Question

用方框中所給單詞的適當形式填空，使短文通順、正確、連貫（每個單詞限用一次）

so,  true,   kind,   say,   much,   invite,   you,  instead   polite,   activity

When someone asks you to do something you do not feel like doing, what should you do? It’s a good idea to say “no” at this time. It’s better to spend more time on some useful   1  .However, you may worry others will think you impolite or  2  . What should you do? Here are some tips that may help you.
It is OK to make up white lies. That doesn’t mean you are dishonest.   3  , it may make both you and the other person pleased and comfortable.
When   4  to a party or some other events that you do not want to take part in, you can say, “No, but thanks for the invitation. That’s very kind of you.” In this way you can not only refuse  5 but make the person who invited you feel comfortable.
When you don’t want to lie, just tell the   6    . You may say like this, “I want to spend more time on myself,  7 I’ve decided to say‘no’to these activities.” In this way, people will see that you respect yourself, and as a result they’ll also pay you  8 respect.
My last suggestion is to just do it. You may feel uncomfortable at first, but this is not the reason for   9  “no”. Never make anything more complicated （復雜的）than it is.
Feel proud of   10  for being strong enough to say “no”.

Answer 1

【小題1】activities
【小題2】unkind
【小題3】Instead
【小題4】invited
【小題5】politely
【小題6】truth
【小題7】so
【小題8】more
【小題9】saying
【小題10】yourself

解析【小題1】useful activities“有用的活動”。
【小題2】和impolite“不禮貌的”，對應的是unkind“不友好的”，都是貶義詞。
【小題3】這里應該填副詞，Instead“相反的”，和前面的句子： That doesn’t mean you are dishonest.相對應。
【小題4】這題是過去分詞做時間狀語，when后面省略了you are，you和invite是被動的關系。填invited。
【小題5】句意是：你不能僅僅禮貌的拒絕。填politely。
【小題6】lie對應的是 truth，意為：當你不想撒謊時，你可以說出事實。
【小題7】兩句話是因果關系。句意是：我想留給自己更多時間，所以我拒絕這些活動。填so。
【小題8】句意是：別人會看出你尊重他們，他們會給你更多的尊重。填more。
【小題9】the reason for doing“…的原因”填saying。
【小題10】Feel proud of yourself“以自己為榮”填yourself。