It is 4：45 am in Samasati village in north-western Zambia and the Chimwanga family，champion beekeepers of the village，are already on their way to collect honey from one of their many hives（蜂房）．Samasati has been famous for beekeeping but it is only in the last ten years that the business has begun to make a difference to the lives of the producers，since they began to trade through an organization guaranteeing them a fair price for their crop． Samasati is a beautiful place，where nature provides and pollution is non-existent．Here，61 miles from the nearest telephone or source of electricity，the 322 inhabitants support themselves from the forest and rivers and the only income available to the villagers is from selling their honey． It is a half-hour walk from the Chimwangas" house to the hive．On reaching the site，the Chimwangas tear off low， leaf-covered branches from nearby trees．They place these in a pile on the ground as a bundle（捆）and put some dry plants in the middle．A match then sets the plants alight and thick smoke is produced as the fire spreads from the dry plants to the green leaves． Mr．Chimwanga climbs quickly up the tree trunk and moves carefully along a branch towards the hanging hive， carrying the smoking bundle with him．When he reaches the hive，he waves smoke into the entrance to calm the bees． The bees circle his head continuously．Unafraid，he pulls up a bucket and fills it with the precious delicious honey， fragrant but not too sweet-the result of hundreds of wild flowers the bees have enjoyed in the forest． This honey is sold straight to the exporting company，North West Bee Products，through Bob Malichi．He is the vital middleman for the beekeepers．Bob believes the honey is Zambia's future．"Our honey is produced without adding anything．""he says．The honey is transported to Dares Salaam，in neighbouring county Tanzania，for export． Within a month of a Zambian beekeeper climbing to his live，his honey can be spread on bread anywhere in the world．
What are the Chinwanga family going out so early to do？ ______
A. Look for bees． B. Get honey in the forest． C. Make honey for trading． D. Sell their honey crop．
Mr．Chinwange lit dry plants in order to ______ ．
A. get light and see the hives dearly B. scare away the bees by thick smoke C. produce smoke to protect him from the bees D. keep warm by the burning plants
Why does Hob believe the honey is Zambia's future？ ______
A. It is popular for its superior quality． B. It has a large quantity of production． C. He can guarantee a fair price for it． D. He can help export it to neighboring countries．
What can we learn about Samasati from the text？ ______
A. It enjoys beautiful nature and less pollution． B. It has an abundant supply of electricity． C. It is well known for processing honey． D. It is a small，poor and backward village．
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 it's 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 here's 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 proven benefits， from reducing stress to helping with depression， one of its unintended consequences has been to encourage the narrow idea that seizing the day is primarily about living in the here and now． Just Do It has become Just Breathe． Challenged by these hijackers， the art of seizing the day is disappearing and we urgently need to do something about it， or else risk losing touch with the carpe diem wisdom of humanity that has accumulated over the past two thousand years．
What does the author intend to tell us in paragraph 2？ ______
A. People often create different situations for carpe diem． B. Carpe diem should be better interpreted than before． C. People usually scratch the surface of carpe diem． D. Carpe diem should be replaced with new terms．
By mentioning Shakespeare in Paragraph 3， the author wants to emphasize ______ ．
A. we should try to expand the length of our life B. we should treasure every moment of our life C. we should use effective medicine to cure diseases D. we should check our phones to avoid distraction
Which of the following can best prove carpe diem has been hijacked？ ______
A. Just Do It has come to mean online shopping rushes． B. Just Do It has come to mean a casual way of life． C. Just Do It has come to mean workout in the gym． D. Just Do It has come to mean a really relieved mind．
What is the author's purpose in writing this passage？ ______
A. To justify some different applications of carpe diem． B. To explain the four hijackers of carpe diem nowadays． C. To advocate returning to the original meaning of carpe diem． D. To compare people's different interpretations of carpe diem today．
