3. 安徽省芜湖一中2008年高三5月最后一模  完形填空

A professor was invited to speak to a group of business students. As he   36  in front of the students, he pulled out a jar and  37  it on the table. Then he carefully placed some fist-sized   38  , one at a time, into the jar.

When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would   39   inside, he asked, “Is this jar  40  ?”

Everyone in the class said, “Yes.”

“  41  ?” He reached under the table, pulled out a bag of gravel (石子) and dumped some gravel in and   42   the jar to fill up the spaces between the rocks. Then he asked the class, “Is the jar full?”

“  43   not, ” one of them answered.

“Good!” he replied. He   44   under the table and brought out a bag of sand. He started dumping the sand in and it   45   all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel.   46   he asked the class, “Is this jar full?”

“No!” the class shouted.

He said, “Good!” Then he grabbed (抓) a big   47   full of water and began to   48   water in until the jar was filled to the top. Then the speaker said to the class, “The   49   this illustration (示例) teaches us is: If you don’t put the big rocks in   50  , you’ll never get them in at all. What are the ‘big rocks’ in your   51  ? Time with your loved ones? Your faith, your education, your dreams? A worth cause?   52   to put the BIG ROCKS in first   53   you’ll never get them in at all.”

  54  , tonight or in the morning when you are   55   of this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the “big rocks” in my life or business? Then, put those in your jar first.

36．A．spoke B．stood    C．taught D．sat

37．A．lay B．broke    C．covered D．set

38．A．apples B．oranges C．bricks D．rocks

39．A．fit B．match C．fill D．contain

40．A．valuable B．full C．heavy D．large

41．A．Exactly B．Actually C．Truly    D．Really

42．A．lifted    B．pressed C．shook D．tapped

43．A．Probably B．Absolutely C．Certainly    D．Nearly

44．A．searched B．reached C．felt D．watched

45．A．came into    B．turned into C．went into    D．flowed into

46．A．Now and again    B．Time and again    C．Once before D．Once more

47．A．box B．basket C．glass    D．bag

48．A．pour B．fall C．drop D．put

49．A．experience B．truth    C．knowledge D．idea

50．A．quickly B．finally C．first    D．ahead

51．A．community B．future C．district D．life

52．A．Try B．Learn    C．Remember D．Wait

53．A．or B．and C．yet D．because

54．A．Instead B．So C．As a result    D．As usual

55．A．thinking B．hearing C．talking D．saying

答案  36.B   37.D  38.D  39.A  40.B  41.D  42.C  43.A  44.B  45.C  46.D  47.C  48.A  49.B  50.C  51.D  52.C  53.A  54.B  55.A