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2015年考研英语二真题及答案详解

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2015年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二）真题
Section I Use of English Directions：
Read the following text. Choose the best word（s） for each numbered blank and mark A， B， C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.（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__： “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'llbe__7__We fear we'll 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]signal [D] record 2. [A] nothing [B] link [C]another [D] much 3. [A] beaten [B] guided [C]plugged [D] brought

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