阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Learning a life lesson on managing time
One day,an expert was speaking to a group of students about how to manage their time.He ________ an example those students will never forget.
He pulled out a wide jar and put it on the table.He also ________ about a dozen rocks and carefully ________ them into the jar.One at a time.When no more rocks would ________ inside,he asked,“Is this jar full?”
Everyone in the class answered loudly,“Yes.” The expert said,“Really?” He ________ under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel (砾石).He put some gravel in and ________ the jar,causing it to go down into the ________ between the big rocks.He then asked the group once more,“Is this jar full?”
“ ________ not,” one of them answered this time.“Good!” he replied.From under the table he brought out a bucket of sand and started ________ the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left ________ the rocks and the gravel.Once more he asked the question,“Is this jar full?”
“No!” the class shouted.Once again he said,“Good.” Then he ________ a cup of water in ________ the jar was full.Then he looked at the class and asked,“What is the ________ here?”
Immediately one ________ student raised his hand and said,“The point is,no matter how full your ________ is,if you try really hard you can always fit ________ things in!” “No,” the expert replied,“that’s not the point.The point is if you don’t put the big rocks in ________ ,you’ll never get them in ________.What are the ‘big rocks’ in your ________ ?Time with your loved ones,your education,or your dreams?Remember to put these big rocks in first or you’ll never get them in at all,________ you’ll never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big,important things.”
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