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.