Question

One day a teacher did an experiment his students would never forget.

As he stood in front of the students, he pulled out a very big glass cup and put it on the table.

He then took out some fist-sized (拳頭大小的) rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the cup. When the cup was filled to the top he asked, "Is the cup full?"

Everyone in the class said, "Yes."

He replied, "Really?"

He reached under the table and pulled out a bag of gravel (碎石), then put some gravel in and shook the cup, and the gravel went down into the space between the big rocks.

He asked the students once more, "Is the cup full?"

"Perhaps not," one of them answered.

"Good!" he replied.

He reached under the table and brought out a bag of sand. He started putting the sand in the cup and it went into all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is the cup full?"

"No!" the class shouted.

Once again he said, "Good!"

Then he took out a cup of water and began to pour it in until the cup was filled. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What can you get from this experiment?"

One eager student raised her hand and said, "The point is, no matter how busy you are, if you try really hard you can always put some more things in!"

"Good answer, but no," the speaker replied, "that's not my point. The truth this experiment teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all. What are the big rocks' in your life? In my life they are my education, my health, and my family. Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all."

1.What did the teacher put into the cup first?

A. Water. B. Rocks. C. Gravel. D. Sand.

2.Why would the students never forget the experiment?

A. Because it had a deeper meaning than what the students thought of.

B. Because the teacher prepared for the experiment carefully.

C. Because the teacher had much experience of teaching.

D. Because the teacher thought his family was a "big rock".

3.What can we infer when the class shouted "No"?

A. The students knew they could get praise from the teacher.

B. The students were sure something else could be put into the cup.

C. The students had known the purpose of the experiment.

D. The students wanted to know what the teacher would do next.

4.According to the teacher, water refers to in our life.

A. drinks B. very important things C. boring things D. less important things

5.Which of the following is the best sentence as the end of this passage?

A. The bigger the size is, the more important the matter is.

B. If you put small things first into a cup, you can't put big ones into it any longer.

C. If you are always busy with little things, you can't have time to do big, important things.

D. In our life, we should make full use of time and do what we like.

Answer 1