Weallbelievethatmodemtechnologycanmakelifebetterbecauseitmakeseverythingfaster.Butby(11)______everythingup，wesufferlosseswehavenotyetlearnttoknow.Ourdaybeginswithspeedyurges：thealarmringsandyoujump(12)______bed,Youtakeaquickshower.Thenyouwakethekidsand(13)______themthroughbreakfastsotheywon'tmissthebus.Atthediningtable ，youswallowsomeslicesofbreadwithacupoftea.Wheneverything(14)______，youhurrytothecar，thinkingofthethingsyouwouldbuyfromthesupermarketontheway(15)______.Driving20minutesinthebusytr affic，youreachyourworkplace，rushingintothebuildingand(16)______upthestairsthreeatatime，arrivingatyourdeskwithsecondstospare.Youtake(17)______deepbreaths.Then，youinstantlyrememberthatthe(18)______youdidn'tfinishlastnightmustbefaxedtoBeijingby10o'clockinthemorning.
Yetitseemsthatthe(19)______wego，thefurtherwefallbehind.Notonlyintheliteralsenseofnotgettingdonewhatwesetouttodo，(20)______atadeeperlevel.IthascometothepointwheremydaysfeellikeanOlympicmarathon.
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A．speeding
B．setting
C．waking
D．looking
正确答案：A解析：本题考查动词词组词义的辨析。speedsth.up使某物加速；setsth.up摆放或竖起某物；wakesth.up使某事物活跃；looksth.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。
