We all believe that modem technology can make life better because it makes everything faster. But by (11)______ everything up，we suffer losses we have not yet learnt to know. Our day begins with speedy urges：the alarm rings and you jump (12)______ bed,You take a quick shower. Then you wake the kids and (13) ______ them through breakfast so they won't miss the bus. At the dining table，you swallow some slices of bread with a cup of tea. When everything (14)______ ，you hurry to the car，thinking of the things you would buy from the supermarket on the way (15)______ . Driving 20 minutes in the busy traffic，you reach your workplace，rushing into the building and (16)______ up the stairs three at a time，arriving at your desk with seconds to spare. You take (17)______ deep breaths. Then，you instantly remember that the (18)______ you didn't finish last night must be faxed to Beijing by 10 o'clock in the morning.

Yet it seems that the (19)______ we go，the further we fall behind. Not only in the literal sense of not getting done what we set out to do， (20)______ at a deeper level. It has come to the point where my days feel like an Olympic marathon.(11)

A．speeding

B．setting

C．waking

D．looking