考研英语二 2015年 Section I 完形填空（四选一）试卷排版
考研英语二2015年 Section I 完形填空（四选一）：共 20 题、卷面 10 分（满分 100，每题 0.5 分）、卷面选文共 352 个英文单词。本页按真题原卷版式还原该模块卷面（不含解析）；逐题解析在「题目解析」页，全文逐句精读在「原文精读」页；本模块真题可免费下载 PDF/Word，入口见上方本题行。
试卷原卷
英语二真题(2015)
Section I
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
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, an 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 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 be more 11 ."
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 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.
1.
[ A ]signal
[ B ]permit
[ C ]ticket
[ D ]record
2.
[ A ]nothing
[ B ]little
[ C ]another
[ D ]much
3.
[ A ]beaten
[ B ]plugged
[ C ]guided
[ D ]brought
4.
[ A ]message
[ B ]code
[ C ]notice
[ D ]sign
5.
[ A ]under
[ B ]beyond
[ C ]behind
[ D ]from
6.
[ A ]misapplied
[ B ]misinterpreted
[ C ]misadjusted
[ D ]mismatched
7.
[ A ]judged
[ B ]fired
[ C ]replaced
[ D ]delayed
8.
[ A ]unreasonable
[ B ]ungrateful
[ C ]unconventional
[ D ]unfamiliar
9.
[ A ]comfortable
[ B ]confident
[ C ]anxious
[ D ]angry
10.
[ A ]attend
[ B ]turn
[ C ]take
[ D ]point
11.
[ A ]dangerous
[ B ]mysterious
[ C ]violent
[ D ]boring
12.
[ A ]bend
[ B ]resist
[ C ]hurt
[ D ]decay
13.
[ A ]lecture
[ B ]debate
[ C ]conversation
[ 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 fact
[ C ]In particular
[ D ]In consequence
19.
[ A ]unless
[ B ]whereas
[ C ]if
[ D ]since
20.
[ A ]funny
[ B ]simple
[ C ]logical
[ D ]rare
选文出处：The Huffington Post(《赫芬顿邮报》)2014年5月16日一篇题为 This Is Why You Ignore Everybody On The Subway- And Why You Should Stop(这就是你为何在地铁上无视他人、以及你为什么应该终止该行为的原因)的文章。