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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 cling to their phones, even without a __1__ on a subway.
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 protection 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 “weird”. 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 embarrassed.”
__18__, these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those without 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.

问题1选项
A.ticket
B.permit
C.signal
D.record
问题2选项
A.nothing
B.little
C.another
D.much
问题3选项
A.beaten
B.guided
C.plugged
D.brought
问题4选项
A.message
B.code
C.notice
D.sign
问题5选项
A.under
B.beyond
C.behind
D.from
问题6选项
A.misinterpreted
B.misapplied
C.misadjusted
D.mismatched
问题7选项
A.fired
B.judged
C.replaced
D.delayed
问题8选项
A.unreasonable
B.ungrateful
C.unconventional
D.unfamiliar
问题9选项
A.comfortable
B.anxious
C.confident
D.angry
问题10选项
A.attend
B.point
C.take
D.turn
问题11选项
A.dangerous
B.mysterious
C.violent
D.boring
问题12选项
A.hurt
B.resist
C.bend
D.decay
问题13选项
A.lecture
B.conversation
C.debate
D.negotiation
问题14选项
A.trainees
B.employees
C.researchers
D.passengers
问题15选项
A.reveal
B.choose
C.predict
D.design
问题16选项
A.voyage
B.flight
C.walk
D.ride
问题17选项
A.went through
B.did away
C.caught up
D.put up
问题18选项
A.In turn
B.In particular
C.In fact
D.In consequence
问题19选项
A.unless
B.since
C.if
D.whereas
问题20选项
A.funny
B.simple
C.logical
D.rare
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