CULTURAL DIVERSITYCHOOSE THE WORD WHOSE MAIN STRESS SYLLABLE IS PUT DI...

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Last week Mark told me that he got very bored with his present job and is looking for a new

one.

A

B

C

D

Choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the folloeing sentences.

My aunt is one of those people who can talk to anyone about anything. If she goes to a

party where she doesn't know any of the people, she just walks up to the first person that she

sees and introduces herself. And yet she doesn't seem to talk about deeply important things

like politics or religion. She always starts off on something very obvious like the other

person's job. Very soon she's talking as if she's known the other person for years. I asked her

once what her secret was. She said that the most important thing in a conversation was

listening. People love to talk about themselves, so if you allow them to do so, it's very easy to

keep a conversation going. You have to listen very carefully and ask questions. And you have

to look interested, too. So don't keep looking at other things in the room while you're talking

to someone.

Another thing that I've noticed is that she only pays people compliments. She says: “I like

your hair. Which hairdresser do you go to?” or “You look very well. Have you been on

holiday?” Friendly messages like this seem to provide an easy way into a conversation.