规范练（十一）2篇阅读理解+完形填空（限时35分钟）.docVIP

规范练(十一)　2篇阅读理解＋完形填空(限时35分钟) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2017·江苏省南通、扬州、泰州、淮安四市高三模拟)Carpe diem—seize the day—is one of the oldest philosophical mottos in western history.First used by the Roman poet Horace more than 2,000 years ago，it still keeps an extraordinary resonance (共鸣) in popular culture. It is unusual that an expression from a long-dead language generates more than 25 million online search results.Yet just as striking is the fact that there is not one carpe diem，but many.While usually translated as “seize” the day，the original Latin is sometimes interpreted as “harvest”，or “enjoy” the day.These variations (变化) tell us that carpe diem means different things to different people.For some its about taking a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity，while for others it is about living calmly in the present moment.We might casually use the term carpe diem when chatting with a friend，but how many of us are aware of its many personalities hidden beneath the surface? In our age of distraction，where we are checking our phones an average of 110 times a day，grasping these different meanings is more important than ever.They are an antidote (解毒药) to the reality that we are，as Shakespeare put it，“food for worms”．Life is short and our time is running out. But heres the problem：carpe diem has been hijacked (绑架)．Who，or what，are the hijackers? First，the spirit of “seize the day” has been secretly hijacked by consumer culture，which has recast it as Black Friday shopping rushes and one-click buying：Just Do It has come to mean Just Buy It.Alongside this is the growing fashionable belief of efficiency and time management that has driven us towards tight-scheduled living，turning the spontaneity (自然发生) of Just Do It into a culture of Just Plan It. A third hijacker is digital entertainment that is replacing energetic life experiences with screen-based pleasures.Rather than Just Do It，we increasingly Just Watch It instead. Finally，carpe diem has been hijacked by the mindfulness movement.While mindfulness has many