The rock rolled down from the mountain and stopped in the middle of the main road in the village.
It was very big and shaped more or less like a ball. The village decided to move it since it was
blocking(阻塞)the street. Several of the strongest men in the village came to try to lift it out of
the road. No matter how hard they tried though, they couldn"t move it.
All of this time a young boy was watching the men trying to move the rock. “Excuse me,” he said,
“but I think I could move the rock.”
“You?”they shouted. "What are you talking about? All of us have just tried, and even together
we can"t move it a bit." They all laughed at the boy.
The next morning some villagers came into the street. To their great surprise, the rock was gone!
More people ran out to see for themselves. It was true the rock wasn"t in the road any more.
The little boy stood in the street, smiling. “I told you I could move it,” he said. “I did it last night.
”Then he walked over to where the rock had been and uncovered some dirt with a shovel(铁锹).
“You see,”he said, “I dug a deep hole next to the rock, and the rock rolled down into the hole of
itself. Then I covered it with dirt.”
B. it was completely useless.
C. it was more or less badly shaped.
D. it was in the middle of the road.
B. didn"t understand him.
C. didn"t believe him.
D. got angry with him.
A. give the villagers a surprise.
B. work faster and better.
C. dig a hole for himself.
D. find a way to move the rock.
B. burying it in a hole.
C. breaking it with a shovel.
D. lifting it out of the road.
by the railway station, he saw a young man and
asked, “________ do you want to go, sir?” “To the 1.______________
Star Hotel,” the young man _______ . Hearing that, 2.______________
the driver didn’t f_______ happy. The young man 3.______________
would give him only 3 dollars b_______ the hotel 4.______________
was not far from the railway station. But ________ 5.______________
(突然), he had an idea. He took the passenger
through many streets and after a long time, the car
finally ____________ (到达) at the hotel. “Fifteen 6.______________
dollars,” the driver said. “What! Fifteen dollars?
Do you think I’m a ______ (傻瓜) ? Only last week 7.______________
I took a car from the railway station to this s______ 8.______________
hotel and I only gave the driver 13 dollars. I know
how much I have to pay for the t________. I won’t 9.______________
pay you one dollar _______ than I paid to the other 10.______________
car driver last week.”
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 (沙砾,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."
( )2. A. carefully
( )3. A. edge
( )4. A. full
( )5. A. sent
( )6. A. delivered
( )7. A. beneath
( )8. A. put out
( )9. A. spaces
( )10. A. At last
( )11. A. unless
( )12. A. meaning
( )13. A. calm
( )14. A. add
( )15. A. never
( )16. A. Whether
( )17. A. conclude
( )18. A. more
( )19. A. reflecting
( )20. A. packet
B. firmly
B. bottom
B. pure
B. reached
B. shook
B. across
B. came out
B. caves
B. Shortly after
B. until
B. opinion
B. awkward
B. fit
B. even
B. However
B. encourage
B. little
B. counting
B. can
C. actively
C. wall
C. enough
C. managed
C. dropped
C. beyond
C. brought out
C. blanks
C. Later on
C. before
C. point
C. nervous
C. include
C. still
C. Whatever
C. fresh
C. much
C. deciding
C. jar
D. unwillingly
D. top
D. smooth
D. felt
D. held
D. between
D. set out
D. holes
D. Once more
D. while
D. comment
D. eager
D. collect
D. ever
D. Which
D. time
D. less
D. insisting
D. luggage
"Meow, meow, meow," is what I heard as I walked through the alley. I approached the noise and
noticed a tail sticking out from under a piece of wood. Under the wood was a 1 black and white cat.
I picked him up and 2 he must be freezing to death. I 3 home with the cat held in my jacket.
My new best friend, who soon became known as Little Bit, received his name because he was
almost 4 when I held him in my hands. He stood about five inches tall. Little Bit"s small size had a great
advantage - he 5 perfectly in the pocket of my jacket, which made 6 him everywhere very easy.
Any time I was home, he wouldn"t leave my 7 . He was always eager to play with me. When I fell
asleep at night, he would always 8 up around my head to ensure that I was warm.
Unfortunately, I grew up. My teenage life 9 my relationship with Little Bit. I lived at such a fast pace
that I stopped 10 time for him. My free time was spent with my friends instead. I would come in the
house on my phone and not 11 him at all. His meows became an annoyance to me, but it wasn"t his
12 that he wanted his best friend back.
Time had caused a 13 to Little Bit. His body began 14 down and by the time I realized
something was wrong with him, he had already lost his balance. He lay there and looked at me, and 15
this day I still remember the 16 look in his bright green eyes. I took him to the vet (兽医), but there
was nothing he could do. The last time I 17 him he wasn"t the same tiny cat I had found ten years
before. Little Bit filled my arms and he was put to sleep that day.
Little Bit"s 18 made me realize how much he meant to me. He was always there for me when I
needed him. I 19 our last years together and I feel sorry for not always being there for him. I will
always 20 the special memories we made.
( )2. A. agreed
( )3. A. left
( )4. A. weightless
( )5. A. grew
( )6. A. showing
( )7. A. mind
( )8. A. rise
( )9. A. weakened
( )10. A. making
( )11. A. overlook
( )12. A. desire
( )13. A. fear
( )14. A. dropping
( )15. A. on
( )16. A. shameful
( )17. A. helped
( )18. A. illness
( )19. A. regret
( )20. A. treasure
B. insisted
B. stayed
B. useless
B. fitted
B. keeping
B. heart
B. stand
B. fastened
B. losing
B. interrupt
B. purpose
B. loss
B. tearing
B. to
B. hateful
B. protected
B. death
B. bother
B. admire
C. realized
C. drove
C. breathless
C. played
C. taking
C. body
C. wake
C. deepened
C. wasting
C. acknowledge
C. fault
C. delay
C. calming
C. in
C. harmful
C. held
C. sadness
C. confuse
C. evaluate
D. proved
D. hurried
D. hopeless
D. existed
D. guiding
D. side
D. roll
D. sharpened
D. gaining
D. recognize
D. greed
D. concern
D. shutting
D. for
D. sorrowful
D. cured
D. pressure
D. dream
D. explore
Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain _1_ so
I decided I would leave the children in the _2_ before I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to _3_
anything and told them I would be back within a few_4_. Then I locked all the doors and _5_ them
happily looking out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had 6_! I could hardly believe my _7_. The
car doors were _8_ locked, the windows tightly shut and in the back seat _9_ only two coats. Being
_10_, I ran to the corner of the street _11 there was no sign of them. I _12_ up to an old lady nearby
and asked _13_ she had seen two small girls but she said "No"
Feeling quite sick with _14_, I sat on the driver"s seat, and tried to stop trembling. Suddenly, I _15 a
merry laugh behind me. I got out of the car, ran round to _16_ the boot and there inside were two very
red-faced and excited _17 . They had obviously pulled out the back seat, _18 behind it and then been
unable to push the _19 forward again. With tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and _20_ their ears.
( )2. A. car
( )3. A. ask
( )4. A. hours
( )5. A. had
( )6. A. disappeared
( )7. A. ears
( )8. A. too
( )9. A. hanged
( )10. A. stupid
( )11. A. where
( )12. A. jumped
( )13. A. that
( )14. A. fear
( )15. A. felt
( )16. A. shut
( )17. A. child
( )18. A. climbed
( )19. A. window
( )20. A. hit
B. bus
B. eat
B. minutes
B. made
B. died
B. words
B. again
B. put
B. proud
B. which
B. rushed
B. when
B. happiness
B. smelt
B. repair
B. boys
B. flew
B. door
B. pulled
C. house
C. read
C. seconds
C. left
C. quarrelled
C. eyes
C. already
C. had
C. frightened
C. that
C. drove
C. whether
C. excitement
C. saw
C. start
C. women
C. threw
C. seat
C. cut
D. school
D. touch
D. days
D. let
D. cried
D. brains
D. still
D. were
D. pleased
D. when
D. flew
D. how
D. anger
D. heard
D. open
D. girls
D. landed
D. boot
D. bit
a dozen passers-by. Very soon the thief was cornered at the turn of the road. My driver caught the thief
by the neck and put his hand into his trouser pocket, drawing out money, credit card, telephone book
and so on and put them back into my suitcase.
Half an hour later, the car was running at full speed on the express highway. I sat back and breathed a
long sigh of relief (松口气). But as I pulled out those stolen things from the suitcase and started to check
them, I became dumbfounded (惊呆了). Before my eyes were 200 yuan instead of 100. And a blood
test report of a 58-year-old woman appeared. I suddenly realized that the taxi driver must have mistaken
the thief"s belongs and put his into my suitcase. The pitiful and begging look of the poor young man flashed across my mind again. My heart began to sink.
Two years has passed since then. But this event keeps coming back to me. Was the young man a
habitual robber or a dutiful son who had been driven to desperation (铤而走险) to find money to save
his mother"s life? My heart aches for him. How I wish I had gone back that summer afternoon to return
the 200 yuan and say sorry to him. For the first time in my life, I realized that hate and love are very close.
B. His own blood test report has changed into an old woman"s.
C. An old woman had put her savings into his suitcase.
D. He was facing things that did not belong to himself.
B .The young man couldn"t afford to pay for his old mother"s medical treatment.
C. The young man"s mother asked him to do so.
D. Young people are likely to steal when they are poor.
B. People easily love and hate others.
C. Human beings are always a mixture of different feeling.
D. Don"t always hate others.
B. to entertain the readers with an interesting story
C. to impress the readers with an interesting story
D. to encourage the readers to help him find the thief
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