영어1 천재 강상구 1과 본문 변형문제

“Selena. ____ “Yes,” I look up from my phone to discover my mom yelling at me.

She seems to be searching ____ an answer to something.

“What?” I asked. She ____ “Did you not hear what I just said?”

No, I ____ I didn’t hear anything she said.

I ____ don’t hear a single word said to me by anyone.

And why is that? It’s because ____ eyes are fixed on my phone.

My mom always asks ____ “What is so interesting on your phone?”

I never know how to answer that because even I don’t know what’s so interesting ____ my phone.

I ____ a bad case of anxiety that comes from not checking my phone.

I spend most of my day on social media. I ____ missing out on social media.

I ____ not being in the know of what everyone is discussing.

I fear not being in the know of what my friends are ____ on social media.

My mom thinks I’m addicted to ____ phone.

Older people think teenagers like me have an addiction to their ____ and computers.

But ____ wouldn’t say it’s an addiction to a device. It’s an addiction to social media.

It’s an addiction to being online, or ____ other words, a fear of not being online.

____ I have severe FOMO, for which I’m in desperate need of a cure.

Maybe this ____ break could be a chance to find one.

So it ____ time to pull the plug. I grabbed my phone.

I swiped it open and stared at the ____ media icons dotting the screen.

I ____ the apps from my phone. Then I moved to my notebook computer.

I logged out of all of the social media sites. I ____ an immediate sense of relief.

But soon after, I got restless. I don’t remember how long it was, but I stared at my phone screen in complete confusion for quite a ____

I ____ Jamie, and we chatted for about an hour.

But there’s only so much you can do over a ____ call.

We decided to meet later ____ the afternoon for a bike ride.

What else can ____ do on my phone? I lay on my bed even though I wasn’t sleepy.

I stayed there until I went out ____ meet Jamie. Throughout the day, it felt like things slowed down considerably.What a long day!

I woke up late in the morning ____ reached for my phone.

I swiped my phone open only to remember my social media apps were no ____ there.

Old habits die hard. After ____ I felt a strong urge to go online, to which I didn’t want to give in.

So, I decided to go ____ for a walk.

____ walking in the park, I probably glanced at my phone 20 times.

____ one moment, I looked at the people around me, most of whom had their eyes glued to their phones.

I moved my gaze upward and noticed how purely blue the sky was, without ____ single cloud in sight.

All around the park, trees slowly ____ back and forth.

Soon I found myself ____ a couple of pictures of the peaceful scene.

After lunch, I took out my old ____ from under my bed.

At first, it was because I was bored, but ____ ended up playing it all afternoon.

It didn’t matter that I’m ____ really good at it.

It just felt great that I ____ lost in doing something for several hours without getting interrupted by my phone.

I don’t know why, but today I momentarily let down my guard against social ____

As if bound by a spell, I logged into one of the social media sites, only to ____ that there was nothing interesting.

I had a weird feeling of being at a place where I didn’t belong, which ____ quickly replaced by a sense of guilt.

I really shouldn’t have gone back to a social media ____ in the middle of my detox.

This ____ the first day my phone felt more like a brick in my pocket than a digital device.

I ____ already feel free from worrying about posting something and hoping it would get some likes.

At a gathering with my friends, it was fun to get asked over and over ____ about how I was surviving without social media.

Sam said, ____ don’t think I could give up social media for even one day.”

My immediate thought was: Then you ____ need to give it up!

I didn’t actually say that, although ____ wanted to.

Toward the end of the day, I reflected on my social media break and ____ things had been like before.

I realized that social media had taken some ____ of me.

It’s kind of silly that all I did was envy others for their perfectly happy moments in life, dress up my everyday events, and ____ up ways to get others to like my posts.

From ____ on, I want to be in control of how I use something or do something, not the other way around.

Tomorrow, I will return to my social media activities, but in more careful ____ controlled ways.

I’m going to stick to just a couple ____ sites that I really need, while making absolutely sure that my activities are in line with my well-being and happiness.