Directions：Readthefollowingthreepassages．Eachpassagesisfollowedbyseveralquestionsorunfinishedstatements．ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedwithABCandD．Choosetheonetha

　　Directions：Readthefollowingthreepassages．Eachpassagesisfollowedbyseveralquestionsorunfinishedstatements．ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedwithABCandD．Choosetheonethatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassage．

　　Rememberingnamesisanimportantsocialskill．Herearesomewaystomasterit．

　　Reciteandrepeatinconversation

　　Whenyouhearaperson'snamerepeatit．Immediatelysayittoyourselfseveraltimeswithoutmovingyourlips．Youcouldalsorepeatthenameinawaythatdoesnotsoundforcedorartificial．

　　Asktheotherpersontoreciteandrepeat

　　Youcanletotherpeoplehelpyouremembertheirnames．Afteryou’vebeenintroducedtosomeoneaskthatpersontospellthenameandpronounceitcorrectlyforyou．Mostpeoplewillbepleasedbytheeffortyou’remakingtolearntheirnames．

　　Admityoudon'tknow

　　Admittingthatyoucan'tremembersomeone'snamecanactuallymakepeoplerelaxed．Mostofthemwillfeelsympathyifyousay“I'mworkingtoremembernamesbetter．Yoursisrightonthetipofmytongue．Whatisitagain?”

　　Useassociation

　　Linkeachpersonyoumeetwithonethingyoufindinterestingorunusual．Forexampleyoucouldmakeamentalnote：“VickiCheng－tall，blackhair”．Toreinforceyourassociationwritethemonasmallcardassoonaspossible．

　　Limitthenumberofnewnamesyoulearnatonetime．

　　Whenmeetingagroupofpeopleconcentrateonrememberingjusttwoorthreenames．Freeyourselffromrememberingeveryone．Fewofthepeopleinmassintroductionsexpectyoutoremembertheirnames．Anotherwayistolimityourselftolearningjustfirstnames．Lastnamescancomelater．

　　Goearly

　　Considergoingearlytoconferencespartiesandclasses．Sometimesjustafewpeopleshowupontime．That'sfewernamesforyoutoremember．Andasmorepeoplearriveyoucanhearthembeingintroducedtoothers－anautomat