The "present" is a time-based referent, a point in the ______ from past to future where we happen to be.
A: continuum
B: reservoir
C: gradation
D: continua
A: continuum
B: reservoir
C: gradation
D: continua
举一反三
- In present the following description may be the best explanation of time: Time is the sequence of the irreversible events, time goes in a completely determined order. The arrow of time points to the future from the past. The future can become the past but the past can never become the future.
- Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk. 16(). A: Different perceptions of time across cultures. B: Cross-cultural miscommunications. C: The idea of the past, present and future time D: A fundamental basis for business conversations.
- As we get older, we start thinking about the future and the past, and the present seems to ________ from us.( ). A: fall apart B: slip away C: pull down D: end up
- The author of the text deals with it from three parts: ______________________ A: the past, the present, and the future B: the causes, the process, and the results C: the time, the place, and the figures D: the setting, the questions, and the answers and suggestions
- In modernist writings, the past, the present and the future are mingled together and exist at the same time in the consciousness of an individual.