When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle (三角形). And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.

　　New entrants to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple – look down, or look at your phone.

　　Why are we so awkward in lifts?

　　“You don’t have enough space,” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm’s length of distance between us. And that’s not possible in most elevators.”

　　In such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed (理解) as threatening or odd. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.

　　32. According to Gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _____.

　　A. turn around and greet one another

　　B. try to keep a distance from other people

　　C. make eye contact with those in the elevator

　　D. look around or examine their phone

　　33.Which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elevator? 

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