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  3. Starting a conversation is as easy for some people as eating and breathing. H

Starting a conversation is as easy for some people as eating and breathing. H

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问题    Starting a conversation is as easy for some people as eating and breathing. However, if you suffer from social anxiety disorder (SAD), a room full of strangers can be as frightening as moving to a foreign country. If the stranger that you are looking to start a conversation with is an authority figure, this just adds to your anxiety. Here are helpful tips when trying to start a conversation.
   Often the person you are trying to start a conversation【C1】______ will have some item of jewelry, an unusual shirt or maybe even a tattoo; something distinctive that tells a story about the【C2】______. Items like this give you a starting【C3】______ for conversation.
   After you receive a【C4】______, the key is to have something else to say that will give you a【C5】______ platform on which to build a conversation and a relationship. You need to think of a follow-up【C6】______ before you start. This is the key to building a conversation. Follow up with something personal that【C7】______ to the other person and that tells them something interesting about you.
   Try the old standby, "Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?"【C8】______ the right circumstances, this conversation starter can work. If you【C9】______ to someone, "You seem really familiar. Do I know you from somewhere?", it makes it very easy to start a conversation.
   All these help【C10】______ you to the person and keep the conversation moving: What high school did you【C11】______? Did you play an instrument? Where do you work? I’ve been to that Starbucks.
   As you go through the details of the other person’s life story, you should feel 【C12】______ to change subject. Remember, you don’t really want to find out if you’ve met before; you want to get to【C13】______ each other.
   One of the best ways to start a conversation is to make a funny【C14】______ about your surroundings. "Hey, doesn’t our instructor look like Harry Potter?" or, "Is the guy in the front row asleep?" The goal is not to be mean-spirited or judgmental, so be sure to 【C15】______ your comments light-hearted.
   Try to invite the other person in on the joke. "Where do you think he keeps his magic wand, in his briefcase?" or "Do you think he’s going to sleep through the whole class?" This 【C16】______ of starting a conversation can be risky. Humor is difficult with an audience whom you don’t know well. However, if you find【C17】______ that shares your sense of humor, chances are that it will be the start of a great friendship.
   Remember that any of these tricks is【C18】______ to fail some of the time. If you don’t get a positive response from somebody, there are always other people that you can approach. If you are【C19】______, you will find that over time it will get easier to speak with strangers. As you become more【C20】______ and at ease you won’t need to rely on tricks to start conversations. [br] 【C8】
选项 A、Considered
B、Taken
C、Supposed
D、Given
答案 D
解析    本题考点为假设性介词的用法。
   (1)句式分析。
   原句中this conversation starter can work是主句，______the right circumstances作状语，可见，此处要填的一定是分词形式或介词。
   (2)句意判断。
   根据语境可知，这句话意为“假如时机合适，这种开场白很奏效”。
   (3)词义辨析。
   considered用作形容词，意为“经过仔细考虑的”；taken用作形容词，意为“预留的，对……着迷的”；supposed用作形容词，意为“误以为，应当的，普遍认为的，允许的”；given用作介词，意为“(表示原因)考虑到，(表示假设)倘若，假定”，后面接名词或名词词组，故填Given。
   【知识拓展】(1)解题技巧。
   辨析近义词的不同用法。根据前后信息，捕捉文章发展脉络与起承转合，注意段落与段落之间、句与句之间的内在逻辑联系。逻辑是重要的行文方式，主要包括并列、转折、条件、因果、递进、让步等。它们之间有的通过连接词来表达，关系非常明显；有的隐含在句与句之中，关系比较隐晦。
   (2)词汇拓展。
   ①given和suppose均可表示假设，用法相当于if。如在本句中，given是介词，Given the right circumstances相当于If the circumstances are right。但suppose(倘若，假使)与suppose that相同，必须引出一个句子，例如：
   Let us suppose this theory is correct．
   让我们假设这个理论是对的。
   ②given adj．指定的，确定的，特定的，有……倾向的；given prep．(表示原因)考虑到，(表示假设)倘若，假定，相当于in view of(鉴于)，given that…因为……，例如：
   Given their inexperience，they’ve done a good job．
   考虑到他们没有经验，他们已经做得很好了。
   ③与supposed有关的表达：It is supposed that…人们认为……；to be supposed to do sth．应当做某事。
   e．g．Come to think of it，I suppose that is my fault．
   想到这一点，我认为这是我的错。
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