In our contemporary culture,the prospect

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问题 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 stranger 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"creepy,".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 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 didn't expect a positive experience,after they 17 with the experiment,"not a single person reported having been snubbed."18,these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those sans communication,which makes absolute sense,19 human beings thrive off of social connections.It's that 20:Talking to strangers can make you feel connected.11选？A.dangerousB.mysteriousC.violentD.boring

选项 A.dangerous
B.mysterious
C.violent
D.boring

答案 A

解析词义辨析【直击答案】根据此处结构protect us from what we perceive is going to be more可推断空格处填入词汇为负向感情色彩的词，A项dangerous（危险的）意思吻合，且和前文uneasiness（不安）,security（安全）形成呼应。【命题思路】本题主要需要利用句内和上文的线索进行词义选择。【干扰排除】B项与主题无甚关联，且为中性词。C项语义过重，且不合题意。D项不符合该段主题。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 askedcommuters 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 didn't expect a positive experience,after they 17 with the experiment,“not a single person reported having been embarrassed.”【译文】但是一旦我们撕掉创可贴，把我们的智能手机塞进口袋，抬头看的时候，事实并没有那么糟糕。在2011年的一个实验中，行为主义科学家Nicholas Epley和Juliana Schroeder让通勤者做一件难以想象的事情：开始交谈。他们让芝加哥火车通勤者和他们周围的乘客聊天。纽约时报总结道“当Epley博士和Schroeder女士让同一车站的其他人预测他们和陌生人交谈之后是什么感受时，通勤者认为如果他们坐在自己的座位上会感到更愉悦”。尽管参与者没有期待一次好的体验，但是当他们完成实验后，“没有一个人说自己感到尴尬”。

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In our contemporary culture,the prospect

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