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.
1. [A] ticket [B] permit [C] signal [D] record
2. [A] nothing [B] link [C] another [D] much
3. [A] beaten [B] guided [C] plugged [D] brought
4. [A] message [B] cede [C] notice [D] sign
5. [A] under [B] beyond [C] behind [D] from
6. [A] misinterpret [B] misapplied [C] misadjusted [D] mismatched
7. [A] fired [B] judged [C] replaced [D] delayed
8. [A] unreasonable [B] ungrateful [C] unconventional [D] unfamiliar
9. [A] comfortable [B] anxious [C] confident [D] angry
10. [A] attend [B] point [C] take [D] turn
11. [A] dangerous [B] mysterious [C] violent [D] boring
12. [A] hurt [B] resist [C] bend [D] decay
13. [A] lecture [B] conversation [C] debate [D] negotiation
14. [A] trainees [B] employees [C] researchers [D] passengers
15. [A] reveal [B] choose [C] predict [D] design
16. [A] voyage [B] flight [C] walk [D] ride
17. [A] went through [B] did away [C] caught up [D] put up
18. [A] In turn [B] In particular [C] In fact [D] In consequence
19. [A] unless [B] since [C] if [D] whereas
20. [A] funny [B] simple [C] logical [D] rare
1.
[A] ticket 车票
[B] permit 许可证
[C] signal 信号
[D] record 记录
【答案】C
【考点】词义辨析
【直击答案】空格所在句意为：陌生人之间没有交流，大家都只关注自己的手机，即使地铁里没有________。选项中，只有C项符合上下文语义，与phones和subway有关，因此signal正确。
【命题思路】本题四个选项语义不相关，所以只需要根据上下文确定所需填入的语义即可。
【干扰排除】其余三个选项带入原文都与句意不符，故排除。
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.”
【译文】这是个可悲的现实——我们希望避免与其他人交流——因为和身边的陌生人交流会带来诸多益处。但是你不知道这一点，一直沉浸在手机中。这种普遍的保护发出一个信号：“请不要靠近我。”
2.
[A] nothing没有什么
[B] link 联系
[C] another 另一个，又一个
[D] much 大量
【答案】D
【考点】词义辨析
【直击答案】It's a sad reality是对第一段内容的总结，该句中双破折号中的内容是对a sad reality的进一步解释。插入语后的because there's __2__ to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you是对主句It's a sad reality的原因解释，即与陌生人交流，我们会从中收获________。根据句意，D项符合。另外该句后的But you wouldn't know it也提示了本句语义。
【命题思路】本题需要根据上下文确定所需填入的语义，主要是寻找语义线索。
【干扰排除】将四个选项代入句子，首先可以排除B项和C项，这两项均与句意不符。A项干扰性最强。空格所在句是观点句，从上下文语义上可以判断出作者是支持与陌生人交流的，文章末段也明确指出human beings thrive off of social connections。因此可排除A项。
3.
[A] beaten打败
[B] guided 指导
[C] plugged 插入
[D] brought 带来
【答案】C
【考点】词义辨析
【直击答案】要填的词为非谓语，在句中作伴随状语，与宾语into your phone搭配。根据搭配和语义只能选C项plugged。be plugged into理解为“深陷其中;投入”。
【命题思路】本题考查的是动词。四个选项语义不相关，需要根据搭配和语义确定答案。
【干扰排除】其余选项虽然可以和介词into搭配，但是与语义不符，故排除。
4.
[A] message 消息，讯息
[B] code 代码
[C] notice 通知
[D] sign 迹象，符号
【答案】A
【考点】词义辨析
【直击答案】空格所在句意为：这种普遍存在的盔甲(不和陌生人交流)传递了“不要靠近我”这个______。空格内容是对“Please don't approach me”的概括，另结合动词sends与宾语the ______的搭配关系，可知A项正确。
【命题思路】本题考查的是名词辨析。选填时要根据其与动词的搭配习惯和语义来确定。
【干扰排除】B项code和D项sign不和send搭配。C项notice虽然可以和send搭配，但是与语义不符。
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. , 是什么让我们觉得我们需要躲在手机屏幕后面?
【译文】执行心理教练John Wortman认为，答案之一是恐惧。我们害怕拒绝，或者是我们无辜的社会进步会被误解为“怪异的”。我们害怕我们会被评判。我们害怕我们会制造混乱。
5.
[A] under 在下面
[B] beyond 超过
[C] behind 在后面
[D] from 来自，从
【答案】C
【考点】介词搭配
【直击答案】从hide __5__ our screens的和上一段的plugged into your phone相照应，由此可推断躲藏的位置应该是behind。
【命题思路】本题考查介词搭配。选填介词时，既需要看前面的动词，还需要看后面的名词，结合搭配习惯和语义确定答案。
【干扰排除】根据语义首先可以排除B项和D项。A项干扰性较强。under通常表示具体的位置，而本句hide ______ our screens要表达的是一个抽象的位置概念，所以排除。
6.
[A] misinterpreted 误解
[B] misapplied 误用
[C] misadjusted 失调
[D] mismatched错配
【答案】A
【考点】词义辨析
【直击答案】本段传递的是一种担忧，句中的innocent和weird是表示相反意思的形容词，另结合句子的谓语fear可知A项符合，be misinterpreted as意思是“被误解为”。
【命题思路】四个选项都是由否定前缀mis¬构成的否定意义的词，主要考查对动词词义的辨析。
【干扰排除】C项和D项通常作为表语，用法为sth. is/are misadjusted/mismatched，不与介词as搭配。B项满足要求用法，但是不符合语义。
7.
[A] fired 开除;攻击
[B] judged 判断，审判
[C] replaced替代
[D] delayed 推迟，耽搁
【答案】B
【考点】词义辨析
【直击答案】本句和We fear…our innocent social advances will be misinterpreted as “weird”. 和We fear we'll be disruptive(制造混乱的).”为并列关系，因此推断出所填词在感情色彩上是负向的。B项符合语义，be judged意思是“受到评论”。
【命题思路】本题命制时一方面要辨析选项的词义，另一方面要利用句间关系，寻找解题线索。
【干扰排除】首先根据上下文语义，可以排除C项和D项。be fired可以理解为“受到攻击”，语义过重，故排除A项。
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 uneasiness, 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 bemore __11__.”
【译文】陌生人对我们来说有一种固有的陌生感，因此与和我们的朋友或相识交流相比，当与陌生人交流时，我们更有可能感觉焦虑。为了避免这种焦虑，我们转向我们的手机。Wortman说：“手机成为了我们的保护毯，他们是我们的幸福眼镜，保护我们远离我们认为可能更危险的事物”。
8.
[A] unreasonable 不合理的
[B] ungrateful 忘恩负义的
[C] unconventional 非常规的
[D] unfamiliar 不熟悉的
【答案】D
【考点】词义辨析
【直击答案】空格处需填入一个形容词修饰strangers(陌生人)，所以该词应符合陌生人的身份与特点，既是陌生人，肯定是“不熟悉的”，故答案为D项unfamiliar。
【命题思路】本题考查形容词的词义辨析。解题时需要通过其所修饰的名词来确定答案。
【干扰排除】A项和C项通常修饰物，而本题中要修饰的是strangers。B项虽然可以修饰人，但是如果代入本句，不符合句意。
9.
[A] comfortable 舒服的
[B] anxious 焦虑的
[C] confident 自信的
[D] angry 生气的
【答案】B
【考点】词义辨析
【直击答案】空格填入词是表示和陌生人相处的感受，此感受与和friends and acquaintances的感受做比较，B项符合。
【命题思路】本题考查形容词的词义辨析，解题时需要判断形容词的情感色彩。
【干扰排除】根据句意，填入的形容词应该为负向词义，所以排除积极词汇comfortable和confident。angry虽然为负向词汇，但语义过重，故排除。
10.
[A] attend (to) 照料
[B] point (to) 指向
[C] take (to) 喜欢;开始从事
[D] turn (to) 转向;求助于
【答案】D
【考点】固定搭配
【直击答案】空格要求填入一个动词，首先需与介词to构成搭配，其次需满足句意“为了避免这种不自在，我们________我们的手机。turn to表示“转向求助于某人/物”，符合上下文语义。
【命题思路】本题考查固定搭配的语义辨析。
【干扰排除】其余选项都可以和介词to搭配，但是均不满足句意，故排除。
11.
[A] dangerous 危险的
[B] mysterious 神秘的
[C] violent 暴力的
[D] boring 无聊的
【答案】A
【考点】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 band¬aid, 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”。
12.
[A] hurt 使受伤;损害
[B] resist 抵抗;忍耐
[C] bend 弯曲
[D] decay 衰退;腐烂
【答案】A
【考点】词义辨析
【直击答案】空格所在句是本段的中心句。根据后面的例证及末句“not a single person reported having been embarrassed”， 可知it doesn't ______ so bad表达正面的意义。对比四个选项，可知A项正确。
【命题思路】本题只需要辨析四个选项的词义，分别代入句子，满足句意即可。
【干扰排除】其余选项均不满足句意，故排除。
13.
[A] lecture 演讲
[B] conversation 交谈
[C] debate 辩论
[D] negotiation 谈判
【答案】B
【考点】词义辨析
【直击答案】由上文推断此处为研究者进行的一项实验内容，根据该句后面一句中talk to可知，实验是让研究对象进行交谈，可锁定B项conversation，与talk to对应。
【命题思路】本题需要根据上下文语境确定要选填的名词意思。
【干扰排除】其余选项的词义不满足下文的语境train commuters和talk to，故排除。
14.
[A] trainees 实习生
[B] employees 员工
[C] researchers 研究者
[D] passengers 乘客
【答案】D
【考点】词义辨析
【直击答案】They had Chicago train commuters talk to their fellow __14__.中their fellow ________指的是train commuters(火车上的通勤者)，D项passengers可以与之相对应。
【命题思路】本题需要利用代词指代和句内的线索确定要选填的单词。
【干扰排除】其余选项都无法与句内线索train commuters(火车上的通勤者)相对应，不符合句意。
15.
[A] reveal 揭露;显示
[B] choose 选择
[C] predict 预测
[D] design 设计
【答案】C
【考点】词义辨析
【直击答案】本空要填一个动词，how they would feel aftertalking to a stranger为其宾语，从该宾语从句的谓语动词would feel可以判断为过去将来时，所以要填入的单词应该包含时间概念，C项predict(预测)满足要求。另外下一句Though the participants didn't expect a positive experience中的expect也可作为解题线索，为近义复现。
【命题思路】本题需要利用句内线索或根据上下文提示来确定要选填的动词。
【干扰排除】其余选项语义均不符合句意。
16.
[A] voyage 航行
[B] flight 飞行
[C] walk 步行
[D] ride 乘坐
【答案】D
【考点】词义辨析
【直击答案】此处需要填入一个与commuters(通勤者)相关的词，根据上文复现可知此处的commuters指的是train commuters。所以D项符合题意。
【命题思路】本题为名词词义辨析，主要需要判断四个词所使用的语境。
【干扰排除】voyage指的是“航海出行”， flight指的是“乘坐飞机出行”， walk是“步行”。这三个选项都不满足句意，所以排除。
17.
[A] went through (with) 完成
[B] did away (with) 废除，去掉
[C] caught up (with) 赶上
[D] put up (with) 忍受
【答案】A
【考点】固定搭配
【直击答案】空格处要填入动词词组，并且与介词with搭配，宾语为the experiment(实验)，根据上下文语境，将[A] went through代入满足句意，go through with意思是“完成”。
【命题思路】本题考查固定搭配，需要平时积累。
【干扰排除】其余选项均可与with搭配，但是不满足句意。
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18.
[A] In turn 轮流;反过来
[B] In particular 尤其，特别是
[C] In fact 事实上
[D] In consequence 因此
【答案】C
【考点】逻辑关系
【直击答案】上文提到那些放下手机，积极与乘客交流的人并没有受到冷落。空格后指出，与那些没有对话的人相比，这些人更加的开心。可见上下文之间是并列或递进的关系。所以C项In fact正确，表示递进关系，对上文进一步解释。
【命题思路】本题考查段间的逻辑关系，需要利用两段间的线索判断逻辑关系，从而选择正确的关联词。
【干扰排除】In turn通常考查“反过来”的意思，主要用于因果关系，比如A导致B，B反过来又导致C。In particular常用于举例。In consequence表示因果关系。
19.
[A] unless 除非
[B] since 因为
[C] if 如果
[D] whereas 然而
【答案】B
【考点】逻辑关系
【直击答案】四个选项均是从句的引导词。主句指出，与那些没有对话的人相比，那些积极交谈的人更加开心。从句则提到人类的繁荣起源于社会联系。显然后一句是对前一句的解释说明，故B项since(因为)满足题意。
【命题思路】本题考查句内逻辑，需要从主从句的语义判定。
【干扰排除】unless和if表示条件关系;whereas表示转折关系，通常用于两个事物的对比。这三个选项均不满足原文的主从句语义间的逻辑关系，故排除。
20.
[A] funny 有趣的
[B] simple 简单的
[C] logical 有逻辑的
[D] rare 稀有的
【答案】B
【考点】词义辨析
【直击答案】本句冒号后内容是对it的解释说明。而该句与前句是平行关系，it指代前一句谈到的“与他人交流会更愉悦”。冒号后面的内容说明了，这是一个显然的事实。所以B项simple满足句意。
【命题思路】本句考查形容词。解题的关键是利用it的指代关系，和冒号的解释说明功能。
【干扰排除】其余选项的词义均不满足对句子的修饰关系。
