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The number of devices you can talk to is multiplying—first it was your phone,

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问题    The number of devices you can talk to is multiplying—first it was your phone, then your car, and now you can tell your kitchen appliances what to do. But even without gadgets that understand our spoken commands, research suggests that, as bizarre as it sounds, under certain【C1】______, people regularly ascribe human traits to everyday objects.
   Sometimes we see things as human because we are【C2】______In one experiment, people who reported feeling isolated were more likely than others to attribute【C3】______to various gadgets. In turn, feeling close to objects can【C4】______loneliness. When college students were reminded of a time they had been【C5】______in a social setting, they compensated by exaggerating their number of friends—unless they were first given tasks that caused them to interact with their phone as if it had human qualities. According to the researchers, the participants’ phones【C6】______substituted for real friends.
   At other times, we personify products in an effort to understand them. One study found that three in four respondents yelled at their computer. Further, the more their computer gave them problems, the more likely the respondents were to report that it had its own "beliefs and【C7】______."
   So how do people assign traits to an object? In part, we rely on looks. On humans, wide faces are【C8】______with dominance. Similarly, people rated cars, clocks, and watches with wide faces as more dominant-looking than narrow-faced ones, and preferred them—especially in【C9】______situations. An analysis of car sales in Germany found that cars with grilles (护栅) that were upturned like smiles sold best. The purchasers saw this【C10】______as increasing a car’s friendliness.
   A) alleviate F) competitive K) feature
   B) apparently G) conceded L) lonely
   C) arrogant H) consciousness M) separate
   D) associated I) desires N) spectacularly
   E) circumstances J) excluded O) warrant [br] 【C1】
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答案 E
解析 [语法判断]分析句子结构可知，空格处所在的短语在句中作状语，空格前有介词under和形容词certain。由此可以推断，空格处应填入名词，构成介宾短语。[语义判断]根据句意和第二段中的Sometimes we see things as…以及第三段中的At other times，we personify…可知，此处要表达的是在什么样的情况下，人们认为日常物品有人的特性。circumstances“情况，情形”通常与介词under连用，构成under…circumstances结构，意为“在……情况下”，故E)circumstances为本题答案。
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