Making good conversation with a stranger can be difficult. Here are some ways to try if you don’t know what to do Talk about a topic common to both of you. The topic can be the food or the weather. For example, “How do you like the food?” But keep it on the positive side! The first time you meet a person isn’t a good time to complain.

Ask open questions that can’t be answered with one word. “What’s keeping you busy these days?” is a good question if you are talking to a person who doesn’t have an office job.

Ask a follow-up (接下来的) question if you have asked a question that can be answered with one word. For example, if you ask, “Where are you from?”, an interesting follow-up question might be, “What would your life be like if you still lived there?”

Ask getting-to-know-you questions. You can ask, “What are your favourite newspapers and magazines? What websites do you often visit?” These questions often show a hidden interest, which can help you go on with a great conversation.

React (作出反应) to what a person is saying. If you are trying to make the conversation interesting, but the person never reacts, you will feel unhappy. So, if the person tells a joke, even if it’s not funny, try to laugh. And if he offers some surprising information, react with surprise.

1.How many ways of making good conversation with a stranger are mentioned in the passage?

A.Three B.Four C.Five D.Six

2.According to the passage, you should not   when you are making conversation with a stranger.

A.tell jokes B.ask questions C.complain about anything D.talk about the weather

3.The writer advises us to ask open questions that   .

A.can be answered with a smile B.can’t be answered with one word

C.people don’t know how to answer D.people don’t want to answer

4.From the last paragraph we can learn that   .

A.we should respect the listener B.good reactions are important

C.we should try to offer surprising information D.it is difficult to be a good speaker

5.What’s this passage mainly about?

A.Skills in asking questions B.Communication is becoming difficult

C.How to make friends with strangers D.Ways to make good conversation with strangers

Someone says the world would be no more in 2012, but our scientists' ideas are not the same. And they are sure to see the future: by the year 3000, this world is going to have different kinds of private machines. They will make the work much easier for us. I even can't give any guess how many people will be living to use them. However, Odd Stuff Magazine has got some new inventions for the year 3000. Take a look and have fun.

In the future you can save time by having a robot make you exercise while you sleep. The future advancement in the toilet(洗手间) can make people surf at home instead of on the sea. Professional sportsmen can make so much money. And they will hire(雇) people to play for them.

The four-legged jeans of the year 3,000 will make sure you have a place to sit everywhere you go. To save on gas, circus(马戏团) performers will take the place of the school bus drivers. And the helicopter(直升飞机) cap can get you around faster and easier than your bike.

1.Which of the following is the writer's idea?

A.The world would come to the end in 2012.

B.New inventions will make the work easier.

C.There will be more people than before.

D.People will have four legs.

2.The underlined word "advancement" is closest in meaning to  .

A.invention B.trouble C.water D.difference

3.Professional sportsmen will be   in the year 3000.

A.busier B.sleepier C.richer D.heavier

4.The jean has four legs and  .

A.people will also have four legs

B.it can make you exercise while you sleep

C.people can use it as a seat to sit on

D.the shape looks very cool

5.From the above reading, we can learn that  .

A.a robot can make its owner fall asleep

B.taking a school bus will not be popular with kids

C.people won't surf on the sea any more

D.there will be a small helicopter in every cap

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