3.?安徽省蕪湖一中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．a(chǎn)pples 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．a(chǎn)head

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

52．A．Try B．Learn ? ?C．Remember D．Wait

53．A．or B．a(chǎn)nd 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