Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it ?? with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to ?? some actions. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home? ?? .

Join a club or group, talk with those who like the same things ?? you do is much easier. Or join someone ?? some activity.

Many people are nervous when talking to new people. ?? all, meeting strangers means ?? the unknown. And it’s human nature to? ?? a bit uncomfortable(不舒服)about the unknown.

? ?? our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts(怀疑)about ?? . We imagine other people are judging us, finding us too tall ?? too short, too this or too that, but don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself? ?? you are, and try to put the other person at ease(不拘束).You’ll both feel more comfortable.

Try to ?? self-confident(自信)even if you don’t feel that way when you ?? a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall and straight, look directly ?? other people and smile.

If you see someone, you’d like to ?? , say something. Don’t wait for ?? person to start a conversation(谈话).

Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will ?? friends with that person. Friendship is based on mutual(相互的)liking and “give and take”. It ?? time and effort to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from? ?? .??

1.A. produces?? B. improves ????????????? C. grows ????????????? D. raises

2.A. take ????????????? B. make ????????????? C. do ????????????? D. carry

3.A. lonely ????????????? B. yourself ????????????? C. alone ????????????? D. with yourself

4.A. as ????????????? B. that ????????????? C. which ????????????? D. more

5.A. with ????????????? B. in ????????????? C. on ????????????? D. to

6.A. For ????????????? B. Above ????????????? C. In ????????????? D. After

7.A. touching ????????????? B. facing ????????????? C. meeting ????????????? D. seeing

8.A. see???????? B. touch???? ?????? C. feel????????????? D. do

9.A. Many?????? B. Some???????????? C. Much?????????? D. Most of

10.A. yourself??? B. oneself?????????? C. yourselves??????? D. ourselves

11.A. and??????? B. but?????????????? C. or?????????????? D. as

12.A. like??????? B. as??????????????? C. what??????????? D. that

13.A. make?????? B. act? as???????????? C. like??????????????? D. express

14.A. come to???? B. go to???????????? C. enter?????????????? D. step to

15.A. for???????? B. to?????????????? C. at????????????????? D. about?

16.A. speak to???? B. talk to?????????? C. say to?????????????? D. call up

17.A. other?????? B. the other???????? C. another???????????? D. others

18.A. make?????? B. do?????????????? C. turn???????????????? D. put

19.A. costs?????? B. takes???????????? C. spends????????????? D. uses

20.A. growing???? B. living??????????? C. increasing?????????? D. happening

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite   16    at the answer. Thinking he had not made    17    understood or the girl had not   18    him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.”   19    the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know   20    to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t   21   a compliment (恭维) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She   22   understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the   23   , people will feel proud and  24    when they are praised . So if someone says the   25    you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”

In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing , but in my opinion, being confident does not   26   being proud, so sometimes you should be confident   27   being modest.

   28   you are modest and say, “No, I’m afraid I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by   29  . When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try”, he or she will   30    get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

1.A. excited        B. surprised    C. relaxed          D. frightened

2.A. itself     B. herself      C. himself          D. themselves

3.A. heard      B. watched      C. listened to      D. looked at

4.A. Though     B. Although     C. Or               D. But

5.A. when       B. which        C. what             D. how

6.A. receive        B. accept       C. refuse           D. disagree

7.A. hardly     B. really       C. rarely           D. badly

8.A. east       B. south        C. west             D. north

9.A. dutiful        B. modest       C. shameful         D. confident

10.A. dishes        B. cups         C. glasses          D. bowls

11.A. think     B. say          C. ask              D. mean

12.A. as soon as    B. as well as   C. instead of       D. in spite of

13.A. Unless        B. Until        C. Whether          D. If

14.A. another       B. the other    C. the others       D. others

15.A. fail to   B. expect to    C. succeed in       D. believe in

选择句子,补全对话, 其中有两项是多余的。

A: Hello, sir, may I talk with you in English?

B: Of course.

A: I have learned English at school for one year. I have very few chances to talk with the English-speaking people.   16 

B: Oh, you speak English very well.

A: Thank you. By the way,   17 

B: No, I’m not.   18 

A: How long have you been in this city?

B:   19 

A: I see. Do you like this city?

B: Yes. I like it very much. It’s a beautiful city.

A: Thank you.   20 

口语交际。根据实际情况，回答下列问题。

15. Are you a middle school student?

16. Can you speak English?

17. Do you like reading English stories?

18. What’s your favorite sport?

19. Have you got a bike?