quiz-unit6

新编大学英语第四册

Quiz-Unit 6

Exercise 1: Cloze

Many Americans find silence uncomfortable during a buffet or a

formal dinner. -1- there is the -2-practice of making “small talk in certain social situations. Small talk deals with various topics, simply for the sake of keeping a conversation -3-. Small talks is -4- useful at social gathering when you meet someone for the first time, or when polite conversation is -5- but not seriously discussion is desired.

It is common but not necessarily expected that one should know

someone in a group -6- engaging him or her in conversation. -7- , at a party or -8- informal social gathering, a simple “May I join you?” and a self-introduction is normally sufficient to gain acceptance into a group and to join in a conversation. In some places, it is common for -9- to start a conversation even -10- an introduction.

1. A) But B) And C) So D) Then

2. A) good B) bad C) various D) widespread

3. A) making B) going C) moving D) lasting

4. A) perhaps B) hardly C) widely D) especially

5. A) expected B) used C) acted D) made

6. A) after B) before C) with D) by

7. A) Otherwise B) But C) However D) Therefore

8. A) a B) some C) another D) other