We all believe that modem technology can make life better because it makes everything fast

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We all believe that modem technology can make life better because it makes everything faster. But by (11)______ everything up，we suffer losses we have not yet learnt to know. Our day begins with speedy urges：the alarm rings and you jump (12)______ bed,You take a quick shower. Then you wake the kids and (13) ______ them through breakfast so they won't miss the bus. At the dining table，you swallow some slices of bread with a cup of tea. When everything (14)______ ，you hurry to the car，thinking of the things you would buy from the supermarket on the way (15)______ . Driving 20 minutes in the busy traffic，you reach your workplace，rushing into the building and (16)______ up the stairs three at a time，arriving at your desk with seconds to spare. You take (17)______ deep breaths. Then，you instantly remember that the (18)______ you didn't finish last night must be faxed to Beijing by 10 o'clock in the morning.

Yet it seems that the (19)______ we go，the further we fall behind. Not only in the literal sense of not getting done what we set out to do， (20)______ at a deeper level. It has come to the point where my days feel like an Olympic marathon.

(11)

A．speeding

B．setting

C．waking

D．looking

参考答案:

A解析：本题考查动词词组词义的辨析。speed sth. up使某物加速；set sth. up摆放或竖起某物；wake sth. up使某事物活跃；look sth. up查阅。根据第一句可知，本段主要是讲由于现代科技的发展，人们的生活节奏加快了，以及这种现象所带来的后果。因此，A项符合题意。