There are a great many books, web sites, and training【C1】______today more or

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问题 There are a great many books, web sites, and training【C1】______today more or less dedicated to the idea that being bored is a major sin, for which the only【C2】______is to find ways to be busy and productive every waking moment. People who follow this【C3】______are constantly on-the-go — and feelings of boredom quickly smothered with yet more activities.
At work, at home, at play, each【C4】______must be filled with things to ward off the slightest possibility of being bored. As a society, we’re over-stimulated to the point of mania, like hyper-excited children in those few moments at a party before it all goes wrong and everyone starts crying. I suspect the rise in ADHD isn’t only【C5】______to eating strange chemicals in the diet: we’re training ourselves to require continual distraction, reducing our attention-span to less than a few seconds before we’re bored again.
It used to be only teenagers who【C6】______. "I’m so bored!" Now almost everyone acts as if not having something truly exciting to do every moment is cither the first sign of senility or — much wore — positive proof that they, and their【C7】______are gone, past it, over the hill, on the way towards oblivion.
Yet boredom is, in reality, crucial to any ability to be truly productive, let【C8】______effective. If you’re flat-out busy and engaged all the time, you may feel important, but the reality is【C9】______. It’s those who are constantly【C10】______with activities that are most likely to be headed towards a nasty let-down.
A)alone B)careers C)courses D)cure E)different
F)dissatisfied G)distracted H)due I)felt J)idea
K)moment L)sighed M)thanks N)time O)way [br] 【C7】

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答案 B

解析该空格前为物主代词their，因此填入该空格的词应为名词。原句意为“几乎所有人都觉得，无法做到每一分钟都找到真正刺激的事情，是衰老的标志，甚至标志着他们的______已经不复存在了”，根据上下文语义关系可知，所选单词应表示“成绩，事业”的意思，选项中只有B符合，career意为“事业”。

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