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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] 【C18】
选项 A、likely
B、possible
C、creditable
D、acceptable
答案 A
解析    本题考点为词义辨析。
   (1)句式分析。
   原句中，从句that any of these tricks is…作remember的宾语，其中be+adj.+to do sth．意为“做某事……”。
   (2)句意判断。
   根据上下文，这句话意为“切记：这些技巧难保不会失效”。
   (3)词义辨析。
   ①根据句意，首先可以排除creditable和acceptable，因为creditable意为“值得称赞的，可尊敬的”，acceptable意为“可接受的”。
   ②possible和likely都有“可能的”之意，但possible指“可能会发生的，可能会出现的”，其用法为It is possible(that…)“(……)是可能的”，而likely指“可能的”，to be likely to do sth．是固定搭配，意为“有可能做某事”，故填likely。
   【知识拓展】词汇拓展。
   1)possible的用法：①作表语。
   e．g．It is possible that I might be of some use in that part ofthe work.
   我可能会在那部分工作中起些作用。
   ②构成复合宾语。
   e．g．She soon found it possible to do this regularly．
   她很快发现规律地做这件事是可能的。
   ③作定语。
   e．g．It was the only possible solution．
   这是唯一可能的解决方案。
   ④用于如下结构：as…as possible尽(量)；whenever possible只要有可能；If possible如果可能的话。
   2)likely的用法：①用作形容词，意为“可能(发生某事)”，其后可跟不定式或从句。
   e．g．It is likely that he will do very well．(This is a likely job for him to do)
   可能他会做得很好。
   ②作副词，意为“很可能”，多和most或very连用。
   e．g．Most likely he had gone to look for her．
   非常有可能他已经出去找她去了。
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