Directions: There is a passage with 10 blanks. Please read it carefully and select one word from the word bank below to fill in each blank appropriately. role、expression、suggest、pick up、construction、attending、predict、similar、especially、control、awkward、 borrow、naturally、current、present Real life, unlike Reel life (镜头人生)，has no script. You can't 1._______ when you will be called upon to speak. But this doesn't mean you can't prepare in advance for your 2. . When you are meeting someone for the first time or are 3. a meeting, you should prepare ideas for topics. Conversational readiness helps put you, and others, at ease by eliminating 4. silences. It doesn't take long - you can think on the drive to the airport what you want to say when you pick up your district manager. Also, the more you do it, the more 5. it comes. When you later face a 6. situation, you may even be able to 7. a few lines from an old script. How do you find things to talk about? Read at least one newspaper a day and several magazines a month to keep up with 8. events. It's an 9. good idea to read the local newspapers of any cities you visit. Observe the world around you. A traffic jam, new buildings under 10. and the opening of an art exhibition are all possible topics.