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2014年专四真题
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The Victorians had become addicted to speed and they wanted to go ever faster。 Time was money and efficiency became  (31)____ important. Although divisions of labour had been (32)____ by Adam Smith and illustrated by a pin factory in The
Wealth of Nations in 1776, (33)____ could now become fully realised。 This specialization of labour was in (34)____ contrast to the rural means of production, in (35)____ the family was the means of production, consumption and socialization. (36)____ greater speed came a greater need for industries and businesses to make more and make it quicker。 Steam made this (37)____ and changed working life forever (38)____ were the days when work was (39)____ by natural forces: steam engines were servant (40)____ neither season nor sunshine. Factories had foremen and life became correspondingly more (41)____. The clocking—on machine was (42)____ in 1885 and time and motion studies to increase efficiency would be introduced only (43)____ twenty years later. (44)____ it was not all bad news. Agricultural incomes depended on variable harvests and weather。 Factories provided (45)____ and predictable income, but long hours.
Working life was becoming increasingly regulated, and the working (46)____ was reorganised to promote ever-greater efficiency. The old (47)____ St。 Monday - when no work was done — was (48)____, work stopped around midday on Saturday and did not resume (49)____ Monday morning。 A new division between “work" and “leisure” emerged, and this new block of weekend leisure time coincided with the development of spectator sports like cricket and football, and the (50)____ of music hall entertainment for the new working classes. 
31. A。 increasingly B. surprisingly C. slowly D. obviously 
32。 A. contributed B。 informed C。 spread D。 conceived
33。 A. he B。 it C. these D. those
34. A。 clear B。 marked C. apparent D. firm
35。 A. that B.

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