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2015-2016 年度高二英语阅读限时训练（ 30 分钟） （一） 完形填空 Allow me to introduce myself: I am the last man in America who has time. If you should come 1 me on the street, I would have time to chat with you. If you invited me to dinner, I would be on time and do my bit as a(n) 2 conversationalist at your table. But the problem of having time, when 3 else seems to, is that I have become a sort of island, or isolated planet, with little 4 to my surroundings. When did people become so busy? Sometimes I 5 it on the computer, or “smart phones,” for it has been creating desires that can never be 6 , no matter how continuously we hit the keyboard or the screen. They have become a time sink, absorbing our moments 7 a black hole absorbs light. The 8 to fill every moment with activity has been called the “American sickness ”. For example, I met a friend and asked, “ you? ”Checking his watch, he just gave the inevitable( 必然的 ) answer “Busy ”“. Ishould have time in June ”,he yelled 9 his shoulders. “But this is still March. ” I sighed. Maybe my problem, then, is that I am looking back on too good a 10 . I came of an age when walking was just walking, with no 11 destination in mind. I am also missing evenings lying on the sofa, reading. All of these relaxations gave me the 12 of time to stop for a while if I met a friend. I find that I 13 what Socrates once said: “Be aware of the barrenness (uselessness) of life ” and I am even willing to take part in the so-called Slow Movement, which advocates(提倡 ) a cultural 14 to slowing down life ’s pace. But I hesitate,15 that it would take me too much time