On the first day of your Senior High you must meet many new classmates. Do you want to make friends with them? Do you know how to make friends with them? The following article will tell you how to do it.
Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it improves 21 practice. If you want to meet people and make friends you must be 22 to take action. You must first go to places where there are people. You won’t make friends 23 at home alone. Join a club or group, for talking with those who 24 the same experience as you is easier, and 25 them in some activities.
Many people are 26 when talking to strangers. After all, meeting strangers means facing 27 , and it’s human nature to 28 a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.
Most of our fears about dealing with strange people 29 from doubts about ourselves. We 30 other people are judging us, thinking us too tall or too short, too this or too that. 31 , don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself 32 you are, and try to put the other person at ease. You’ll 33 feel more comfortable.
Try to act self-confidently 34 you don’t feel that way 35 you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk straight, look 36 at other people and smile. If you see someone you’d like to 37 , say something. Don’t wait for the other people to 38 a conversation.
Just meeting someone 39 doesn’t mean that you will make friends with that person. Friendship is 40 on mutual（相互的）liking and “give and take”. It takes time and effort to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.
21. A. with B. on C. of D. to
22. A. able B. sure C. certain D. willing
23. A. lying B. going C. staying D. leaving
24. A. get B. have C. make D. like
25. A. join in B. take part in C. join D. enter
26. A. afraid B. happy C. nervous D. familiar
27. A. the newcomer B. the enemy C. the failure D.the unknown
28. A. feel B. fall C. cover D. suffer
29. A. bring B. come C. get D. move
30. A. find out B. believe in C. doubt D. imagine
31. A. Besides B. But C. However D. Therefore
32. A. what B. who C. that D. as
33. A. all B. both C. exactly D. never
34. A. even if B. because C. so long as D. as if
35. A. when B. while C. that D. in which
36. A. well B. immediately C. highly D. directly
37. A. refer to B. love C. speak to D. smile
38. A. start B. stop C. show D. hold
39. A. humorous B. new C. good D. old
40. A. depended B. based C. taken D. laid