Directions : In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 21 to 30 with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. A 1 professor stood before his class with some items on the desk in front of him. When the final student was seated, he picked up a large and empty glass bottle and filled it with rocks about 2 inches in 2 . He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. He then picked up a box of pebbles and added them to the jar, shaking it lightly. The pebbles, of course rolled into the open areas between the rocks. “Is this jar filled now?” Yes, the students said. But then he picked up a bag of sand and poured it into bottle. The sand filled in everything else. Once more he asked if it was full and after some thinking they said that it was. The professor then took 2 cans of beer and poured it into bottle. The students laughed 3 . After the laughter stopped, the professor spoken again: “I want you to 4 that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things in your life, your family, your partner, your health, your children — things that would still 5 even if everything else were lost, and your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter — like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff. If you put the sand into the jar first there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks.” “The same goes for your life. If you spend your life on small stuff, you will never have room for things that are important to you. Pay attention to things that are 6 to your happiness: your family, your health. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house and so on. Take care of the rocks first — the things that really matter. Set your 7 . The else is just sand.” After the 8 of what he said settled, one of the students 9 his hand and 10 what the beer represented. “I am glad you asked.” He replied. “It just goes to prove that no matter how full your life may seem, there is always room for a couple of beers.”