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(A)That is why a few pioneering companies are creating places or times for uninterrupted, focused creative thought.
(B)What we urgently need is a revaluing and cultivating of the art of attention.
(C)Beeped and pinged, interrupted and inundated, overloaded and hurried—that is how we live today.
(D)However, in meetings where everyone is checking e-mail, opportunities for collective creative energy and critical thinking are lost.

37 (A)Such distraction is fragmenting and diffusing our powers of attention. (B)The first step is to learn to speak a language of attention. (C)Beeped and pinged, interrupted and inundated, overloaded and hurried—that is how we live today. (D)That is why a few pioneering companies are creating places or times for uninterrupted, focused creative thought.

38 (A)Such distraction is fragmenting and diffusing our powers of attention. (B)And, once distracted, a worker takes nearly a half-hour to resume the original task. (C)That is why a few pioneering companies are creating places or times for uninterrupted, focused creative thought. (D)The first step is to learn to speak a language of attention.

39 (A)According to psychologists and neuroscientists, we cannot divide our attention like that. (B)But the researchers say that many of us do not like, or even hate, to do many things in a short period of time at work. (C)Virtually all of us spend part or most of our day either rapidly switching from one task to another or juggling two or more things at the same time. (D)Although doing many things at the same time can be a way of making tasks more fun and energizing, we have to keep in mind that we sacrifice focus when we do this.

40 (A)According to psychologists and neuroscientists, we cannot divide our attention like that. (B)We may think that it would be nice to focus on just one thing at a time, but the real would does not seem to work that way. (C)Virtually all of us spend part or most of our day either rapidly switching from one task to another or juggling two or more things at the same time. (D)Although doing many things at the same time can be a way of making tasks more fun and energizing, we have to keep in mind that we sacrifice focus when we do this.

41 (A)According to psychologists and neuroscientists, we cannot divide our attention like that. (B)But despite what many of us think, people cannot simultaneously e-mail and talk on the phone. (C)But the researchers say that many of us do not like, or even hate, to do many things in a short period of time at work. (D)Although doing many things at the same time can be a way of making tasks more fun and energizing, we have to keep in mind that we sacrifice focus when we do this.

42(A) According to psychologists and neuroscientists, we cannot divide our attention like that. (B)But despite what many of us think, people cannot simultaneously e-mail and talk on the phone. (C)But the researchers say that many of us do not like, or even hate, to do many things in a short period of time at work. (D)Virtually all of us spend part or most of our day either rapidly switching from one task to another or juggling two or more things at the same time.

43 (A)Some scientists believe that accepting “legal limits” of specific metabolites without such rigorous verification goes against the foundational standards of modern science. (B)These were just a few in a long line of cases in which competitors had been accused of using performance-enhancing substances. (C)Drug testing should not be exempt from the scientific principles and standards that apply to other biomedical sciences. (D)In the process, they push the human body to its limits and go beyond what is known about the drugs being taken.

44 (A)He argues that anti-doping authorities have not adequately defined and publicized how they arrived at the criteria used to determine whether or not a test result is positive. (B)These were just a few in a long line of cases in which competitors had been accused of using performance-enhancing substances. (C)The alternative could see the innocent being punished while the guilty escape on the grounds of reasonable doubt. (D)In the process, they push the human body to its limits and go beyond what is known about the drugs being taken.

45(A) He argues that anti-doping authorities have not adequately defined and publicized how they arrived at the criteria used to determine whether or not a test result is positive. (B)Some scientists believe that accepting “legal limits” of specific metabolites without such rigorous verification goes against the foundational standards of modern science. (C)These were just a few in a long line of cases in which competitors had been accused of using performance-enhancing substances. (D)Drug testing should not be exempt from the scientific principles and standards that apply to other biomedical sciences.

46 (A)Some scientists believe that accepting “legal limits” of specific metabolites without such rigorous verification goes against the foundational standards of modern science. (B)These were just a few in a long line of cases in which competitors had been accused of using performance-enhancing substances. (C)The alternative could see the innocent being punished while the guilty escape on the grounds of reasonable doubt. (D)In the process, they push the human body to its limits and go beyond what is known about the drugs being taken.

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