笔译三级综合能力（完形填空）模拟试卷8
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Starting a conversation is as easy for some people as eating and breathing. However, if you suffer from social anxiety disorder (SAD), a room full of strangers can be as frightening as moving to a foreign country. If the stranger that you are looking to start, a conversation with is an authority figure, this just adds to your anxiety. Here are helpful tips when trying to start a conversation.
Often the person you are trying to start a conversation _______【C1】 will have some item of jewelry, an unusual shirt or maybe even a tattoo; something distinctive that tells a story about the _______【C2】. Items like this give you a starting _______【C3】for conversation.
After you receive a _______【C4】, the key is to have something else to say that will give you a _______【C5】platform on which to build a conversation and a relationship. You need to think of a follow-up _______ 【C6】 before you start. This is the key to building a conversation. Follow up with something personal that _______【C7】to the other person and that tells them something interesting about you.
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1.【C1】(D)
A. in
B. on
C. from
D. with
解析：空格所在句是省略了 that 的定语从句，修饰 the person，且 the person 在从句中作宾语，根据 start a conversation with sb.的固定搭配，此处应填入介词 with。
2.【C2】(A)
A. person
B. group
C. staff
D. team
解析：空格前的something distinctive是对前文some item of jewelry，an unusual shirt和a tattoo的概括，都是说明the person的特点，故空格处应填入person。
3.【C3】(D)
A. part
B. pace
C. place
D. point
解析：本句的大意是“这些东西都可以作为谈话的开端”，a starting point“开头，开端”是固定搭配，故选D项。
4.【C4】(C)
A. letter
B. call
C. response
D. topic
解析：前文提到以那些话题开始谈话，接着要收到的应该是对方的回应，receive a response意为“收到回复”。答案选C项。
5.【C5】(C)
A. joint
B. mutual
C. common
D. rare
解析：platform后由定语从句修饰，说明这是一个构建双方谈话和关系的平台，可推断这是一个谈话双方共享的平台，a common platform 符合文意。注意 mutual虽然也有“共同的”意思，但常见的搭配是 mutual friend/interest“共同朋友/共同利益”。
6.【C6】(C)
A. visit
B. reply
C. story
D. check
解析：结合下文的Follow up with something personal“接着说一些个人的事情\\
7.【C7】(A)
A. relates
B. comes
C. goes
D. points
解析：根据语境可推测空格处指和其他人相关的个人话题，填入的词要和to搭配，只有relates符合语境和用法，答案选 A项。
8.【C8】(D)
A. Considered
B. Taken
C. Supposed
D. Given
解析：空格后是the right circumstance“时机合适”，后半句提到“这个开场白会奏效”，可知前半句是条件，故可填入引导条件状语的介词 Given。
9.【C9】(A)
A. say
B. refer
C. turn
D. converse
解析：根据下文的引语，可知空格处应表示和某人说话，say to sb.符合语境，答案选A项。
10.【C10】(D)
A. command
B. conduct
C. contact
D. connect
解析：All these指代上文和他人谈话的建议，可知这些建议是有助于拉近人们的联系，connect sb.to sb.意为“将……和……联系起来”，符合文意，答案选D项。
11.【C11】(C)
A. leave
B. reach
C. attend
D. admit
解析：空格所在句是特殊疑问句，空格应填入动词和school搭配，attend school“上学”为固定搭配，答案选C项。
12.【C12】(A)
A. free
B. cordial
C. nice
D. good
解析：空格前半句提到“你聊遍了有关其他人的个人话题”，随后应该是可以随意转换话题，feel free to do sth.意为“可自由做某事”，答案选A项。
13.【C13】(A)
A. know
B. meet
C. introduce
D. understand
解析：本句大意是“你并不是要弄清楚之前是否见过面，而是要……彼此”。由于本文讨论的是初次见面谈话，所以应该是要认识彼此（know each other），A项正确。
14.【C14】(B)
A. review
B. comment
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