《2025年5年中考3年模拟英语北京专版》

My biggest regret in 2023 was my relationship with my smartphone. The screen time report showed I spent more than five hours a day on it. While some of the time was for activities that enrich my life or are unavoidable—work, family messages, reading the news and staying in touch with friends—the total amount troubled me deeply.
In 2024, I made a big change—I traded my smartphone for a basic flip phone, which can only make calls and send text messages. I bought it online for only $30. At first, I missed my smartphone. But as time passed, I got used to the flip phone and even grew to like it. It is more durable since the screen is better protected and it doesn’t need to be charged(充电) as often—it can last for over a week!
However, there are some limitations. To type a text message, I have to repeatedly press buttons(按钮) on the keypad. Also, I can’t open Internet links on it, which means I’m missing out on the Internet and its countless pleasures and benefits. Some people doubted I could manage without certain common apps, let alone having the world’s knowledge at my fingertips.
True, not having a smartphone and its apps can be inconvenient at times. For example, one day, when I visited a public charging station, I found that I couldn’t charge my electric car without using a smartphone app. Additionally, I used to depend on online maps to go anywhere over 15 minutes away, but now I have to search for directions beforehand and remember them.
Even with the challenges, I found it refreshing to disconnect from the Internet. In the past few months, I was able to focus on the tasks, people, and world before my eyes instead of a phone screen. I read four books and spent more time with my family. I even noticed I’d lost the habit of checking my phone every now and then.
“Our health is competing with many of these services and companies that are fighting for our time, energy and attention,” said Matthew Buman, a professor at Arizona State University. I told him about my solution—a basic flip phone. He said it probably made my mind feel freer and feel as if I had more time, but that “in our society, it’s hard to keep that in the long term.”
1. How much time did the writer spend on the smartphone every day in 2023?
2. According to Paragraph 2, what change did the writer make in 2024?
3. What trouble did the writer have at a public charging station one day?
4. Would you like to follow the writer’s example? Why or why not? (Please give two reasons.)
词块积累
语篇词汇[匹配连线]
Group 1
1. my biggest regret ①丰富我的生活
2. enrich my life ②与……保持联系
3. stay in touch with ③总数额
4. the total amount ④我最大的遗憾
5. get used to sth. ⑤持续一周多
6. last for over a week ⑥习惯于某事
7. miss out on sth. ⑦无数的乐事
8. countless pleasures ⑧错过某事
9. let alone ⑨更不用说
Group 2
1. depend on ①断网
2. search for ②依赖于
3. disconnect from the Internet ③搜索
4. focus on ⑤专注于
5. instead of ④而不是
6. lose the habit of ⑦丢掉……的习惯
7. every now and then ⑥偶尔;有时;时常

答案： 专项训练8 1.More than five hours./The writer spent more than five hours on the smartphone every day. 2.The writer traded his/her smartphone for a basic flip phone (which can only make calls and send text messages). 3.The writer found that he/she couldn't charge his/her electric car without using a smartphone app. 4.答法1:No, I wouldn't. Because smartphones can not only help us learn more knowledge but also make it convenient for us to stay in touch with others. 答法2:Yes, I would. Because I have wasted too much time using my smartphone meaninglessly, and the habit of checking my smartphone every now and then stops me from staying focused for a long time on important things. (开放性试题,言之有理即可。) ●词块积累 Group 1 1.④ 2.① 3.② 4.③ 5.⑥ 6.⑤ 7.⑧ 8.⑦ 9.⑨ Group 2 1.② 2.③ 3.① 4.⑤ 5.④ 6.⑦ 7.⑥