55.A.is yours B.means nothing C.belongs to you D.costs nothing
36~40 ABDBC 41~45 ACDAB 46~50
DCBAD 51~55 CCBAD
D
American’s latest 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(原则)is the same :Why spend an 36 evening with a stranger 37 you realize after only the first few minutes that you can’t 38 the person？
The solution(解决办法):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 men
stand up and move 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
started 46 away.
Richard Cosse, 47 of “American Singles,” says this is the fastest,most effective and at the moment “ 48 ”way to search for a partner.Minute-dates
have become a 49 everywhere from computer fans
in Silicon Valley to gays 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.
