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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:(7) - A 、fired
- B 、judged
- C 、replaced
- D 、delayed

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【正确答案:B】
A. fired被开除的;B. judged裁定的,评判;C. replaced被替换的;D. delayed延时的,拖延的
此题句意:我们害怕被人()。
结合上下文语义以及选项含义,A和D明显不合逻辑。符合原文含义的是B,我们害怕被“评判”。

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