文档介绍：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 the ANSWER SHEET. (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 the
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 hide __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 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