영어1 천재 강상구 1과 본문 변형문제

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

She seems to be ____ for an answer to something.

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

____ I didn’t. I didn’t hear anything she said.

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

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

My mom always asks me, ____ 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 have a bad case ____ anxiety that comes from not checking my phone.

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

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

I fear ____ being in the know of what my friends are posting on social media.

My mom thinks I’m addicted to my ____

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I swiped my phone open only to ____ my social media apps were no longer 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 ____ out for a walk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I ____ that social media had taken some control 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 think up ways to get others ____ like my posts.

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

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

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