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题干:Inourcontemporaryculture,theprospectofcommunicatingwith—orevenlookingat—astrangerisvirtuallyunbearable.Everyonearoundusseemstoagreebythewaytheyclingtotheirphones,evenwithouta(1)onasubway.It’sasadreality—ourdesiretoavoidinteractingwithotherhumanbeings—becausethere’s(2)tobegainedfromtalkingtothestrangerstandingbyyou.Butyouwouldn’tknowit,(3)intoyourphone.Thisuniversalprotectionsendsthe(4):“Pleasedon’tapproachme.”Whatisitthatmakesusfeelweneedtohide(5)ourscreens?Oneanswerisfear,accordingtoJonWortmann,anexecutivementalcoach.Wefearrejection,orthatourinnocentsocialadvanceswillbe(6)as“weird”.Wefearwe’llbe(7).Wefearwe’llbedisruptive.Strangersareinherently(8)tous,sowearemorelikelytofeel(9)whencommunicatingwiththemcomparedwithourfriendsandacquaintances.Toavoidthisanxiety,we(10)toourphones.“Phonesbecomeoursecurityblanket,”Wortmannsays.“Theyareourhappyglassesthatprotectusfromwhatweperceiveisgoingtobemore(11).”Butonceweripofftheband-aid,tuckoursmartphonesinourpocketsandlookup,itdoesn’t(12)sobad.Inone2011experiment,behavioralscientistsNicholasEpleyandJulianaSchroederaskedcommuterstodotheunthinkable:Starta(13).TheyhadChicagotraincommuterstalktotheirfellow(14).“WhenDr.EpleyandMs.Schroederaskedotherpeopleinthesametrainstationto(15)howtheywouldfeelaftertalkingtoastranger,thecommutersthoughttheir(16)wouldbemorepleasantiftheysatontheirown,”theNewYorkTimessummarizes.Thoughtheparticipantsdidn’texpectapositiveexperience,afterthey(17)withtheexperiment,“notasinglepersonreportedhavingbeenembarrassed.”(18),thesecommuteswerereportedlymoreenjoyablecomparedwiththosewithoutcommunication,whichmakesabsolutesense,(19)humanbeingsthriveoffofsocialconnections.It’sthat(20):Talkingtostrangerscanmakeyoufeelconnected.
题目:(1) - A 、ticket
- B 、permit
- C 、signal
- D 、record
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【正确答案:C】
A. ticket票;B. permit 允许,许可;C. signal信号,标志;D. record记录
此题句意:人们总是摆弄(fiddle with)手机,即便是地下没() 。
与手机相关的最合适的选项应为C信号的意思,"即便地铁里没信号",C项符合题意。
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