题目内容：

    Technological life is and will be a series of upgrades and the rate of advancement is increasing. If we are honest, we must admit that one aspect of the ______ upgrades and eternal becoming of the technium (技术元素) is to make holes in our heart. One day not too long ago we（all of us）decided that we could not live another day ______ we had a smart phone; a dozen years earlier this need would have ______ us. Now we get angry if the network is slow, but before, when we were ______ , we had no thoughts of the network at all. We keep inventing new things that make new ______ , new holes that must be filled.

Some people are furious that our hearts are pierced (刺穿) ______ by the things we make. They see this ever-neediness as a devaluing of human nobility, the source of our ______ discontent. I agree that technology is the source. The momentum of technologies pushes us to chase the ______ , which are always disappearing beneath the arrival of the next newer thing, so satisfaction continues to retreat from our ______ .

But I celebrate the never-ending discontent that technology brings. We are different from our animal ancestors in that we are not ______ to merely survive, but have been incredibly busy ______ new itches that we have to scratch, new desires we've never had before. This is the trigger for our ingenuity and growth.

We cannot expand our self, and our collective self, ______ making holes in our heart. We are ______ our boundaries and widening the small container that holds our identity. It can be painful. Of course, there will be rips and tears. Late-night infomercials (信息广告) and endless web pages of about-to-be-out-of-date gizmos(新玩意儿)are hardly uplifting techniques, and the path to our ______ is very boring, and everyday. When we imagine a better future, we should factor in this constant ______ .

1.A.ceaseless B.effortless C.meaningless D.regardless

2.A.whether B.once C.while D.unless

3.A.dismayed B.astonished C.delighted D.bothered

4.A.tactless B.humble C.innocent D.suspicious

5.A.longings B.findings C.understanding D.warnings

6.A.thus B.yet C.even D.rather

7.A.half-hearted B.continual C.peculiar D.social

8.A.wildest B.latter C.newest D.utmost

9.A.grasp B.era C.sight D.share

10.A.allowed B.content C.privileged D.spontaneous

11.A.wrapping up B.smoothing over C.carrying out D.making up

12.A.through B.against C.without D.despite

13.A.defining B.stretching C.overstepping D.marking

14.A.enlargement B.formation C.sensation D.pleasure

15.A.demand B.tolerance C.companion D.discomfort