks and the small stones．　　13　　 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 　　14　　 student raised his hand and said, “The point is, no matter how 　　15　　 your schedule(时间表)is, if you 　　16　　 really hard you can always fit some more things in it!”

　　“　　17　　．” the speaker replied．“That’s not the point．The 　　18　　 this illustration teaches us is：If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in 　　19　　．”

　　What are the ‘big rocks’ in your 　　20　　?Then, put those in your jar first．

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　　One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students．To drive his 　　1　　 home, he used an illustration(演示)those students will never 　　2　　．

　　“Okay, now watch carefully”, and then he pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the 　　3　　 in front of him．He also 　　4　　 about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully 　　5　　 them, one at a time, into the jar．

　　When the jar was filled to the 　　6　　 and no more rocks would 　　7　　 inside, he asked, “Is this jar full?” Everyone in the class answered, “Yes．”

　　The expert replied, “Really?” He 　　8　　 under the table and pulled out a bucket of small stones．He dropped some 　　9　　 and then asked the group once more, “Is the jar full?”

　　By this time the class was on to him．“　　10　　” 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 　　11　　 into all of the 　　12　　 left between the rocks and the small stones．　　13　　 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 　　14　　 student raised his hand and said, “The point is, no matter how 　　15　　 your schedule(时间表)is, if you 　　16　　 really hard you can always fit some more things in it!”

　　“　　17　　．” the speaker replied．“That’s not the point．The 　　18　　 this illustration teaches us is：If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in 　　19　　．”

　　What are the ‘big rocks’ in your 　　20　　?Then, put those in your jar first．

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　　One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students．To drive his 　　1　　 home, he used an illustration(演示)those students will never 　　2　　．

　　“Okay, now watch carefully”, and then he pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the 　　3　　 in front of him．He also 　　4　　 about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully 　　5　　 them, one at a time, into the jar．

　　When the jar was filled to the 　　6　　 and no more rocks would 　　7　　 inside, he asked,“Is this jar full?”Everyone in the class answered,“Yes．”

　　The expert replied,“Really?”He 　　8　　 under the table and pulled out a bucket of small stones．He dropped some 　　9　　 and then asked the group once more,“Is the jar full?”

　　By this time the class was on to him．“　　10　　”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 　　11　　 into all of the 　　12　　 left between the rocks and the small stones．　　13　　 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 　　14　　 student raised his hand and said,“The point is, no matter how 　　15　　 your schedule(时间表)is, if you 　　16　　 really hard you can always fit some more things in it!”

　　“　　17　　．”the speaker replied．“That’s not the point．The 　　18　　 this illustration teaches us is：If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in 　　19　　．”

　　What are the ‘big rocks’ in your 　　20　　?Then, put those in your jar first．

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　One day,an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students．To drive his 　　1　　 home,he used an illustration（演示）that students will never 　　2　　

　　“Okay,now watch carefully”,and then he pulled out a wide— mouth jar and set it on the 　　3　　 in front of him．He also 　　4　　 about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully 　　5　　 them,one at a time,into the jar．

　　When the jar was filled to the 　　6　　 and no more rocks would 　　7　　 inside,he asked,“Is this jar full?”Everyone in the class answered,“Yes．”

　　The expert replied,“Really?”He 　　8　　 under the table and pulled out a bucket of small stones．He dropped some 　　9　　 and then asked the group once more,“Is the jar full?”

　　By this time the class wason to him．“　　10　　”one of them answered carfully．

　　“Good．”he replied,and then brought out a bucket of sand．He started dumping(droping)the sand in the jar and it 　　11　　 into all of the 　　12　　 left between the rocks and the small stones．　　13　　 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 　　14　　 student raised his hand and said,“The point is,no matter how 　　15　　 your schedule（时间表）is,if you 　　16　　 really hard you can always fit some more things in it!”

　　“　　17　　”the speaker replied．“That's not the point．The 　　18　　 this illustration teaches us is;If you don't put the big rocks in first,you'll never get them in 　　19　　．”

　　What are the‘big rocks’in your 　　20　　?Then,put those in your jar first．

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