第二节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

Making friends is a skill．Like most skills, it 　25 　patience．If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take some action．You must first go where there are people．You won’t make friends staying home 　26 ．

Joining a club or group, talking to those who like the same things 　27 　you do is much easier．Or join someone 　28 　some activity．

Many people are 　29 　when talking to new people．After all, meeting strangers means seeing the unknown．And it’s human nature to feel a bit 　30 　about the unknown．Most of fears about meeting new people come from doubts about 　31 ．We imagine other people are 　32 　us--finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that． But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way．Try to 　33 　yourself as you are, and try to put the other at ease．You’ll both feel more comfortable．

Try to act self-confident 　34 　you don’t feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers．Walk tall and straight, look at other people directly and 　35 ．

If you see someone you’d like to 　36 , say something．Don’t wait for 　37 　person to start a talk．

Just meeting someone 　38 　does not mean that you’ll make friends with that person．39_ 　　is based on mutual(相互的) likings and “give and take”．It takes time to develop friendship. 　

24. ____ it is to chat with Anne online! And I am expecting to meet her this evening ______.

23. I _____him to give in to the headmaster. But he didn’t listen to me. He insisted that the morning exercise competition _____until next month.

22. Her sister ______ a rich man. They ______ for twenty years.

21. Keeping a balanced diet is one way ______ one can keep healthy.

20. The most important thing about coal in _____ history is ____ part that it played in the Industrial Revolution.

19. Her ________look suggested that she would take the _________ journey.