Save the rice for cooking, says the phone company, which has finally acknowledged the longstanding “trick” could do more damage.

You know the nightmare situation: You dropped your phone in water — be it pool, ocean, or toilet, your worries get the best of you, although iPhone 12’s and onwards are designed to survive 30 minutes of aquatic submersion. In the urgent need of saving your expensive device from potential damage, you remember your friend’s suggestion to throw it in a bag of rice overnight. Supposedly, the grain draws out any remaining water droplets from the smartphone’s tiny crevices, saving its precious circuitry in the process. They swore by it, after all. What is there to lose?

Well, as the phone company spotted earlier today, a recently updated document states that this “trick” could actually cause further issues in your phone. “Don’t put your wet phone in a bag of rice,” the company warns in the revised article on its dreaded Liquid Detection Alert, “For doing so could allow small particles of rice to damage your phone,” while the rice starch (淀粉) can block the innards through the device’s small cracks. Besides all that, rice simply isn’t as effective as other materials, such as those silica packets you already should be recycling, anyway.

Among the other rumored solutions to avoid, the company advises phone owners not to use an “external heat source” such as a blow dryer, as well as leave the compressed air can in the utility closet. Similarly, trying to stuff cotton swabs, napkins, paper towels, or any other “foreign object” into charging ports could make things worse.

So, what should you do if your phone takes a plunge? The company advises a gentle approach in such situations, such as simply tapping the device against your hand “with the connector facing down” to dislodge liquid, then leaving it in an open, dry space with decent airflow for at least 30 minutes. From there, try connecting it to a cable charger. Yes. They really did pull out the trusty “Have you tried turning it on and off again?” line for this one.

【小题1】Which is closest in meaning to “get the best of” in paragraph 2?

A．Make full of.

B．Make fun of.

C．Take care of.

D．Take control of.

【小题2】Why is it NOT suggested to put your wet phone in rice?

A．Because the rice will damage the inner parts of the phone.

B．Because the rice is cheaper and more effective than other materials.

C．Because the rice will stick to the phone.

D．Because the rice will be wet.

【小题3】What is the suitable way to dry a wet phone according to the phone company?

A．Stuffing cotton swabs to absorb the water.

B．Leaving it in an open, dry place with constant flowing air.

C．Using a blow dryer to heat up the inside.

D．Using napkins to dry up the surface.

【小题4】Which can be the best title of this passage?

A．Placing wet phone in rice may hurt.	B．Rice is a good choice for drying up wet phone.
C．Phone 12 is designed water-proof.	D．Approaches to dry up your wet phone.