In our contemporary culture,the prospect

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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 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.8选？A.unreasonableB.ungratefulC.unconventionalD.unfamiliar

选项 A.unreasonable
B.ungrateful
C.unconventional
D.unfamiliar

答案 D

解析词义辨析【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。

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In our contemporary culture,the prospect

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