Question

    A teacher wanted to show his ideas to the students more clearly, so he gave an________in his class. 

He took out a large glass and said, “Ok, time for a game”. Then he put some stones carefully_______the glass. When the glass was filled to the top and no more stones would fit inside, he asked, “Is this glass_______?” Everyone in the class answered, “Yes.”

Then the teacher said, “Really?” He reached under the table and pulled out a bag of sand. He put them in and________the glass, causing the sand down into the spaces among the stones. Then he asked the students again, “Is this glass full?” By this time the class was not so sure. “Probably not，” one of them answered.

“Good!” he replied. He reached under the table________and brought out a bottle of water. He poured the water into the glass and it went into all the spaces left between the stones and the sand.

Then the teacher looked at the students and asked, “What can we learn from this game?” One boy raised his_______ and said, “It shows us, no matter how full your plan is, you can always fit some more in it if you try really hard.”

“Wonderful!” said the teacher, “but that’s not the point. The truth the game shows us is this: If you don’t put the big stones in_______, you’ll never get them in at all. What are the big stones in your life? Maybe the things you love or the things worth（值得） doing. So whenever you think of this game, ask yourself this question, “What are the big stones in my life?”________to do these things first of all.

From the example above, his students understood him well.

1.________

2.________

3.________

4.________

5.________

6.________

7.________

8.________

Answer

1.example

2.into

3.full

4.shook

5.again

6.hand

7.first

8.Remember/Try

【解析】

一位老师想将自己的想法清晰的展示给学生，他举了一个例子。他先把石头放到瓶子里，然后在学生们以为瓶子满了的时候，相继有放进去了沙子和水。这个例子告诉我们，在生活中，我们需要先做那些你喜欢或者值得做的事。

1.句意：一位老师想要更清晰地向学生们展示他的想法，因此他在课上举了个例子。

an后接可数名词单数，根据下文“From the example above, his students understood him well.”可知老师在课上举了个例子来表达自己的想法。example表示“例子”。故答案为example。

2.句意：然后他小心地把一些石头放到玻璃瓶里。

根据“When the glass was filled to the top and no more stones would fit inside…”可知老师是把石头放到了玻璃瓶里面，此空为介词into，意为“到……里面”。故答案为into。

3.句意：这个瓶子满了吗？

根据下文“Then he asked the students again, ‘Is this glass full?”“然后他在一次问……”可知这次是老师第一次问“这个瓶子满了吗”，因此此空也是形容词full。故答案为full。

4.句意：他把沙子放进去，摇晃瓶子，让沙子到石头之间的空隙里。

and连接两个并列的谓语动词，根据“…causing the sand down into the spaces among the stones.”以及常识可知，想要沙子进到石头之间，需要摇晃瓶子。shake表示“摇晃”，此句时态为一般过去时，因此此空为shake的过去式shook。故答案为shook。

5.句意：他手伸到桌子下，拿出一瓶水。

根据上文“He reached under the table and pulled out a bag of sand.”可知到桌子底下拿东西是第二次发生，因此此空为again表示“再一次”。故答案为again。

6.句意：一个男孩举起手……

此句谓语动词raised表示“举起”，结合常识可知，上课回答问题需要举手，因此此空意为“手”，用hand表示。故答案为hand。

7.句意：如果你不先把大石头放进去，你不可能把它们全放进去。

根据“…do these things first of all.”以及老师这个实验是先把石头放进去可知，此空意为“首先”，用first表示。故答案为first。

8.句意：记住/试着首先做这些事。

此句是一个祈使句，因此此空为动词原形，并且不定式作宾语。结合句意可知，“记住”和“试着”都符合句意，因此此空可以填remember或try。故答案为Remember/Try。