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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] 【C5】
选项 A、joint
B、mutual
C、common
D、rare
答案 C
解析    本题考点为语境推理与词义搭配。
   (1)句式分析。
   从句子结构看，原句中，that will give you…是something else的定语从句，其中a______platform(平台)是give的直接宾语，那么不定冠词与名词之间缺少的应该是一个形容词。而on which to build a conversation and a relationship(继续对话、拉近关系的)又是platform的定语。由此判断，修饰platform的词应该有“共享的”之意，因此选C。
   (2)句意判断。
   根据前半句话After you receive a______(当你得到回应后)可知，这里的意思是“关键是要有别的话说，这样，你们就有了一个继续对话、拉近关系的共享平台。”
   (3)词义辨析。
   A．joint adj．共同的，联合的
   B．mutual adj．相互的，彼此的，关系对等的，共同的，共用的
   C．common adj．普通的，共有的，共同的，共享的
   D．rare adj．罕见的，珍稀的
   a common platform指“一个共享平台”。 joint用来修饰programme，negotiation，measure，obligation，resolution，responsibility等词。mutual虽也有“共同的，共用的”之意，但其主要指mutual friend／acquaintance／interest“共同的朋友／熟人／兴趣爱好”或mutual entrance／staircase“共用的入口／楼梯”。
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