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Americans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of

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问题     Americans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is the element that Americans save carefully.
    "We are slaves to nothing but the clock", it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost tangible, it is a precious commodity. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count.
    A foreigner’s first impression of the U. S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurrying to get where they are going, elbowing others as they try to complete their errands. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. People in public eating-places are waiting for you to finish so they can be served and get back to work within the time allowed.
    Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesies of a business call, for example. They will miss the ritual socializing that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be traditional in their own country. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talk; much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust and rapport. Rapport to most of us is less important than performance. We seek out evidence of past performances rather than evaluate a business colleague through social courtesies. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly.
    Some new arrivals will come from cultures where it is considered impolite to work too quickly. Unless a certain amount of time is allowed to elapse, it seems in their eyes as if the task being considered were insignificant, not worthy of proper respect. Assignments are thus felt to be added weight by the passage of time. In the U. S., however, it is taken as a sign of competence to solve a problem, or fulfill a job successfully, with rapidity. Usually, the more important a task is, the more capital, energy, and attention will be poured into it in order to "get it moving".
By saying that "Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced" (Line 3, Para. 2), the writer means that______.
选项 A、the sands that cannot be replaced will disappear
B、the past time cannot come back forever
C、the hourglass cannot save time for people
D、people should not wear hourglass with sands
答案B
解析 推断题。题目问的是作者说“Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass，they cannot be replaced”是什么意思。此处运用了比喻的写法，考生要理解上下文的意思，才能正确答题。此句话的前文说道：时间几乎被视为是有形的东西，珍贵的商品。许多人都深感人生的短暂。此句直译的意思是“沙粒一旦从人生的沙漏间溜走，就不能再被填充上了”，也就是“时间溜走，一去不复返”的意思，进一步解释了时间为什么短促，故选B。
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