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2015年全国硕士研究生招生考试 英语（二）试题 英语考研真题是最为核心的练习题，考研真题对于考生的重要程度不言而喻，不仅可以清楚的了解出题方向及特点，也为我们备考复习起到重要的指导作用，帮助考生更加顺利通过考试。参考答案及解析可咨询博仁老师。 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 Dr.Epley 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 didnt expect a positive experience, after they 17 with the exp