完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分） One day, a teacher was speaking to a group of students. As he stood in ____of the group, he put a large ___on the table. He took out some rocks and put them _at a time into the jar. When he could not ___any more rocks inside the jar, he asked: "Is this jar full?" Everyone in the class said:" Yes." The teacher asked: "Really?" Then he poured some __ rocks into the jar and shook them into the space between the big rocks. Then he asked:" Is the jar full?" "Probably not," one of the students answered. "Good!" he said. He started ___some sand in the jar until it filled the spaces between the rocks. "No!" the class shouted before the teacher _ . He poured water in until the jar was _ _. Then he looked at the class and said, "What are the “big rocks” in your ___? Time with your loved ones? Your education? Your health? Your dreams? A worthy cause? Remember to put these big rocks in first or you will never get them in at all. If you don't, you'llhave the time you need to spend on the big things."
试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是一位老师向同学演示向一个坛子里放东西的试验，先放大石块，再放小石块，放沙子，最后倒水。通过这个试验，给学生讲述了一个道理：要把你的大部分时间用在生活中的大事情上。 【小题1】考查介词短语及语境的理解。句意：当他站在学生的前面。根据上文老师给学生讲课，应站在学生面前，in front of在……前面，符合语境；middle, end前应加the也不合语境；back前应加the. 故选A。 【小题2】考查名词及语境的理解。句意：他把一个大坛子放在桌子上。根据下文He took out some rocks and put them _at a time into the jar可知选C。 【小题3】考查数词及语境的理解。句意：他拿出一些石块，向坛子里每次放一块石头。根据语境只有一块一块的放，才能让学生感受到坛子装满石头的过程，故选D。 【小题4】考查动词及语境的理解。句意：当他再也不能向坛子里放石块时，他问：坛子满了吗？。Put into把……放进……；set故选A。set安置，摆放；take 拿走；bring带来。 【小题5】考查及语境的理解。句意：然后他向坛子里倒了些小石头，晃了晃让这些小石块进入到大石块之间的空隙。Larger大的石头；smaller小的石头，符合语境，因为老师先放的大石头；few，单独用表否定；a few 一些，不符合语境。故选B。 【小题6】考查动词及语境的理解。句意：他开始向坛子里倒沙，直到沙充满了石头的空间。throw 投进,扔,符合语境；take拿走；pour倾倒，一般指液体；turn使变换，皆不合语境，故选B。 【小题7】考查动词及语境的理解。句意：在老师问之前，学生们就大声喊道：没满。联系上文，当老师向坛子里放满小石块时，问过学生满没满，故asked符合语境；taught教学；answered回答；told告诉。所以选C。 【小题8】考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：他开始向坛子里倒水直到水满为止。full满的；empty,空的；lovely可爱的；over结束。根据文意，应当是到水直到满为止，故选B。 【小题9】考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：哪些是你生活中的大石头？您同您的爱人度过的时光？教育？健康？梦想？。Life 生活；notebook笔记本；story故事；home家。life符合语境，故选A。 【小题10】考查副词及语境的理解。句意：如果不那样你永远都不会把时间用在所谓的达事情上。All全都；ever曾经；always总是；never从来也不，符合语境，故选D。 考点：故事类短文阅读