We all believe that modem technology can make life better because it makes everything faster. But by (11)______ everything up,

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问题      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.   

选项 A、speeding
B、setting
C、waking
D、looking

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。
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