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2015年考研英语(二)真题 2015年考研英语(二)真题 PAGE / NUMPAGES 2015年考研英语(二)真题 感谢赏析 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 Its a sad reality-our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings-because theres 2 to be gained from talking to the strange r standing by you. But you wouldnt know it ， 3 into your phone. This universal armor sends the 4 ：Please dont 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 ascreep,We fear weII be 7 We fear weII 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 doesnt 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 experiment, not a single person reported having been snubbed. 18 , these comm