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(A) As you get older, it feels like time tends to move faster. As Dan Ariely explains over at The Wall Street Journal, we tend to fall into familiar routines (25) ________ we age and that makes time move quickly. e.g. The result is that skin lightening has become a common activity across Africa, Asia and other areas of the world. More and more people with dark skin are using skin-lightening products, ____ ___ it means they may face health risks. ②We perceive time as something like a stack of memories, so the less new experiences you have, the (26) ________ (likely) you are to fill in those memories with interesting things. ③Time does go by (or, some accurately, it feels as if time is going by) more quickly, the older we get. e.g. Twelve years later he met Tony again who has now superintendent for railroad construction for one of ______________ (large) logging companies in the West. e.g. … The idea was rejected when I came home for Thanksgiving . At first, everything was going on as____________ (smoothly) as possible. ④In the past few years of our lives, anything we sense or do is brand new, and many of our experiences are unique, so they remain firmly in our memories. But as (27) _______ years go by, we encounter fewer and fewer new experiences—both because we (28) ____________ (accomplish) a lot and because we are slaves to our daily routines. e.g. However, some scientists say such ____ campaign is only an experiment with the health of millions of people. e.g. Steve Fossett attempted the hot-air balloon trip around the world six times. …. During ______ fourth attempt in 1998, he was almost killed during a thunderstorm off the coast of Australia. e.g. But he says studies have not clearly showed that _______ (lower) salt means fewer heart attacks or strokes. e.g. Fossett had one of his team members ________ (develop) a more advanced balloon autopilot that would allow him ______ (sleep) safely and do other tasks while flying. e.g. One day, Mrs. Smith began her