Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text。Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank andmarkA，B，C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1(10 points)In our contemporary culture，the prospect of communicating with-or even lookingat-a stranger is virtually unbearable Everyone around us seems to agree by the waythey fiddle with their phones，even without a 1 undergroundIt's a sad reality-our desire to avoid interacting with other humanbeings-because there's 2 to be gained from talking to the strange r 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 fearrejection，or that our innocent social advances will be 6 as"creep,"We fear we'IIbe 7 We fear we'II be disruptive Strangers are inherently 8 to us，so we are morelikely to feel 9 when communicating with them compared with our friends andacquaintances To avoid this anxiety, we 10 to our phones、"Phones become our securityblanket，"Wortmann says、"They are our happyglasses 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 lookup，it doesn't 12 so bad、 In one 2025 experiment，behavioral scientists NicholasEpley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters to do the unthinkable: Start a 13 、 Theyhad Chicago train commuters talk to their fellow 14 、 "When Dr、Epley and Ms、 Schroederasked other people in the same train station to 15 how they would feel after talkingto a stranger, the commuters thought their 16 would be more pleasant if they saton their own," the ...
