A. incident B. insulated C. immediately D. ideologically E. baffled F. constrict G. hesitantly H. admittedly I. obedience J. peering K. intimate L. revealing M. overlapping N. patiently O. indignation I don’t mean to say that there was no privacy in this country. But what I experience in an office made me____ as to what privacy really meant to many people there. One day, I went into the office. Seeing people______their quite personal stories in front of many others made me uncomfortable. “Do as the Romans do” I told myself . So I waited____and tried to avoid the sound coming from the person in front of the line. Then I sensed that someone was______through my shoulder and stared at the paper that I was holding. “Do as the Romans do” I murmured quietly. Moments later, my brother came and we discussed at the corner of the office with the documents open on the desk . Almost _____, I saw a man was staring at the documents. His staring lasted ( about three minutes ) till I _____reminded him that it was a personal document and... My mouth dropped seeing him exploded at me, reminding me with______that it was a public place and he stared at just the desk not the document. This____made me remember what I went through when I visit doctors while I was living in the city. Whoever visited doctors knew that doctors questioned their patients in front of all the other patients or listeners. Quite embarrassing sometimes ______ , when you have to involuntarily take the ___information of someone else, which you really don’t want to.
A. incident B. insulated C. immediately D. ideologically E. baffled F. constrict
G. hesitantly H. admittedly I. obedience J. peering K. intimate L. revealing M. overlapping
N. patiently O. indignation
I don’t mean to say that there was no privacy in this country. But what I experience in an office made me____ as to what privacy really meant to many people there. One day, I went into the office. Seeing people______their quite personal stories in front of many others made me uncomfortable. “Do as the Romans do” I told myself . So I waited____and tried to avoid the sound coming from the person in front of the line. Then I sensed that someone was______through my shoulder and stared at the paper that I was holding. “Do as the Romans do” I murmured quietly. Moments later, my brother came and we discussed at the corner of the office with the documents open on the desk . Almost _____, I saw a man was staring at the documents. His staring lasted ( about three minutes ) till I _____reminded him that it was a personal document and... My mouth dropped seeing him exploded at me, reminding me with______that it was a public place and he stared at just the desk not the document.
This____made me remember what I went through when I visit doctors while I was living in the city. Whoever visited doctors knew that doctors questioned their patients in front of all the other patients or listeners. Quite embarrassing sometimes ______ , when you have to involuntarily take the ___information of someone else, which you really don’t want to.
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备选词汇的含义：A. incident 事件；B. insulated使免除(不愉快的经历)，使免受(不良影响) C. immediately立即地 D. ideologically意识形态上地，思想上地 ；E. baffled使困惑，难住 ；F. constrict 收缩，限制，约束；G. hesitantly 迟疑地，踌躇地；H. admittedly 无可否认；I. obedience服从，顺从； J. peering仔细看，端详； K. intimate 亲密的，密切的；L. revealing 揭示，露出；M. overlapping 部分重叠；N. patiently耐心地； O. indignation 愤慨，愤怒。
1.句意：但我在办公室的经历让我在思想上意识到，隐私对那里的许多人来说意味着什么。根据句子结构分析可知，空格处需要一个副词形式。再根据句意可知，D项 ideologically“意识形态上地，思想上地”符合，故选 D 项。
2.句意：看到人们在许多人面前透露他们的私人故事，我感到不舒服。分析句子结构可知，这里是see sb doing sth“看到某人正在在某事”。根据句意可知，L 项revealing“揭示，露出”符合，故选 L 项。
3.句意：所以我耐心地等待着，尽量避免队伍前面那个人的声音。根据句子结构分析可知，空格处修饰动词waited，应用副词形式。再结合句意可知，N项patiently“耐心地”符合。故选 N 项。
4.句意：然后我感觉到有人从我的肩膀往外看，盯着我拿着的那张纸。根据句子结构分析可知，此时是过去进行时was doing sth。再结合句意可知，J项peering“仔细看，端详”符合，故选 J 项。
5.句意：我几乎立刻看到一个人正盯着文件。根据句子结构分析可知，这里需要一个副词作状语。再结合句意可知，C项immediately“立即地”符合，故选 C 项。
6.句意：他的凝视持续了（大约三分钟），直到我犹豫地提醒他这是一份私人文件。根据句子结构分析可知，空格处修饰动词reminded，故需要副词。再结合句意可知，G项 hesitantly “迟疑地，踌躇地”符合。故选 G 项。
7.句意：看到他向我怒吼，我都惊呆了，顺从地提醒我这是一个公共场所，他只盯着桌子，而不是文件。根据句子结构分析，空格处位于with后可用名词或动名词，而结合句意可知，I项obedience“服从，顺从”符合，故选 I 项。
8.句意：这件事让我想起了我在城里看病时的经历。根据句子结构分析可知，空格处是一个名词。再结合句意可知，A项incident “事件”符合。故选A项。
9.句意：不可否认，有时候你不得不不由自主地获取别人的隐私信息，而这是你真的不想获取的。
根据句子结构分析可知，这里需要一个副词形式作状语，再结合句意可知，H项admittedly “无可否认”符合。故选H 项。
10.句意：不可否认，有时候你不得不不由自主地获取别人的隐私信息，而这是你真的不想获取的。根据句子结构分析可知，空格处为形容词修饰information。再结合句意可知，K项intimate “亲密的，密切的”符合。故选K项。