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Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time，you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time，you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally，when the passage is read for the third time，you should check what you have written.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
Time is, for the average American, ofutmost importance. To the (36)_____ visitor, Americans seem to be moreconcerned with getting things (37)_____ on time (according to a predeterminedschedule) than they are with developing deep (38)_____ relations. Schedules,for the American, are meant to be planned and then followed in the smallest(39)_____.
It may seem to you that most Americans arecompletely (40)_____ by the little machines they wear on their wrists, cuttingtheir discussions off (41)_____ to make it to their next appointment on time.
Americans' language is filled with(42)_____ to time, giving a clear (43)_____ of how much it is valued. Time issomething to be "on," to be "kept," "filled,""saved," "wasted," "gained," "planned,""given," "made the most of," even "killed."
The international visitor soon learns that(44)__________________________________.
Timeis so valued in America, because by considering time to be important one canclearly achieve more than if one "wastes" time and doesn't keep busy.This philosophy has proven its worth. (45)__________________________________.Many American proverbs(谚语) stress the value of guarding time, using itwisely, and setting and working toward specific goals.(46)__________________________________.
