原文片段

These effects of the Internet have become even more striking since I’ve begun using a smartphone. I now regularly pull out my phone to check a fact, watch a video, read weibo. Such activities fill the spaces that used to be dead time (such as waiting for somebody to arrive for a lunch meeting).

变换语句（应该是中国人设计）

●Smartphones make it easier and more (79) ▲ to check reality, watch video clips, read weibo.

语义辨析

原文中的check a fact地道自然。check a fact就是检查核验一个传闻是不是真实存在。

变换语句中的check reality生硬而费解。给人的感觉是：要查验现实世界是不是真实存在的。

老外助阵
老外1：What is the source of the quote? I have a strong feeling that 'check reality' is being wrongly used. 

老外2：You are real. The phone is real. "Reality" refers to the whole world that is real. You shouldn't have to use the phone to "check reality." It sounds like you want to make sure the rest of the world still exists.

语义定位

既然check reality来源于check a fact,那就按照原文翻译为“核查事实”吧。全文可以翻译为：智能手机使核查事实、观看视频（clip无关紧要可以不译）、阅读微博更加便捷。

Smartphones make it easier and more convenient to check reality, watch video clips, read weibo.

闲话国考

这大概就是高考的尴尬——命题人常常武断地设计题目，定死答案。

Good luck to you