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The First Four Minutes

When do people decide whether or not they want to become friends? During their first four minutes together, according to a book by Dr. Leonard Zunin. In his book, Contact: The first four minutes, he offers this advice to anyone(46): "Every time you meet someone in a social situation, give him your undivided attention for four minutes. A lot of people's whole lives would change if they did just that. "

You may have noticed that the average person does not give his undivided attention to someone he has just met. He keeps looking over the other person's shoulder, as if(47). If anyone has ever done this to you, you probably did not like him very much.

When we are introduced to new people, the author suggests, we should try to appear riendly and self-confident. In general, he says, "People like people who like themselves. "

On the other hand, we should not make the other person think we are too sure of ourselves.

It is important to appear interested and sympathetic, realizing that the other person has his own needs, fears, and hopes.

Hearing such advice, one might say, "But I'm not a friendly, self-confident person. That's not my nature. It would be dishonest for me to act that way".

In reply, Dr. Zunin would claim that a little practice can help us (48) We canbecome accustomed to any changes we choose to make in our personality. "It is like gettingused to a new car. It may be unfamiliar at first, but it goes much better than the old one. "

But isn't it dishonest to give the appearance of friendly self-'confidence when we don't actually feel that way? Perhaps, but according to Dr. Zunin, "total honesty" is not always good for social relationships, especially during the first few minutes of contact. There is a time for everything, and a certain amount of play-acting may be best for the first few minutes of contact with a stranger. That is not the time to complain about one's health or to mention faults one finds in other people. It is not the time to tell the whole truth about one's opinions and mpressions.

Much of (49) also applies to relationships with family members and friends. For a husband and wife or a parent and child, problems often arise during their first four minutes together after they have been apart. Dr. Zunin suggests that these first few minutes together be treated with care. If there are unpleasant matters to be discussed, they should be dealt with later.

The author says that interpersonal relations should be taught as a required course in every school, along with reading, writing, and mathematics. In his opinion, success in life depends mainly on _(50). That is at least as important as how much we know.

请在第__(46)__处填上正确答案。

A.

feel comfortable about changing our social habits

B. what has been said about strangers

C. how we get along with other people

D. interested in starting new friendships

E. hoping to find someone more interesting in another part of the room

F. who has made friends with everyone

参考答案:D 系统解析:空白处前面的句子说的是“什么时候人们决定他们是否想要成为朋友呢?根据Leonard Zunin的书，是最初的四分钟。在他的《接触：最初的四分钟》一书中，Leonard Zunin给那些_____ 提供了建议”，这本书显然是关于交友的书，所以空白处填入的内容与交朋友相关，所以选项D“对开始一段新的友谊感兴趣”为正确答案。

47

请在第__(47)__处填上正确答案。

A.

feel comfortable about changing our social habits

B. what has been said about strangers

C. how we get along with other people

D. interested in starting new friendships

E. hoping to find someone more interesting in another part of the room

F. who has made friends with everyone

参考答案:E 系统解析:空白处的句子说的是“他一直不停地看着另外一个人的肩膀，好像_____”，所以空白处填入的内容应该是他这样做的目的，因此选项E“希望找到房间中更有趣的人”为正确答案。

48

请在第__(48)__处填上正确答案。

A.

feel comfortable about changing our social habits

B. what has been said about strangers

C. how we get along with other people

D. interested in starting new friendships

E. hoping to find someone more interesting in another part of the room

F. who has made friends with everyone

参考答案:A 系统解析:空白处的句子说的是“作为回应，Zunin声称一点点的练习有利于_____”，空白处后一句说的是“我们能变得习惯于我们选择要做出的任何改变”。所以空白处填入的内容与change相关，同时根据语法结构“help sb.(to)d0”可知空白处跟的是动词不定式的形式，四个选项中只有选项A为动词不定式，因此选项A“对改变我们的社会习惯感到很舒服”无论从语法还是语意都符合语境。

49

请在第__(49)__处填上正确答案。

A.

feel comfortable about changing our social habits

B. what has been said about strangers

C. how we get along with other people

D. interested in starting new friendships

E. hoping to find someone more interesting in another part of the room

F. who has made friends with everyone

参考答案:B 系统解析:空白处的句子说的是“许多的_____ 也适用于我们同家人和朋友的关系”，从“als0”可以判断是承前说的，因而得看上一段说了什么，分析之后我们知道上一段讲的与stranger有关，所以空白处填入的内容承前与stranger相关，所以选项B“有关陌生人的一些说法”为正确答案。

50

请在第__(50)__处填上正确答案。

A.

feel comfortable about changing our social habits

B. what has been said about strangers

C. how we get along with other people

D. interested in starting new friendships

E. hoping to find someone more interesting in another part of the room

F. who has made friends with everyone

参考答案:C 系统解析:空白处前面的句子说的是“作者说人际关系应该与读、写和算术一起被作为学校的必修课程。从他的观点看，成功主要取决于 ”，空白处后的句子说的是“那(人际关系)与我们所知道的东西一样重要”，所以空白处填入的内容与人际关系的重要性相关，因此选项C“我们如何与人相处”为正确答案。

（责任编辑：pgl）