My aunt is one of those people who can talk to anyone aout 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 with 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, it's very easy to keep a conversation going. You have to listen very carefully and ask question. 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 a people compliments. She say: "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.

1/ According to my aunt, the most important thing in a conversation was _____

A. Speaking B. Discussing C. Looking D. Listening

2/ At parties where she does not know anybody, my aunt normally

A. feels embarrased and stays away from people

B. asks people to introduce themselves to her

C. comes over to the first person and introduce herself

D. sits alone and avoids talking to other people

3/ 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

4/ 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. Listenig very carefully and asking questions

D. Paying him or her compliments

5/ 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 jobs

Các câu hỏi liên quan

I. turn into passive voice

1. my father waters this flower every morning

2. John invited Fiona to his birthday party last night

3. Her mother is preparing the dinner in the kitchen

4. We should clean our teeth twice a day

5. our teachers have explained the English grammar

6. some drunk drivers caused the accident in this city

7. Tom will visit his parents next month

8. The manager didn't phone the secretary this morning

9. Did Mary this beautiful dress?

10. I won't hang these old pictures in the living room

11. The German didn't build this factory during the second world war

12. The German are going to paint this house and these cars for Christmas Day

13. Ann had fed the cats before she went to the cinema

14. The students have discussed the pollution problems since last night

15. Have the thieves stolen the mos valuable painting in the national museum?

16. Some people will interview the new president on TV

17. How many languages do they speak in canada?

18. Are you going to repair those shoes?

19. He has broken his nose in a fotball match

20. Have you finished the above sentences?

21. the waiter brings me this dish

22. our friends send these postcards to us

23. Their grandmother told them this story when they visted her last week

24. Tim ordered this train ticket for his mother

25. You didn't show me the special cameras

26. She showed her ticket to the airline agent

27. He lends his friend his new shoes

28. she left her relatives five million pounds

29. The shop assiastant handed these boxes to the customer

30. the board awarded the first prize to the reporter

31. Have you sent the christmas cards to your family ?

32. the committee appointed Alice secretary for the meeting

33. He hides the broken cup in the drawer

34. They keep this room tidy all the time

35. They all voted the party a great success

36. We gave Ann some bananas and some flowers

37. They moved the fridge into the living room

38. She bought some cups of tea to the visitors in the next room

39. they find the new project worthless

40. the secretary didn't take the note to the manager

II. chuyen cac cau sau sang bi dong

1. They told me that you were the best architect in this city

2. she reported that the flowers were killed by fost

3. some people inform me that the director is going to take a business trip to England

4. That officer announced that the meeting was delayed until next week

5. He discovered that this cotton was grown in Egypt

6. They promise that the performance will start on time

7. He recommends that we should stay at the city center

8. We believed that Alice ould pass the driving test

9. The director notifies all the workers that they will have to work extra hard this month

10. They have persuaded me that they will go with me to the stadium

11. they have decided that the company will go to the beach together at the weekend

12. people think that maradona is the best football player in the 20th century

13. They find that the job is not suitable for a girl like her

14. the teacher explainted that this powerful engine pulled the train

15. he told me that his football team had played well last season

16. I had my nephew paint the gate last week

17. She will have Peter wash her car tomorrow

18. John gets his sister to clean his shirt

19. Anne had had a friend type her composition

20. Rick will have a barber cut his hair

21. I will get the dressmaker to make a new dress

22. He had a mechanic repair his car

23. She often gets the technician to maintain the heater

24. they had the police arrest the shoplifter

25. Are you going to have the shoemaker repair your shoes ?

26. I must have the dentist check my teeth

27. She will have a veterinary surgeon examine her dog

28. We had a man take his photograph when we were on holiday last summer

29. the greens had a carpet clean their carpet

30. they have her tell the story again