文档介绍：201５年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二）试题
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 :"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 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."
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