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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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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.
【C18】
选项 A、In turn
B、In particular
C、In fact
D、In consequence
答案C
解析 本题考查上下文逻辑关系，即通过定位和分析本填空前后的原文信息来判定内在的逻辑关系。本填空之后的原文信息是these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those without communication (据报道这些与他人交流的通勤旅程相比那些没有交流的旅程更加令人愉悦)。我们再去定位前文，可以发现此类信息，比如the commuters thought their________would be more pleasant if they sat on their own (通勤者认为如果他们自己一个人坐着，旅途可能会更令人愉快)；Though the participants didn’t expect a positive experience(尽管参与者并没有期待有正面的感受)。通过分析本填空前后的原文信息，发现之间明显存在着对立转折的关系，即试验的参与者 (通勤者)对在火车上与他人交流本来并没有期待有正面的感受，但实际上他们与别人交流后发现感觉非常愉悦，即出现了与他们预期相反的结果。四个选项中能够表达这种转折逻辑关系的是C项ln fact(实际上)。其他选项例如A项In turn(依次)、B项In particular(特别)和D项In consequence(结果)语法上都可以，但无法表达前后文存在的转折逻辑关系。
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