America’s last strategy (对策) for single persons who don’t want to be single any longer has many names : speed-dating, express-date, 10-minute-dating or simply mini-date.

    The principle is the same: Why spend an ___36___ evening with a stranger ___37___you really feel the first few minutes that you can’t ___38___ the person?

    The solution: The man and woman sit down ___39___ each other . A bell is sounded, and in the next 7 to 10 minutes each one tries to find out as much as possible about the ___40___ persons. When the bell ___41___ off a second time, the man stands up and moves ___42___ to the next female.

    At such a meeting in San Francisco ___43___, some 200 men and women between the ages of 30 and 60 had a ___44___ expression on their faces, in two long ___45___ opposite each other. The signal was given, and then almost everybody stared ___46___ away.

    Richard Gosse, ___47___ of “ AMERICAN SINGLES,” says this is the fastest, most effective and at the moment “___48___ ” way to research for a partner. Minute-date has become a ___49___ everywhere from a computer fans in Silicon Valley to young people in San Francisco to the suburbs of Chicago. Gosse says the quick method to get to know each other is helpful above all for ___50___ singles who are not brave enough to speak to a stranger in a bar.

    His ___51___ : Don’t talk about money, your weight or about your former partner, but ___52___ about your dreams, desires and hobbies.

    Most speed-dating meetings cost about us$25 per evening, ___53___ a person to get to know 15 to 20 people ___54___ the opposite sex. Speed-dating is so much in demand in America that most meetings are ___55___ out weeks and months in advance.

36. A. exciting          B. entire               C. interesting           D. early

37. A. if                B. before           C. until                D. unless

38.A. know             B. comfort          C. stand                D. meet

39.A. watching          B. facing           C. noticing             D. separating

40. A. first             B. next            C. last                 D. other

41.A. takes             B. sets             C. goes                D. falls

42. A. on              B. about               C. out                  D. in

43. A. long ago          B. at first           C. recently             D. immediately

44. A. calm             B. hopeful          C. serious              D. fearful

45. A. groups           B. teams               C. rows                D. pairs

46. A. laughing          B. walking          C. running             D. talking

47. A. boss             B. chairman         C. official              D. trainer

48. A. cleverest          B. cheapest          C. best                D. hottest

49. A. practice          B. training          C. tradition             D. custom

50. A. active             B. attractive         C. shy                 D. anxious

51. A. idea              B. tip              C. order                D. warning

52. A. still              B. rather               C. also                D. even

53. A. forcing           B. persuading       C. encouraging          D. allowing

54. A. of               B. from             C. for                 D. among

55. A. attended          B. booked          C. reported             D. announced

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