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for higher production, live by the clock even when time does not matter,
modernize our homes and speed the machinery of living in order that we can go to
the most places and do the most things in the shortest period of time possible.
We try to eat, sleep, and talk efficiently. Even on holidays and Sundays, the
efficient man relaxes on timetable with one eye on the clock and the other on an
appointment sheet. To squeeze the most out of each shining hour we have shortened the opera, quickened the pace of the movie and put culture in pocket-sized packages. We make the busy bee look like a lazy creature, the ant like a sluggard. We live sixty-mile-minute and the great efficiency smiles. We wish we could return to that pleasant day when we considered time a friend instead of A. the modern pace B. our interest in shortened operas C. how to make the best use of leisure time D. planning our time scientifically [单项选择]
Passage Three [单项选择]Research findings show we spend about two hours dreaming every night, no matter what we ______ during the day.
A. must have done B. should have done C. would have done D. may have done [单项选择]We （ ） on it for many hours but we have not yet reached any conclusion.
A. work B. have been worked C. have been working D. are working [单项选择]Our English teacher insisted that we spend more on some______reading.
A. worth B. worthy C. worthwhile D. worthless [填空题]______ (如果天气不那么潮湿)，we would spend our holidays there．
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Each autumn, teachers spend many hours writing references in
support of their pupils’ university applications, and university admissions
tutors subsequently spend many hours reading them. Indeed, the official advice
is that when there are more qualified applicants than can be accommodated, or
when applicants’ suitability for professions is being assessed, admissions staff
should consider "additional information, including references". The pressure to
widen access has brought us to the point where references axe hardly worth the
paper they are written on. Of come, some applicants’ results may not do them
justice and will not therefore be an accurate predictor of future achievement.
However, the almost total absence of anything but positive comments makes it
impossible to distinguish between such applicants and those for whom higher
education may be a step too far.
It is the same story with access courses, which provide an opportunity for those 我来回答: 提交
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