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　　From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches．And in each lunch, I 　　1　　 a note．Often written on a napkin(餐巾)，it might be a thank-you for a 　　2　　 moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of 　　3　　 for the coming test or sporting event．

　　In early grade school they 　　4　　 their notes．But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的)，and 　　5　　 he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer 　　6　　 my daily notes．Telling him that he no longer needed to 　　7　　 them but I still needed to write them, I 　　8　　 until the day he graduated．

　　Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move 　　9　　 for a couple of months．He had spent those years well, graduating from college, 　　10　　 two internship(实习)in Washington, D．C．, and 　　11　　, becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento, 　　12　　 short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home．With his younger sister leaving for college, I was 　　13　　 happy to have Marc back．Since I was 　　14　　 making lunch for his younger brother, I 　　15　　 one for Marc, too．Imagine my 　　16　　 when I got a call from my 24-year-old son, 　　17　　 his lunch．

　　“Did I do something 　　18　　?Don’t you love me 　　19　　, Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I 　　20　　 asked him what was wrong．

　　“My note, Mom,” he answered．“Where’s my note?”

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　　One day, an expert in time-management was speaking to a group of business students．To make the 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．”

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阅读下面短文，从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　One day, an expert in time-management was speaking to a group of business students．To make the 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．”

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完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　Once upon a time there was one storyteller who wanted to search for a real-life story．

　　He reached a village and took a cottage for rent．After 　　1　　 in the village throughout the month, the storyteller couldn't find one．　　2　　 , he decided to stop his search．

　　The next day, while sitting in the cottage, he suddenly heard a voice-a woman was 　　3　　 someone．The voice was coming from the big 　　4　　 behind his cottage．

　　It sounded like the woman was abusing her 　　5　　．The storyteller didn't like it, 　　6　　 he was happy to finally get his story．　　7　　 the conversations each day, he added them to his story．Though he couldn't 　　8　　 the characters of his story, he started 　　9　　 the mother-in-law, as she seemed to be a bad woman．

　　Before he finished his 　　10　　 , the storyteller wanted to see the 　　11　　 once, so he climbed the wall．

　　There he saw the mother-in-law sitting in a 　　12　　．It seemed that she was disabled．

　　He saw the old lady trying to 　　13　　 a food item on the table near her wheelchair．But because of her 　　14　　 , she couldn't reach it and the daughter-in-law looked like she was enjoying the old lady's 　　15　　 nearby．

　　Suddenly the old lady fell from the wheelchair and started 　　16　　 her daughter-in-law．The storyteller went back and 　　17　　 changed the ending of the story and was surprised at how 　　18　　 it was compared to what he once thought it would be．

　　Truly he found both a real-life story and a real-life 　　19　　：Never judge a situation unless you know all the aspects well．Sometimes you can't imagine your 　　20　　 from the reality．

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