1、 SOCIAL MEDIA DETOXModeratorToday 1. _(mark) the last day of the Social Media Detox，Brenton Highs fundraising campaign for new sports2. _(equip) .At the start of the detox，over 100 students had been persuaded to stop 3. _(use) social media，in ANY form，for seven days.This 4. _(mean) no 5. _(message)
2、friends，no posting photos，no bloggingnothing.They had been promised money by family and friends for each day spent without using social media.They were 6. _(excite) .They were nervous.But could they do it?With the detox now 7. _(finish) ，theyve switched on their devices and theyre back online.I bet
3、youre as eager as I am 8. _(find) out just how many have been motivated enough to last the full seven days! And 9. _，if anything，has been learnt from the experience？Anna 17I lasted two days.The detox was 10. _(difficult) to tolerate than I 11. _(expect) .I felt like I had lost an arm! Not eating for
4、 two days would have been easier! But on 12. _(reflect) ，I can see how much of my time had been occupied 13. _ checking my phone.Im now trying to spend less time online and more time 14. _(pick) up my hobbies.Devon 16I lasted four days.On Monday，my classmate and I 15. _(speak) about 16. _ we did at
5、the weekend17. _felt really strange not to already know what he 18. _(do) .We would usually have posted pictures and updated our profiles.19. _(do) the detox meant we had to talk and explain what we were doing and thinking! It made me realise the value of real contact that I 20. _(forget) .Cindy 18I
6、 managed the whole week! At first，I really felt I was missing 21. _.Then，instead of messaging my friend，I went round to her house.Without our phones，we had a proper conversation for over two hours，without 22. _(distract) by messages from other people.It felt so good! Then I decided to visit 23. _dif
7、ferent friend every day.By the fifth day，I wonderedwas I really missing out by not 24. _(constant ) checking my phone to see 25. _ everyone else was up to? Max 17Im 26. _( embarrass) to say that I threw in the towel on the first day! I knew there was a party 27. _(happen) that evening，but without ac
8、cess to social media I couldnt remember where it was! In the end，I turned 28. _ my phone to check，but couldnt resist 29. _(have) a quick look at my social media 30. _(account) .Whats worse，I then spent so much time 31. _(catch) up on news，I almost missed the party!George 16I did all seven days，too!
9、32. _ be honest，I didnt find the detox too difficult，but I did give my phone to my dad to avoid 33. _(give) in! My brother thought I should make full use 34. _ the time without my phone，so he took me to check out our local sports centre.An hours sport each day left me 35. _(tire) out and 36. _(want)
10、 to go to bed early.The detox made me healthier！ModeratorThe detox raised 37. _ total of 1，632.82 for new school sports 38. _(equip)! Well done，everyone who took part! After reading the posts on this forum，it seems that something other than money has also been raised through the detox. 39. _(aware)
11、of just how much we rely 40. _ social media can help us step away from it and communicate 41. _each other better.参考答案1.marks 2. equipment 3. using 4. meant 5. messaging 6. excited 7. finished 8. to find 9. what 10. more difficult11. had expected 12. reflection 13. with 14. picking 15. spoke 16. what 17. it 18. had done 19. Doing 20. had forgotten 21. out 22. being distracted 23. a 24. constantly 25.what 26. embarrassed 27. happening 28. on 29. having 30. accounts 31. catching32. To 33. giving 34. of 35. tired 36. wanting 37. A 38. equipment 39. Awareness 40. on 41. with 4/4
