Question

A conversation is not a business meeting at work or with your family. It is a personal or informal talk that takes place in the restaurant, in a car or walking on the street on your way to work.

It can make or break a relationship. It can make a career successful. It can make new friends. It can just brighten up another person’s life. It can change the world!

Here are some ways to make a conversation bring meaning to you and others.

Before starting a conversation, be clear about what you want to achieve. Knowing your purpose beforehand allows you to keep your conversation to the point and never get lost out of the way.

Start a topic that is very timely and appropriate. The starting point has to be depending on your relationship with the person you are talking to and the situation the person or both of you are going through. Starting the conversation with the right topic sets the tone that brings both sides at ease.

Come up with something that will make both of you interested. This allows the other person to be drawn more to speak up. Discovering common likes and dislikes opens up a bond (纽带) between two people.

Put yourself in the shoes of the other person. Think how the other person feels at that moment. Feeling how the other person feels helps you to be in his position.

One of the most difficult tasks to do in a conversation is really listening. Do not prepare for what to say while the other person is talking. Do not just keep quiet because you want to give the other person a time to talk. The proof that you really listen is to repeat your understanding of what was said in your own words.

After you have spoken, give the other person a time to talk. There are some people who like to talk about themselves. If you are one of them, try to be less selfish. A conversation is not a monologue (独角戏) or an interview.

Managing a conversation shows the kind of person you are. You do not have to wait for the other person to lead the discussion. You can do this. No matter who you are, if you lead a talk, you make a difference.

How to make meaningful conversations
Passage outline	Supporting details
1._______ is a conversation?	A conversation is a personal or informal talk taking place in the 2. __________, in a car or walking on the street.
What can a conversation do?	It can change the world by 3.__________ or breaking a relationship, making a career 4.___________, making new friends or brightening up another person’s life.
How can you make a conversation 5. ________?	Talk with a purpose. Knowing your purpose in 6.____________ keeps your conversation to the point.
Choose a good 7.___________. Starting the conversation with the right topic makes both of you feel easy.
Find common interests. Discovering common likes and dislikes opens up a bond between two people, allowing the other person to be drawn more to speak up.
Put yourself in the shoes of the other person. Feeling how the other person feels can 8. _________ you to be in his position.
9.__________ and repeat. Repeating your understanding of what was said in your own words proves that you are really listening.
Allow your listener to10._________. A conversation is not a monologue or an interview.

 

Answer 1

1.What

2.restaurant

3.making

4.successful

5.meaningful

6.advance

7.topic

8.help

9.Listen

10.talk/speak

【解析】

试题分析：题目主要考查学生从文中提取有效信息并对相关信息进行加工的能力。做题时需要注意是否需要大写，是否需要转换单词的词性。

1.It is a personal or informal talk that takes place in the restaurant, in a car or walking...”可知，第一段介绍了“conversation”的概念，即什么是“交谈”，故填What。

2.that takes place in the restaurant, in a car or walking...”可知，交谈是发生在饭店、车里、路上的私人或非正式的谈话，故填restaurant。

3.It can make or break a relationship.”可知，交谈能够建立或打破一种关系，by后跟动名词，故填making。

4.It can make a career successful. It can make new friends.”可知，交谈能够使事业获得成功，故填successful。

5.Here are some ways to make a conversation bring meaning to you and others.”可知，作者接下来介绍了几种让交谈变得有意义的方法，文中用的是名词meaning，这里需要用其形容词形式作宾补，故填meaningful。

6.Knowing your purpose beforehand allows you to”可知，事先想好交谈的目的能够使谈话不跑题，beforehand预先，事先，in advanve提前，故填advance。

7.Start a topic that is very timely and appropriate. ...Starting the conversation with the right topic sets the tone that brings both sides at ease.”可知，本段讲的是要选择一个合适的话题，故填topic。

8.Feeling how the other person feels helps you to be in his position.”可知，了解对方的感受能帮助你设身处地为他人着想，can后面用动词原形，故填help。

9.One of the most difficult tasks to do in a conversation is really listening.”可知，谈话中最重要的一个任务就是倾听，故填Listen。

10.give the other person a time to talk...A conversation is not a monologue (独角戏) or an interview.”可知，在谈话中，应该给对方表达他的想法的时间，不能一个人说个不停，故填talk/speak。

考点：考查提取有效信息和词性转换的能力