I was living a life in my screen and hardly noticed what was around me. So when my friends invited me to go camping for a long weekend without the cell service, I thought this was exactly what I needed. Here’s how keeping away from my phone for 48 hours changed me.

I realized my bedtime routine was usually centered on one thing: my phone. Right before I went to sleep, I browsed through news websites and checked my emails. When I woke up in the middle of the night, I did the same thing. The problem with this was I felt anxious every night. I felt free without my phone at that weekend camp. I felt asleep listening to the sound of crickets.

When I had my phone, I was always checking the time and thinking of future plans. My thought was: “Who’s going to text me now? What will I do next?” Without my phone, I truly savored what I was doing in the moment, sitting by the river, riding a bike, or singing the old songs. There was no need to rush through any of it. I listened to what my body wanted instead of what my phone was telling me to do.

You know that moment when you’re hanging out with a group of people and no one has anything to say? The typical response: Everyone immediately pulls out their phones. So what did we do without a phone to avoid embarrassing silences? We actually talked to each other. Instead of burying our faces in our screens, we looked one another in the eye, had a moment of pure human connection and then continued talking. And you know what? People actually listened.

So, now what? Now I’m back to the real world.

1.When the author’s friends invited him to go camping, he .

A. didn’t really want to go

B. wanted to take his cellphone

C. didn’t think life would be any different

D. considered it a good chance to escape cellphone

2.What change did the author experience according to Paragraph 2?

A. He broke his bedtime routine.

B. He no longer cared about news.

C. He fell in love with sounds of nature.

D. He began to pay attention to his future plans.

3.The underlined word “savored” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “.

A. ignored B. recorded C. enjoyed D. remembered

4.At that weekend camp, the campers .

A. often felt very lonely

B. found some other fun activities

C. got into good conversation with each other

D. often needed to deal with embarrassing silences

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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he _________ up his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his _________ expensive “school” fees. He always owes his success to it.

At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph. Degree, decided to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before _________, he bought a Rolex watch with the _________ made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the routine customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be _________ down for inspection. Glen knew that carrying the _________ goods out had to pay the tax. And he worried about paying _________ for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a _________ fake(假货). When he was _________ of his “smarts” immediately, _________ the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which _________ nearly ¥100,000, into pieces at hearing Glen's words. Glen was amazed. _________ he understood why, he was taken to the office to be _________ strictly. For many times of entry?exit _________ he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked out every thing carefully in the box, and warned him _________ time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if _________ reusing and carrying fake and shoddy (劣质的) goods, he would be charged according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after _________ the plane for long.

After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep _________ on him, because an additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of _________ , which he would _________ as the secret of his success forever.

1.A. came B. set C. went D. called

2.A. good B. bad C. extra D. few

3.A. leaving B. staying C. living D. coming

4.A. books B. things C. savings D. pounds

5.A. put B. looked C. lied D. taken

6.A. specific B. common C. ordinary D. many

7.A. one B. them C. it D. these

8.A. priceless B. valuable C. worthless D. wonderful

9.A. afraid B. hard C. well D. proud

10.A. on B. in C. before D. after

11.A. paid B. spent C. took D. cost

12.A. Before B. After C. If D. Though

13.A. checked B. beaten C. examined D. spoken

14.A. conditions B. experiences C. experiments D. chances

15.A. no matter what B. no matter how

C. no matter when D. no matter why

16.A. came out B. found out C. sent out D. set out

17.A. landing B. flying C. boarding D. catching

18.A. expression B. idea C. thought D. impression

19.A. honesty B. lies C. goods D. things

20.A. learn B. remember C. revise D. read

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