Unit 2 Improving yourself 单元测试题-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Unit 2 Improving yourself 选择题部分 第一部分 听力（略） 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分） 第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）        阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Just over a year ago, my iPhone was picked. My first thought was to replace it. But I stopped myself and asked a question: Does owning a smartphone make my life better, or worse? I decided to try living for a time without a smartphone. So I bought an old, $30 flip phone and began my post-smartphone life. One day after I made the switch, my wife, daughter and I were in Washington visiting a museum. By afternoon, I started acting like a true addict. I used my wife's smartphone to check Gmail. The initial rush of seeing so many unread emails was spoiled ( 破 坏) by a work-related message. For the next half-hour or so, I walked around thinking about that message instead of being present at the museum. I was physically there, but my mind was focused on work. The most immediate advantage of not owning a smartphone, I quickly learned, is the ability to immerse ( 沉 浸) yourself in social situations. Without a smartphone to look at, you don't have much of a choice but to be present, and other people — whether it's a colleague ( 同事) or a stranger on social media — can't enter your life easily at inconvenient times. So I made my short-term experiment permanent. Do I miss Google Maps? Kind of, but I've also discovered that not having it makes driving safer. I now check a map before I leave the house and write down basic directions. This keeps me focused on the road rather than the phone. If I get lost, it's nice to ask people for directions. What about Uber and Lyft? Not having them has encouraged me to ride my bike more, which has been great for my health and saved me hundreds of dollars. On the subject of money: My phone bill is now down to $30 a month. I have no data plan, no expensive phone to make payments on, no apps to buy. 21. Why did the author buy the old phone? A. To save money. B. To reduce the risk of losing it. C. To break his smartpho