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1、精品好文档，推荐学习交流 Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Alittlenoticedchangehasbeentakingplaceinourtime-world.Thearrivalofdigital(数字的)timehasbeenchangingthewayweactandthink.Ibelievethatithasputustoahigherlevelofanxiety,withgreaterexpectationsofefficie
2、ncy.Theold,round,hand-movedtimestillkeptacertainconnectiontothenaturalflowofthings,totheroundnessoftheearth,andtothechangesoflightandseasons.Old,roundtimewasoutsideourselves,farenoughremovedfromussowecouldignoreitifwesochose.Itisnotsowithdigitaltime,whi
3、chisabeat.Itbeatsinsteadofturning.Itmakesasoundlikethesoundoftheheartandthusplacesitselfsmoothlyintothebody.Moreandmore,wemistakeitsregularbeatforourown,thusmistakingthedemandsoftheworldforourwishes.Beforewristwatches,timeusedtoliveintowersinthecenterso
4、ftowns.Atthatdistance,itcouldbeseenbyeverybody,butonlyiftheysowished.Ittookaneffort,anactualvisitto"time".Butthensomethinghappened.Timebegantolivewithus,andnowitisbeginningtoliveinus.Irememberwhatitwasliketobeachild,absorbedintheendlesslychangeablething
5、oftime.Formetherewasonlychildtime,dividedmeaninglesslyandquitepainfullybytheordersoftheparentsintoBedtime,WakeupTime,andSchoolTime.Butwithineachofthosedivisions(分割),Eternitystillruled.Later,ofcourse,theymanagedtoinfectmewiththeanxiousdemandsofclocktime.
6、Verysoon,allthatremainedwastheanxietyofthatwhichwasexact.Thefastbeatsofthetimepiece(时钟)cutEternitytopieces.Occasionally,Istoplongenoughtorecallthetimesofchildhood,butnotoftenenough.Likeeverybodyelse,Iamhelplessbeforethenewtechnologies.Timeisavirus,andit
7、isgrowingstronger.11.Digitaltimehaschangedhowweactandthinkby____________________.A.allowingustoworkwithmoreefficiencyB.givingusmoretimetodowhatwelikeC.causingustobemoreanxious仅供学习与交流，如有侵权请联系网站删除谢谢15精品好文档，推荐学习交流D.havingusexpectmoreofothers12.Theauthorthi
8、nksthattheoldclocks____________________.A.aresomehowlinkedwiththeseasonalchangesB.stayclosertopeoplethanadigitalwatchC.areconnectedwithhuman'shandsD.workbetterthanawristwatch13.Beforewatches,clockswerelocated__________________.A.
