完型填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
閱讀下面短文，從1---20各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項, 并在答題卡上將該選項標號涂黑。
One day, an expert in time-management was speaking to a group of business students. To make the point
1 , he used an illustration.
As he stood in front of the group, he said, “Okay, time for a quiz.” He then pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the table. Then he
2 placed about a dozen fist-sized rocks, one by one, into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the
3 and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is this jar
4 ?” Everyone in the class said, “Yes.”
“Really?” Then he
5 under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel（沙礫，石子），dumped some in and
6 the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space
7 the big rocks. Then he asked the group the same question. “Probably not.” One of them answered. “Good!” he replied.
He reached under the table and
8 a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all the
9 left between the rocks and the gravel.
10 he asked the question. “No!” the class shouted. “Good!” Then he grabbed a can of water and began to pour it in
11 the jar was filled to the brim.
Then the expert in time-management looked at the class and asked, “What is the
12 of this illustration?” It is such a seemingly easy question that one
13 student raised his hand and said, “It is, however full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always
14 some more things in it.”
“No,” the speaker replied, “The truth it teaches us is that you will
15 get them in at all if you don’t put the big rocks in first.
16 the big rocks in your life are, do things that you love and
17 for yourself. In your schedule if you value the little stuff then you’ll fill your life with
18 things and you will never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big, important stuff. So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are
19 on this short story, ask yourself what are the ‘big rocks’ in your life? Then put those in your
20 first.”
| 小題1: | | A．harder | B．rougher | C．clearer | D．wiser |
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| 小題2: | | A．carefully | B．firmly | C．a(chǎn)ctively | D．unwillingly |
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| 小題3: | | A．edge | B．bottom | C．wall | D．top |
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| 小題4: | | A．full | B．pure | C．enough | D．smooth |
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| 小題5: | | A．sent | B．reached | C．managed | D．felt |
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| 小題6: | | A．delivered | B．shook | C．dropped | D．held |
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| 小題7: | | A．beneath | B．a(chǎn)cross | C．beyond | D．between |
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| 小題8: | | A．put out | B．came out | C．brought out | D．set out |
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| 小題9: | | A．spaces | B．caves | C．blanks | D．holes |
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| 小題10: | | A．At last | B．Shortly after | C．Later on | D．Once more |
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| 小題11: | | A．unless | B．until | C．before | D．while |
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| 小題12: | | A．meaning | B．opinion | C．point | D．comment |
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| 小題13: | | A．calm | B．a(chǎn)wkward | C．nervous | D．eager |
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| 小題14: | | A．a(chǎn)dd | B．fit | C．include | D．collect |
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| 小題15: | | A．never | B．even | C．still | D．ever |
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| 小題16: | | A．Whether | B．However | C．Whatever | D．Which |
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| 小題17: | | A．conclude | B．encourage | C．fresh | D．time |
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| 小題18: | | A．more | B．little | C．much | D．less |
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| 小題19: | | A．reflecting | B．counting | C．deciding | D．insisting |
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| 小題20: | | A．packet | B．can | C．jar | D．luggage |
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