Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it _______ patience(耐心). If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home _______.

Joining a club or group, talking to those who like the same things _______ you do is much easier. Or join someone in some activity.

Many people are _______ when talking to new people. _______ meeting strangers means seeing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit _______ about the unknown. Most of fears about _______ new people come from doubts (怀疑) about _______. We imagine other people are judging us — finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself as you are, and try to put the other at ease. You’ll both feel more comfortable.

Try to act self-confident(自信) _______ you don’t feel that way when you ________ a room full of strangers. Walk tall and straight, look at other people directly and ________.

If you see someone you’d like to ________, say something. Don’t wait for ________ person to start a talk.

Just meeting someone new does not mean that you’ll make friends with that person. ________ is based on mutual(相互的) likings and “give and take”. It takes time to ________ friendship.

【1】A.costs B.needs C.spends D.wants

【2】A.lonely B.yourself C.alone D.with you

【3】A.as B.that C.which D.what

【4】A.shy B.excited C.afraid D.worried

【5】A.At all B.For all C.In all D.After all

【6】A.unhappy B.usual C.worried D.unlucky

【7】A.meeting B.talking C.visiting D.speaking

【8】A.yourself B.himself C.yourselves D.ourselves

【9】A.even when B.even if C.as if D.what if

【10】A.come B.go C.enter D.step to

【11】A.laugh B.smile C.cry D.jump

【12】A.speak to B.talk about C.say to D.call up

【13】A.other B.the other C.another D.others

【14】A.Relation B.Friendship C.Connection D.Feeling

【15】A.develop B.start C.keep D.change