One day you’re going to the beach for a fun day in the sun and the next you’re hanging lights on a Christmas tree. It feels like time speeds up more and more every year, but it’s actually technology speeding up our time, one researcher says.Smartphones, computers and other modern things have trained our brains to do with more information, making us think time is passing faster than it really is.

"It’s almost as though we’re trying to catch up with the science and the technology so we have to be more efficient," James Cook University researcher Dr Aoife McLoughlin said. "It seems like technology itself makes us speed up the pacemaker(起搏器) inside of us that measures the passing of time." 

The findings show what is most known to us :we need to______and smell the roses. In order to stop time from rushing by we need to get out from the World Wide Web(万维网) each week to slow down our pacemakers, the study suggested.

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1.Which is best for the first sentence in Paragraph 1?

A Time flies.

B No pain, no gain.

C Every second counts.

D Work must come first.

解析：选A。主旨大意题。文章第一句的意义表述说明时间过得“快”，所以用Time flies概况比较恰当，故选A。

2.______make(s) time fast.

A Watches

B Technology

C Planes

D Lights

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段第四行but it’s actually technology speeding up our time,可知，故选B。

3.Which is NOT modern technology?

A iPhone.

B iPad.

C Computer.

D Kite.

解析：选D。推理判断题。风筝（kite）不属于现代技术设备，故选D。

4.In order to catch up the technology, we have to be______.

A careful

B patient

C efficient

D slower

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第而段第一句"It’s almost …so we have to be speedier and more efficient,"可知，故选C。

5.What’s the best word to fill in the blank (空格)in the last paragraph?

A Stop.

B Run.

C Fly.

D Swim.

解析：选A。词义猜测题。根据下文语境In order to stop time from rushing by可知，故选A。