文档介绍：2015年考研英语二真题及答案(完整版）
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 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 ｃｌiｎg tｏ ｔhｅir phｏｎｅs, eｖen without a １ oｎ a subwaｙ.
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 sｔranger sｔanｄing by yoｕ. But you ｗouldn’t kｎow it, 3 into youｒ ｐｈｏne. Tｈis uｎivｅｒsaｌ proｔｅctiｏn sｅnｄｓ ｔｈｅ 4 :“Pleａsｅ don’t apｐrｏach ｍe.”
Whaｔ is ｉt that maｋes us fｅel we need to hid 5 ｏｕr ｓcｒｅenｓ?
Ｏne ansｗer iｓ ｆear, accordiｎg to Ｊoｎ Wortmaｎｎ， ａn ｅxecutiｖe menｔａｌ cｏacｈ. Wｅ fｅａr rejection， or ｔhat our innocent socｉaｌ advａｎces wilｌ ｂe 6 ａｓ “ｗｅird.” We fear we’ll ｂｅ 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 ｕneasｉness, ｗe 10 to tｕrn 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 band-ａid, 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 tｏdo 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 thｅ wｏuｌd feｅｌ aｆteｒ talkiｎg tｏ a stｒanger， tｈe ｃoｍmutｅrs thougｈt thｅir 16 would be ｍore ｐlｅasanｔ ｉf tｈeｙ sａt on thiｅr 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 ｅmbarｒassed.”
1８ tｈｅｓe comｍuteｓ ｗｅre