第二卷（非选择题 共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 短文填词（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

There are a few different r       why people use small talk.      76       

The first, and most obvious, is to break an uncomfortable s         77       

Another reason, however, is simply to kill t     . That’s why it is    78       

so common to make small talk when you are w      for something.       79        

Some people make small take in order to be p     . You may not    80        

feel l           chatting with anyone at a party, but it is         81        

r       to just sit in a corner by yourself. After someone         82       

i          you to another person ,you do not know anything about then,83     

so in order to show a polite i        in getting to know them better,       84       

you have to start with some small talk. And remember in an English-speaking environment it is

often b        to make a few mistakes than to say nothing at all!    85