考研英语(二)真题.doc

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2015 年考研英语（二）真题
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