Directions:
Read the following text
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Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank
and markA
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B
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C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1(10 points)
In our contemporary culture
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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
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even without a
1
underground.
Its
a
sad
reality-our
desire
to
avoid
interacting
with
other
human
beings-because theres
2
to
be
gained
from
talking
to
the
stranger
standing
by
you.
But
you
wouldnt know it
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3
into your phone. This universal armor sends the
4
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Please dont 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
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or that our innocent social advances will be
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ascreep, We fear weII be
7
We fear weII be disruptive Strangers are
inherently
8
to
us
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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
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Wortmann says. They are our happy glasses that protect
us from what we perceive is going to be more
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.
But once we rip off the bandaid
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tuck our smartphones in our pockets