Section I Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text¡£Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and markA£¬B£¬C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1(10 points)
In our contemporary culture£¬the prospect of communicating with-or even looking at—a stranger is virtually unbearable Everyone around us seems to agree by the way they fiddle with their phones£¬even without a 1 underground
It’s a sad reality—our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings—because there’s 2 to be gained from talking to the strange r standing by you. But you wouldn’t know it£¬ 3 into your phone. This universal armor sends the 4 £º“Please don’t approach me.”
What is it that makes us feel we need to hide 5 our screens?
One answer is fear, according to Jon Wortmann, executive mental coach We fear rejection£¬or that our innocent social advances will be 6 as“creep,”We fear we’II be 7 We fear we’II be disruptive Strangers are inherently 8 to us£¬so we are more likely to feel 9 when communicating with them compared with our friends and acquaintances To avoid this anxiety, we 10 to our phones.“Phones become our security blanket£¬“Wortmann says.”They are our happy
glasses that protect us from what we perceive is going to be more 11 .”
But once we rip off the bandaid£¬tuck our smartphones in our pockets and look up£¬it doesn’t 12 so bad. In one 2011 experiment£¬behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters to do the unthinkable: Start a 13 . They had Chicago train commuters talk to their fellow 14 . "When Dr.Epley and Ms. Schroeder asked other people in the same train station to 15 how they would feel after talking to a stranger, the commuters thought their 16 would be more pleasant if they sat on their own," the New York Times summarizes. Though the participants didn't expect a positive experience, after they 17 with
the experiment, "not a single person reported having been snubbed.”
18 , these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those sans communication, which makes absolute sense, 19 human beings thrive off of social connections. It's that 20 : Talking to strangers can make you feel connected.
1. [A] ticket [B] permit [C]signall [D] record
2. [A] nothing [B] link [C]another [D] much
3. [A] beaten [B] guided [C]plugged [D] brought
4. [A] message [B] cede [C]notice [D] sign
