单选题 Many people want to be famous, but don"t know how. Here, I"d like to tell about how to become known or get closer to people.
There are certain qualities that you have to remember while 1 people, be it a friend, a neighbor or anybody 2 you. The first thing is to remember their names and birthdays and never 3 them if you want to get closer to them, because this is 4 you start getting closer to people. You will have to reduce 5 about yourself and start listening a lot. One of the important 6 which can be used to get closer to people is to listen to them. 7 in today"s management studies, listening is a very basic necessity in 8 such as business negotiations and international exchanges. 9 people to speak about themselves and be 10 interested in them.
Another quality you will have to 11 is to appreciate people because everybody needs appreciation, but do not 12 it too far. If you are appreciating, let it be from the 13 of your heart. Everybody has got some good qualities or other which can be 14 . So appreciate the good qualities. See to it that they don"t feel 15 .
Always remember to have a smile 16 your face whenever you meet people, because people don"t like crying faces. Develop a good 17 of humor. Most important of all is to be 18 . So by all these you must know the 19 to reach people. Try those essentials 20 you will see people getting closer to you.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查对上下文的理解。treat是“看待，对待”的意思，introduce是“介绍”，handle指“应付”，greet是“问候”的意思。根据对上下文的理解，可知整篇文章是讲如何待人，故选A正确。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查介词用法。around指“在……周围”，beside“在……旁边”，before“在……之前”，except“除了……”。根据文章意思，应该是“生活中在你周围的任何人”的意思，故选A。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查对上下文的理解。overlook“忽视”，lose“丢失”，forget“忘记”，disturb“打扰”。根据本句中的get closer to them可知，them指代people，所以应用overlook，故选A正确。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查对上下文的理解。technique是“技巧，方法”的意思，standard“标准”，resource“资源”，function“作用，功能”。根据文意，此处应表示的是“方法”之意，故选A。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查对上下文的理解。circumstance是“场合，境况”的意思，consultation“咨询”，correspondence“通讯”，communication“交流，交际”，根据后面“...business negotiation and international exchanges”可知是指具体的某些“场合”，故选A。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词词义辨析。advise“建议”，allow“承认，允许”，encourage“鼓励”，enable“使……能够”。因前面提到要学会倾听，所以这里指出要“鼓励”别人说，故选C。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查副词词义辨析。根据文章意思，应该是真正地流露出感兴趣的样子。obviously“明显地”，naturally“自然地”，genuinely“真正地”，certainly，“绝对地”。选项C正确。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词词义辨析。根据句意，此处应是不要过头的意思，move一般用作移动，推动的意思；而carry除了“提，背，携带”之外，意思更加广泛，如carry the joke too far开玩笑开过头，故选C正确。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查形容词词义辨析。self-confident“自信的”；self-oriented“自我为中心的”；self-conscious“自我意识的”；self-satisfied“自满的”。本句要表达正面的思想，故选A正确。