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Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Alittlenoticedchangehasbeentakingplaceinourtime-world.Thearrivalofdigital(数字的timehasbeenchangingthewayweactandthink.Ibelievethatithasputustoahigherlevelofanxiety,withgreaterexpectationsofefficiency.
Theold,round,hand-movedtimestillkeptacertainconnectiontothenaturalflowofthings,totheroundnessoftheearth,andtothechangesoflightandseasons.Old,roundtimewasoutsideourselves,farenoughremovedfromussowecouldignoreitifwesochose.
Itisnotsowithdigitaltime,whichisabeat.Itbeatsinsteadofturning.Itmakesasoundlikethesoundoftheheartandthusplacesitselfsmoothlyintothebody.Moreandmore,we

mistakeitsregularbeatforourown,thusmistakingthedemandsoftheworldforourwishes.
Beforewristwatches,timeusedtoliveintowersinthecentersoftowns.Atthatdistance,itcouldbeseenbyeverybody,butonlyiftheysowished.Ittookaneffort,anactualvisitto"time".Butthensomethinghappened.Timebegantolivewithus,andnowitisbeginningtoliveinus.
Irememberwhatitwasliketobeachild,absorbedintheendlesslychangeablethingoftime.Formetherewasonlychildtime,dividedmeaninglesslyandquitepainfullybytheordersoftheparentsintoBedtime,WakeupTime,andSchoolTime.Butwithineachofthosedivisions(分割,Eternitystillruled.Later,ofcourse,theymanagedtoinfectmewiththeanxiousdemandsofclocktime.Verysoon,allthatremainedwasthe

anxietyofthatwhichwasexact.Thefastbeatsofthetimepiece(时钟cutEternitytopieces.
Occasionally,Istoplongenoughtorecallthetimesofchildhood,butnotoftenenough.Likeeverybodyelse,Iamhelplessbeforethenewtechnologies.Timeisavirus,anditisgrowingstronger.
11.Digitaltimehaschangedhowweactandthinkby
____________________.
A.allowingustoworkwithmoreefficiency

B.givingusmoretimetodowhatwelike
C.causingustobemoreanxious
D.havingusexpectmoreofothers
12.Theauthorthinksthattheoldclocks
____________________.
A.aresomehowlinkedwiththeseasonalchanges
B.stayclosertopeoplethanadigitalwatch
C.areconnectedwithhuman'shands
D.workbetterthanawristwatch
13.Beforewatches,clockswerelocated__________________.
A.everywhereforeveryonetosee
B.whereverapersonwished
C.onthewrist
D.inthecenteroftown
14.Intheauthor'searlychildhoodmemory,
_________________.

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