(2012·长郡一模)One day, an expert in time­management 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 wide­mouth jar and set it on the table. Then he carefully placed about a dozen fist­sized rocks, one by one, into the jar.

　　When the jar was filled to the __2__ and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is this jar __3__？” Everyone in the class said, “Yes.”

　　“Really？” Then he reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel(沙砾，石子), dumped some in and __4__ the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space between 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 __5__ a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. __6__ he asked the question. “No！” the class shouted. “Good！” Then he grabbed a can of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim.

　　Then the expert in time­management looked at the class and asked, “What is the __7__ of this illustration？” It is such a seemingly easy question that one __8__ student raised his hand and said, “It is, however full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always __9__ some more things in it.”

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