2021年全国乙卷
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
According to Jessica Hagy, author of How to Be Interesting, it’s not difficult to make yourself interesting at a dinner party.
_____36_____, if you’re out of your comfort zone or if you’re wandering into somebody’s house for the first time. So the main thing is just to show up and be adventurous, trying different foods and talking to strangers.
People love to talk about themselves. If you can start the conversation with a question other than “What do you do for a living?”, you’ll be able to get a lot more interesting conversation out of whomever it is you’re talking to. _____37_____, it can bring in “I have this old, broken-down vehicle” or “I rode the bus with these crazy people who were laughing at silly jokes in the back.” It just opens up conversation.
_____38_____? If you can’t take their wine away, you should certainly try to take away their soapbox (讲台). If you’re the host, you can ask them to help you in the kitchen with something and just remove them from the situation. _____39_____.
And what about that other dinner-party killer: awkward silence? If you’re faced with an awkward silence at a dinner party, the only thing that always gets everyone talking again is to give the host a compliment (赞扬). _____40_____. Just quickly tun around and say, “This cake is extremely delicious and you have to tell me all about it.”
So being interesting at a dinner party isn’t that hard.
A. How do you know the host
B. The first step is to go exploring
C. If you ask the question “How did you get here?”
D. Be prepared to have awkward conversations with strangers
E. Or turn the conversation into a topic where they have little to say
F. What about that person who has had too much to drink or won’t stop talking
G. He or she is the person who is feeling the weight of that awkwardness the most
答案及解析：
36. B. The first step is to go exploring
解析：此句与前文提到的 "it's not difficult to make yourself interesting at a dinner party" 和后文的 "if you're out of your comfort zone or if you're wandering into somebody's house for the first time" 相呼应，说明第一步是去探索新环境。
37. C. If you ask the question “How did you get here?”
解析：此句与后文的 "it can bring in 'I have this old, broken-down vehicle' or 'I rode the bus with these crazy people who were laughing at silly jokes in the back'" 相呼应，说明提出 "你怎么来的?" 这样的问题可以引出更多有趣的话题。
38. F. What about that person who has had too much to drink or won’t stop talking
解析：此句与后文的 "If you can’t take their wine away, you should certainly try to take away their soapbox" 相呼应，说明这是在讨论如何应对那些喝得太多或者说话不停的人。
39. E. Or turn the conversation into a topic where they have little to say
解析：此句与后文的 "If you’re the host, you can ask them to help you in the kitchen with something and just remove them from the situation" 相呼应，说明可以转换话题到一个他们不太能参与的话题，从而减少他们的话语。
40. G. He or she is the person who is feeling the weight of that awkwardness the most
解析：此句与后文的 "Just quickly turn around and say, 'This cake is extremely delicious and you have to tell me all about it'" 相呼应，说明在这种情况下，主持人是最能感受到尴尬沉默压力的人，因此给主持人一个赞扬是打破沉默的好方法。
