Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Write  A, B, C or D  on your answer sheet.

Making an English-speaking friend is a good way to improve your English and enjoy (1)______ at the same time. It is not always easy for foreign students to make British friends, however, (2)______ British people do not talk much to people they don’t know. They often create a group of close friends and meet others (3)______ are introduced by one of those friends. It can be difficult for a foreign student to make friends in the UK at first. This doesn’t mean that people are (4)______. Be patient, and don’t (5)______ that the person doesn’t like you. Once you have made a friend, that (6)______ can often be very warm and may (7)______ for life. (8)______ your friend is not a native English speaker, you will still learn a lot by talking to each other in English. If you are in the UK, try to (9)______ making friends only with people of your own language, or (10)______ to speak in English when you meet.

1. A. themselves          B. himself                    C. herself                     D. yourself

2. A. much                   B. many                       C. little                         D. any

3. A. who                     B. when                       C. whose                      D. which

4. A. reserved              B. sociable                   C. unfriendly               D. easy-going

5. A. expect                 B. tell                           C. assume                    D. approve

6. A. friendship                        B. relationship                        C. friend                      D. mate

7. A. take                     B. resist                        C. last                          D. persist

8. A. Because              B. Even if                    C. Only when              D. However

9. A. avoid                   B. refuse                      C. want                                      D. intend

10. A. to agree             B. agree                       C. agreed                     D. agreeing