Question

  Making friends is a skill. Like most skills,it improves with 11      . If you want to meet people and make friends,you must be able to take some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home alone. Join a club or a group,for talking with those who 12        the same things as you do is easier. 13       join someone in some activities.

Many people are 14        when talking to new people. After all (毕竟) meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown. Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We 15        other people who are judging (评判) us finding us too tall or too short,too this or too that... But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself 16        you are. You will never feel more comfortable.

Try to act self-confident even if you don’t feel that way. When you enter a room full of strangers,such as a new classroom,walk tall and straight,look 17        at other people and smile. If you see someone you,d like to 18        something to,don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.

Just meeting someone new doesn’t mean that you’ll make friends with that person. Friendship is 19        on mutual (相互的) liking and “give and take”. It 20        time and effort to develop.

(   ) 11. A.  age   B. practice

   C. skill   D. everything

(   ) 12. A.  like   B. share   C. have   D. keep

(   ) 13. A.  So   B. Or

   C. However   D. But

(   ) 14. A.  happy   B. familiar

   C. nervous   D. unhappy

(   ) 15. A.  suggest   B. regret

   C. forget   D. imagine

(   ) 16. A.  what   B. who   C. that   D. as

(   ) 17. A.  lonely   B. angrily

   C. directly   D. sadly

(   ) 18. A.  speak   B. say   C. talk   D. tell

(   ) 19. A.  depend   B. laid   C. taken   D. based

(   ) 20. A.  takes   B. spends

   C. costs   D. pays  

Answer 1

11. B

12. A句意:参加一个俱乐部或者一个小组，原因是和与你有相同爱好的人交流更容易。

13. B  14. C

15. D imagine sb. doing sth.意为“想象某人做某

事”。people who are judging us是定语从句，意为 “评判我们的人”。

16. A句意：努力接受你自己。

17. C

18. B speak指讲某种语言；talk指谈话;tell指讲述; say强调说话的内容，故选 B.

19. D考查固定词组。be based on…意为“建立在 ……的基础之上”。

20. A  考查固定句型。It takes sb. some time to do sth.意为“做某事花费某人多少时间”。