Choose the best answer and complete the passage(选择最恰当的选项完成短文)

Birthday party is on the way!

Thirty minutes ______ the party, volunteers arrive and get to work. They make delicious food, prepare exciting games and arrange colorfully wrapped boxes on a table. Soon it's time to play the music and welcome the eager guests. They rush in, ready to celebrate.

Every month, parties like this take place at homeless shelters across the country. They're hosted by a group called the Birthday Party Project. This non-profit ______ throws birthday parties for groups of kids who don't have a home. For many of them, it's the first birthday party they've ever had.

Paige Chenault is the founder of the Birthday Party Project. "Everyone wants a chance to feel known and seen, and a birthday is a ______ time to make it true. "says Chenault. She and her family threw the Birthday Party Project's first event in January 2012. "We realized our own community was a great place to start, "she says. Since then, the project has ______. Now it hosts about 50 monthly parties in 15 cities. More than 10,000 Children have celebrated their birthday at these events.

Eight-year-old Dipson is one of them. At the party held there in March 2019. Dipson unwrapped his gift: a new bicycle. "It was very fun,"he says. But Dipson also says he has learned a ______ from his party: "You can get a bit sick when you have too much chocolate cake. ,"he warns future party-goers.

Jamie Gates is the education supporter at the housing community where Dipson lives. The Birthday Party Project holds parties there each month. According to Gates, if she doesn't remember to tell the children the date of the next event, they'll ______ asking her until they get the answer. "Parents will come to the party, too," she says. "Everyone in the community loves it."

1.A.over B.after C.before D.during

2.A.school B.organization C.conference D.station

3.A.sudden B.private C.perfect D.safe

4.A.grown B.begun C.frozen D.gone

5.A.saying B.subject C.skill D.lesson

6.A.dislike B.keep C.miss D.finish

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

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