2015年考研英语二真题及答案.pdf

2015 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 英语二试题 Section I UseofEnglish Directions： Readthe following text.Choosethebest word(s)for each numberedblank andmark A,B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET .(10points) In our contemporary culture, the prospect of communicating with—or even looking at—a stranger is virtually unbearable.Everyonearoundusseemsto agreeby thewaythey clingtotheirphones,evenwithout a___1___ on a subway. Its a sadreality—our desireto avoid interactingwith other human beings—becausetheres___2___ tobe gained from talkingtothestranger standingbyyou.Butyou wouldnt know it,___3___ intoyourphone.Thisuniversalprotection sends the___4___ :“Pleasedont approach me.” What isit thatmakesusfeelweneedtohide___5___ our screens? x One answer is fear,according to Jon Wortmann,an e ecutive mental coach.We fear rejection,or that our innocent socialadvanceswillbe___6___ as“weird”.We fearwellbe___7___ .We fearwellbedisruptive. 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 thisuneasiness,we ___10___ to our phones. “Phonesbecome our security blanket,” Wortmann says. “They are our happy glasses that protect us from what we perceive is going to be more ___11___ .” But oncewerip offtheband-aid,tuck our smartphonesin ourpocketsand lookup,it doesnt___12___ sobad.In one 2011experiment,behavioral scientistsNicholasEpley andJuliana Schroeder asked commutersto dotheunthinkable: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 the