Question

    What does it mean when you say that some people have good personalities? It means they are pleasant and you want to stay with them. That is just the magic of having good personalities. But how can you improve your personality to the fullest? The following ways may help.

Read more and share

The more you read and learn, the better person you will become. By sharing new knowledge with others, you will make them want to stay with you more.

Be positive（积极的）

Always be the type of person who brings light to wherever you go with your energy. Do it by using the GST(Greet, Smile and Thank) Technique(技术). Remember that nobody wants to be around with someone who is always full of complaints(抱怨).

Care for others

Being a caring and supportive person is an important part of a good personality. Everyone must learn to support people in need and be someone who can help people out when they are down.

Be true and respect others

No one is willing to be connected to a liar(骗子)．You must always treat people with a true heart and show respect for others and yourself.

Learn to be a better listener

You must always keep your ears open for others' opinions and make them feel that they are important by making eye contact(眼神交流).

No one is perfect

Being too hard on yourself or others will usually be more harmful than good. Developing a better personality is not a one-day activity. The most important thing is to take the first step.

根据短文内容，在下面表格中填入一个最恰当的单词。

How to (①)___________ your personality
People with (②)__________ personalities	They are pleasant and you want to stay with them.
(③)_______  of Developing a good personality	◆(④)___________ and sharing help you become a better person People love to stay with you if you can share new (⑤)______ with them. ◆Be positive Always greet others, keep smiling and say (⑥)____________.  Don’t be a person who always (⑦)____________. ◆Care for others (⑧)___________ and help people when they are down. ◆Show people your (⑨)____________ ◆Always listen to others’ opinions Making eye contact is necessary. ◆Don’t be too (⑩)___________ with others .

1.①________

2.②________

3.③________

4.④________

5.⑤________

6.⑥________

7.⑦________

8.⑧________

9.⑨________

10.⑩________

Answer

1.improve

2.good

3.Ways

4.Reading

5.knowledge

6.thanks

7.complains

8.Support

9.respect

10.strict

【解析】

短文介绍了怎样完善自己的性格成为一个更好的人，并给了出了几种方法：多读书，多分享；保持积极乐观的心态；关心他人；做真实的自己并尊重他人；学会做一个更好的倾听者；人无完人。

1.根据“But how can you improve your personality to the fullest? The following ways may help.”可知，本文主要讲的是如何完善自己的性格成为更好的人，即how can you improve your personality的同义句是how to improve your personality，故答案为improve。

2.根据“What does it mean when you say that some people have good personalities? It means they are pleasant and you want to stay with them.”可知，好性格的人可以使人愉悦，并且让你想和他们呆在一起，故答案为good。

3.根据“The following ways may help.”可知，下文是完善自己性格的方法，故答案为ways.

4.根据“The more you read and learn, the better person you will become. By sharing new knowledge with others, you will make them want to stay with you more.”可知，多读书可以使自己变得更好，多分享可以使别人更愿意和自己呆在一起，也就是说，读书和分享可以使自己成为更好的人，根据句子分析，读书和分享是并列关系，由sharing提示可知，此处用reading，故答案为Reading。

5.根据“By sharing new knowledge with others, you will make them want to stay with you more.”同他人分享新的知识，可以使他们更想和你待在一起，故答案为knowledge。

6.根据“Do it by using the GST(Greet, Smile and Thank) Technique(技术).”可知，GST（微笑，问候，感谢）可以使自己保持积极乐观的状态。又因say后面需要跟名词作宾语，所以填thank的名词thanks，故答案为thanks。

7.根据“Remember that nobody wants to be around with someone who is always full of complaints(抱怨).”没有人愿意和爱抱怨的人待在一起，可知，不要总是抱怨，根据句子结构分析，此处缺少的是谓语动词，complaints的动词是complain，因主语是who，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，故答案为complains。

8.根据“Everyone must learn to support people in need and be someone who can help people out when they are down.” 每个人必须学习支持有需要的人，做一个能在别人困难时伸出援手的人。可知， 在别人困难时要支持和帮助他们，根据句子分析，支持和help是并列关系，故答案为Support。

9.根据“show respect for others and yourself.”可知，要尊重他人和自己，故答案为respect。

10.根据“Being too hard on yourself or others will usually be more harmful than good.”对自己或他人太苛刻通常弊大于利。可知，不要对他人太苛刻，be hard on sb.= be strict with sb.对某人苛刻，故答案为strict。