In our contemporary culture, the prospect of communicating with—or even looking at—a stranger is virtually unbearable. Everyone

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问题 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【C1】________on a subway.
It’s a sad reality—our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings—because there’s【C2】________to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you. But you wouldn’t know it,【C3】________into your phone. This universal armor sends the【C4】________: "Please don’t approach me."
What is it that makes us feel we need to hide【C5】________our screens?
One answer is fear, according to Jon Wortmann, executive mental coach. We fear rejection, or that our innocent social advances will be【C6】________as "weird". We fear we’ll be【C7】________. We fear we’ll be disruptive.
Strangers are inherently【C8】________to us, so we are more likely to feel【C9】________when communicating with them compared with our friends and acquaintances. To avoid this uneasiness, we【C10】________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【C11】________.
But once we rip off the band-aid, tuck our smartphones in our pockets and look up, it doesn’t 【C12】________so bad. In one 2011 experiment, behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters to do the unthinkable: Start a【C13】________. They had Chicago train commuters talk to their fellow【C14】________. "When Dr. Epley and Ms. Schroeder asked other people in the same train station to 【C15】________how they would feel after talking to a stranger, the commuters thought their【C16】________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【C17】________with the experiment, "not a single person reported having been embarrassed."
【C18】________, these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those without communication, which makes absolute sense,【C19】________human beings thrive off of social connections. It’s that【C20】________: Talking to strangers can make you feel connected.
【C5】

选项 A、under
B、beyond
C、behind
D、from

答案C

解析本题考查介词辨析。本介词与动词hide构成搭配。之后的宾语信息是our screens，根据本文的主题信息，这里的screens指的是手机的屏幕。根据这些信息可以判定本题最佳答案应该是C项behind(在……之后)，即躲在手机屏幕之后，暗示不与人交流。其他选项例如A项under (在……之下)和B项beyond(在……之外)是不成立的，因为人们不可能躲在手机屏幕的下方或手机屏幕之外。D项from(从，来自)的搭配则无意义。

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In our contemporary culture, the prospect of communicating with—or even looking at—a stranger is virtually unbearable. Everyone

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