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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the following questions.
My aunt is one of those people who can talk to anyone about anything. If she goes to a
party where she doesn't know any of the people, she just walks up to the first person that she sees
and introduces herself. And yet she doesn't seem to talk about deeply important things like
politics or religion. She always starts off on something very obvious like the other person's job.
Very soon she's talking as if she's known the other person for years. I asked her once what her
secret was. She said that the most important thing in a conversation was listening. People love to
talk about themselves, so if you allow them to do so, it's very easy to keep a conversation going.
You have to listen very carefully and ask questions. And you have to look interested, too. So don't
keep looking at other things in the room while you're talking to someone.
Another thing that I've noticed is that she only pays people compliments. She says: “I like
your hair. Which hairdresser do you go to?” or “You look very well. Have you been on holiday?”
Friendly messages like this seem to provide an easy way into a conversation.
Question 41. According to my aunt, the most important thing in a conversation was__________.
A. speaking B. discussing C. looking D. listening
Question 42. At parties where she does not know anybody, my aunt normally__________.
A. feels embarrassed and stays away from people
B. asks people to introduces themselves to her
C. comes over to the first person and introduces herself
D. sits alone and avoids talking to other people
Question 43. My aunt thinks that it's very easy to keep a conversation going if you__________.
A. let people talk about themselves B. let people hear about yourself
C. talk about politics or religion D. ask people about their secrets
Question 44. What should you NOT do when you have a conversation with someone?
A. Looking very interested in his or her story B. Looking at other things in the room
C. Listening very carefully and asking questions D. Paying him or her compliments
Question 45. According to the passage, my aunt often starts a conversation by talking about
________. A. the other person's wealth B. the other person's health
C. the other person's daily activities D. the other person's job
Mark the letter A, B, c or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in
meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.
Question 46: I didn't understand what he was saying because I hadn't read his book.
A. If I had read his book, I would have understood what be was saying.
B. I wouldn’t have understood what he was saying if I hadn’t read his book.
C. It was had to understand his book so I didn’t understand what he was saying.
D. I couldn’t understand his book because I didn’t read it.
Question 47: How he got home last night is still a mystery to me.
A. I am eager to know how be got home last night.
B. I know a little about how he got home last night.
C. I know nothing about how he got home last night.
D. I am curious about how he got home last night.
Question 48: Although he was able to do the job, he wasn't given the position.
A. He was given neither the job nor the position.
B. Because be couldn’t do the job, he wasn’t given the position.
C. He got the position despite being unable to do the job.
D. The position wasn’t given to him in spite of his ability to do the job.
Question 49: “Stop making noise or go out of the room!” said the lady to the kids.
A. The lady was angry and she forced the kids out of the room.
B. The lady requested the kids to go out of the room and make noise outside.
C. The lady didn’t want the kids to be in the room.
D. The lady said that if the kids wanted to stay in the room, they had to stop making noise.
Question 50: The police are questioning him the headquarters.
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A. He is being asked to make questions by the police at the headquarters.
B. Many questions are raised about him by the police at the headquarters.
C. The police are trying to get information from him at the headquarters.
D. The police are making questions about him at the headquarters.
__________THE END__________
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