Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with __1__ . If you want to make friends, you must be able to take___2__. You must first go___3___there are people. You won't make friends staying home alone.

　　Join a club or a group, for talking with those who ___4___ the same things as you do is easier. ___5___ join someone in some activity.

　　Many people are___6___when talking to people.____7____ meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it's human 8 to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.

　　Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from ___9___ about ourselves. We____10____ other people are judging us, find us too tall or too short, too thin or too fat.___11____don't forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself

　　____12____you are, and try to put the other person at ease. In this way you'll feel ___13___ .

　　Try to be self-confident even if you don't feel that way____14_____you enter a room full of ___15___ such as a big hall, walk straight in, look 16 at other people and smile. If you see someone you'd like to say something to, don't wait for the other person to___17____a conversation.

　　Just meeting someone____18____doesn't mean that you will make friends with that person-friendship is___19____on mutual liking and "giving and taking". It takes 20 and effort to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.

　　1. A. practice B. money C. girls D. everything

　　2. A. photos B. actions C. trouble D. place

　　3. A. where B. that C. which D. when

　　4. A. have B. like C. own D. share

　　5. A. So B. Or C. However D. But

　　6. A. nervous B. happy C. valuable D. familiar

　　7. A. Above all B. After all C. At all D. In all

　　8. A. nature B. advantage C. happiness D. friend

　　9. A. mistakes B. beliefs C. wonders D. doubts

　　10. A. suggest B. regret C. forget D. imagine

　　11. A. And B. Therefore C. But D. So

　　12. A. as B. who C. when D. what

　　13. A. dangerous B. hopeless C. nervous D. comfortable

　　14. A. when B. while C. that D. why

　　15. A. strangers B. relatives C. classmates D. teachers

　　16. A. anxiously B. angrily C. curiously D. directly

　　17. A. start B. finish C. end D. delay

　　18. A. tall B. new C. familiar D. tired

　　19. A. made B. laid C. taken D. based

　　20. A. hope B. people C. time D. talk

　　[答案与解析]

　　1. A。下文提到了通过参加俱乐部等在实践中交友。

　　2. B。take actions是固定词组，意为"采取行动"。本句意为：如果你想交友，你就必须付诸行动。

　　3. A。想交朋友，你就必须到有人的地方去。where引导地点状语从句。

　　4. B。在俱乐部里，跟那些与你爱好相同的人交谈更容易些。

　　5. B。本段中的两个句子均为作者对交友一事提出的建议，即"参加俱乐部、参加一个团体或者参加某人的某个活动"。这三种行为属选择关系。

　　6. A 7. B 8. A。本段最后一句的uncomfortable提示第6空填nervous。很多人在与别人交谈时会感到紧张，毕竟遇到陌生人就意味着面对不熟悉的面孔，面对不熟悉的面孔会使人感到不舒服，这是人的本性。

　　9. D。面对陌生人会产生恐惧感，这来自于对自己的怀疑，这就是没有自信心的表现。

　　10. D。由于对自己产生怀疑，同时也猜测别人对自己的看法。

　　11. C。此处表转折关系。12. A。as引导状语从句。13. D。这样你就会感觉舒服了。

　　14. A 15. A 16. D 17. A。当你走进一个满是陌生人的房间时，比如说大厅，即使是你不自信，你也要设法表现得自信些，简直走进去，目光对着别人，面带微笑。如果你见到你喜欢的人或想与之说话的人，不要等到对方先开口。

　　18. B 19. D。someone new与上文的stranger相对应。be based on是固定词组，意为"建立在……基础上"。本句意为：友谊是建立在相互喜欢以及"给予和索取"基础上的。

　　20. C。友谊需要付出时间和努力才能发展。

　　(文/文玉荣；英语辅导报高三版2003-2004学年第26期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)