Use of English
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 smart phones 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.
1(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.ticket
B.permit
C.signal
D.record
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2(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.nothing
B.link
C.another
D.much
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3(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.beaten
B.guided
C.plugged
D.brought
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4(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.message
B.cede
C.notice
D.sign
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5(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.under
B.beyond
C.behind
D.from
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6(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.misinterpreted
B.misapplied
C.misadjusted
D.mismatched
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7(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.fired
B.judged
C.replaced
D.delayed
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8(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.unreasonable
B.ungrateful
C.unconventional
D.unfamiliar
正確答案是D 點(diǎn)擊進(jìn)入題庫(kù)估分>>> [視頻解析即將上線,點(diǎn)擊觀看>>]
9(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.comfortable
B.anxious
C.confident
D.angry
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10(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.attend
B.point
C.take
D.turn
正確答案是D 點(diǎn)擊進(jìn)入題庫(kù)估分>>> [視頻解析即將上線,點(diǎn)擊觀看>>]
11(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.dangerous
B.mysterious
C.violent
D.boring
正確答案是A 點(diǎn)擊進(jìn)入題庫(kù)估分>>> [視頻解析即將上線,點(diǎn)擊觀看>>]
12(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.hurt
B.resist
C.bend
D.decay
正確答案是A 點(diǎn)擊進(jìn)入題庫(kù)估分>>> [視頻解析即將上線,點(diǎn)擊觀看>>]
13(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.lecture
B.conversation
C.debate
D.negotiation
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14(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.trainees
B.employees
C.researchers
D.passengers
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15(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.reveal
B.choose
C.predict
D.design
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16(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.voyage
B.flight
C.walk
D.ride
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A.went through
B.did away
C.caught up
D.put up
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18(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.In turn
B.In particular
C.In fact
D.In consequence
正確答案是C 點(diǎn)擊進(jìn)入題庫(kù)估分>>> [視頻解析即將上線,點(diǎn)擊觀看>>]
19(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.unless
B.since
C.if
D.whereas
正確答案是B 點(diǎn)擊進(jìn)入題庫(kù)估分>>> [視頻解析即將上線,點(diǎn)擊觀看>>]
20(單項(xiàng)選擇題)_____
A.funny
B.simple
C.logical
D.rare
正確答案是B 點(diǎn)擊進(jìn)入題庫(kù)估分>>> [視頻解析即將上線,點(diǎn)擊觀看>>]
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