1、We all believe that modern 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 way15(). 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 l0＇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.16.( )

21.He often talks as if he()【be】my father.( )

A. is

B. was

C. were

D. had been

12.What () of the population in a modern technological society are， like myself， in the fortunate position of being workers?

A. present

B. percent

C. percentage

D. number

12.It is no easy thing to() some work to do.( )

A. bring about

B. bring up

C. bring out

D. bring back

1、We all believe that modern 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 way15(). 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 l0＇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.16.( )

A. leaping

B. walking

C. driving

D. moving

26.We＇ve ()sugar. Ask Mrs. Jones to lend us some.

A. run away with

B. run down

C. run off

D. run out of

13.They are trying to design generations that will produce high-pressure steam as _ as possible.

A. effectively

B. efficiently

C. highly

D. good

35.I() play tennis than golf.

A. like better to

B. prefer

C. would rather

D. had better

36.It was a mistake ()Jones to sign the agreement without reading it.

A. on the part

B. in the part

C. on the part of

D. with the part of

31.When he was questioned about the missing ring， he firmly_ that he had ever seen it.( )

A. defied

B. accused

C. refused

D. denied

40.The quarrel()( )in a misunderstanding.

A. origined

B. originated

C. was origined

D. has origined