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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:(9) - A 、comfortable
- B 、anxious
- C 、confident
- D 、angry

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【正确答案:B】
A. comfortable舒适的;B. anxious焦虑的;C. confident自信的;D. angry生气的
此题句意:人们在和陌生人交流的时候会更()。
本题结合前半句“陌生人本身对我们来说就是不太熟悉的”,因此,根据常识,与陌生人交流会焦虑。B"焦虑"符合语境。而下文的“To avoid this anxiety”也印证了B选项是正确的。

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