In the following passage
there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and
against each four words are suggested, one of which
fits the blank appropriately. Find out the
appropriate words.

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The gentle art of conversation, we were taught as
children, is based on the
______(1)______ that people who are
talking to one another should be talking about the same
subject at any given time in the conversation. And
while the subject may naturally change during the lifecycle
of the conversation, anyone who ______(2)________ wishes to
change it must _____(3)________ this clearly. Even the
conversational advantage of surprise must be judged
and ________(4)_______ with a certain ________(5)_________, not sprung abruptly
upon your interlocutors.
A conversation, therefore, is classically _____(6)________ of as a
steady progression of expressed thought that moves
from unresolved disagreement to qualified agreement,
diffusion to _____(7)_______. Given the notoriously jumpy and
_______(8)_________ nature of the human mind, of course, the ideal is
more easily upheld than practised in many
conversations, which _________(9)________ into one-handed displays of
wit, well-rehearsed monologues attended by ceremonial
responses, or into the familiar _________(10)______ of people talking at
cross purposes.

In the following passage
there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and
against each four words are suggested, one of which
fits the blank appropriately. Find out the
appropriate words.

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The gentle art of conversation, we were taught as
children, is based on the ______(1)______ that people who are
talking to one another should be talking about the same
subject at any given time in the conversation. And
while the subject may naturally change during the lifecycle
of the conversation, anyone who
______(2)______wishes to
change it must _____(3)________ this clearly. Even the
conversational advantage of surprise must be judged
and ________(4)_______ with a certain ________(5)_________, not sprung abruptly
upon your interlocutors.
A conversation, therefore, is classically _____(6)________ of as a
steady progression of expressed thought that moves
from unresolved disagreement to qualified agreement,
diffusion to _____(7)_______. Given the notoriously jumpy and
_______(8)_________ nature of the human mind, of course, the ideal is
more easily upheld than practised in many
conversations, which _________(9)________ into one-handed displays of
wit, well-rehearsed monologues attended by ceremonial
responses, or into the familiar _________(10)______ of people talking at
cross purposes.

In the following passage
there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and
against each four words are suggested, one of which
fits the blank appropriately. Find out the
appropriate words.

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The gentle art of conversation, we were taught as
children, is based on the ______(1)______ that people who are
talking to one another should be talking about the same
subject at any given time in the conversation. And
while the subject may naturally change during the lifecycle
of the conversation, anyone who ______(2)________ wishes to
change it must
______(3)______this clearly. Even the
conversational advantage of surprise must be judged
and ________(4)_______ with a certain ________(5)_________, not sprung abruptly
upon your interlocutors.
A conversation, therefore, is classically _____(6)________ of as a
steady progression of expressed thought that moves
from unresolved disagreement to qualified agreement,
diffusion to _____(7)_______. Given the notoriously jumpy and
_______(8)_________ nature of the human mind, of course, the ideal is
more easily upheld than practised in many
conversations, which _________(9)________ into one-handed displays of
wit, well-rehearsed monologues attended by ceremonial
responses, or into the familiar _________(10)______ of people talking at
cross purposes.

In the following passage
there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and
against each four words are suggested, one of which
fits the blank appropriately. Find out the
appropriate words.

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The gentle art of conversation, we were taught as
children, is based on the ______(1)______ that people who are
talking to one another should be talking about the same
subject at any given time in the conversation. And
while the subject may naturally change during the lifecycle
of the conversation, anyone who ______(2)________ wishes to
change it must _____(3)________ this clearly. Even the
conversational advantage of surprise must be judged
and
______(4)______ with a certain ________(5)_________, not sprung abruptly
upon your interlocutors.
A conversation, therefore, is classically _____(6)________ of as a
steady progression of expressed thought that moves
from unresolved disagreement to qualified agreement,
diffusion to _____(7)_______. Given the notoriously jumpy and
_______(8)_________ nature of the human mind, of course, the ideal is
more easily upheld than practised in many
conversations, which _________(9)________ into one-handed displays of
wit, well-rehearsed monologues attended by ceremonial
responses, or into the familiar _________(10)______ of people talking at
cross purposes.

In the following passage
there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and
against each four words are suggested, one of which
fits the blank appropriately. Find out the
appropriate words.

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The gentle art of conversation, we were taught as
children, is based on the ______(1)______ that people who are
talking to one another should be talking about the same
subject at any given time in the conversation. And
while the subject may naturally change during the lifecycle
of the conversation, anyone who ______(2)________ wishes to
change it must _____(3)________ this clearly. Even the
conversational advantage of surprise must be judged
and ________(4)_______ with a certain
______(5)______, not sprung abruptly
upon your interlocutors.
A conversation, therefore, is classically _____(6)________ of as a
steady progression of expressed thought that moves
from unresolved disagreement to qualified agreement,
diffusion to _____(7)_______. Given the notoriously jumpy and
_______(8)_________ nature of the human mind, of course, the ideal is
more easily upheld than practised in many
conversations, which _________(9)________ into one-handed displays of
wit, well-rehearsed monologues attended by ceremonial
responses, or into the familiar _________(10)______ of people talking at
cross purposes.

In the following passage
there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and
against each four words are suggested, one of which
fits the blank appropriately. Find out the
appropriate words.

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The gentle art of conversation, we were taught as
children, is based on the ______(1)______ that people who are
talking to one another should be talking about the same
subject at any given time in the conversation. And
while the subject may naturally change during the lifecycle
of the conversation, anyone who ______(2)________ wishes to
change it must _____(3)________ this clearly. Even the
conversational advantage of surprise must be judged
and ________(4)_______ with a certain ________(5)_________, not sprung abruptly
upon your interlocutors.
A conversation, therefore, is classically
______(6)______ of as a
steady progression of expressed thought that moves
from unresolved disagreement to qualified agreement,
diffusion to _____(7)_______. Given the notoriously jumpy and
_______(8)_________ nature of the human mind, of course, the ideal is
more easily upheld than practised in many
conversations, which _________(9)________ into one-handed displays of
wit, well-rehearsed monologues attended by ceremonial
responses, or into the familiar _________(10)______ of people talking at
cross purposes.

In the following passage
there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and
against each four words are suggested, one of which
fits the blank appropriately. Find out the
appropriate words.

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The gentle art of conversation, we were taught as
children, is based on the ______(1)______ that people who are
talking to one another should be talking about the same
subject at any given time in the conversation. And
while the subject may naturally change during the lifecycle
of the conversation, anyone who ______(2)________ wishes to
change it must _____(3)________ this clearly. Even the
conversational advantage of surprise must be judged
and ________(4)_______ with a certain ________(5)_________, not sprung abruptly
upon your interlocutors.
A conversation, therefore, is classically _____(6)________ of as a
steady progression of expressed thought that moves
from unresolved disagreement to qualified agreement,
diffusion to
______(7)______. Given the notoriously jumpy and
_______(8)_________ nature of the human mind, of course, the ideal is
more easily upheld than practised in many
conversations, which _________(9)________ into one-handed displays of
wit, well-rehearsed monologues attended by ceremonial
responses, or into the familiar _________(10)______ of people talking at
cross purposes.

In the following passage
there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and
against each four words are suggested, one of which
fits the blank appropriately. Find out the
appropriate words.

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The gentle art of conversation, we were taught as
children, is based on the ______(1)______ that people who are
talking to one another should be talking about the same
subject at any given time in the conversation. And
while the subject may naturally change during the lifecycle
of the conversation, anyone who ______(2)________ wishes to
change it must _____(3)________ this clearly. Even the
conversational advantage of surprise must be judged
and ________(4)_______ with a certain ________(5)_________, not sprung abruptly
upon your interlocutors.
A conversation, therefore, is classically _____(6)________ of as a
steady progression of expressed thought that moves
from unresolved disagreement to qualified agreement,
diffusion to _____(7)_______. Given the notoriously jumpy and

______(8)______ nature of the human mind, of course, the ideal is
more easily upheld than practised in many
conversations, which _________(9)________ into one-handed displays of
wit, well-rehearsed monologues attended by ceremonial
responses, or into the familiar _________(10)______ of people talking at
cross purposes.

In the following passage
there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and
against each four words are suggested, one of which
fits the blank appropriately. Find out the
appropriate words.

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The gentle art of conversation, we were taught as
children, is based on the ______(1)______ that people who are
talking to one another should be talking about the same
subject at any given time in the conversation. And
while the subject may naturally change during the lifecycle
of the conversation, anyone who ______(2)________ wishes to
change it must _____(3)________ this clearly. Even the
conversational advantage of surprise must be judged
and ________(4)_______ with a certain ________(5)_________, not sprung abruptly
upon your interlocutors.
A conversation, therefore, is classically _____(6)________ of as a
steady progression of expressed thought that moves
from unresolved disagreement to qualified agreement,
diffusion to _____(7)_______. Given the notoriously jumpy and
_______(8)_________ nature of the human mind, of course, the ideal is
more easily upheld than practised in many
conversations, which
______(9)______into one-handed displays of
wit, well-rehearsed monologues attended by ceremonial
responses, or into the familiar _________(10)______ of people talking at
cross purposes.

In the following passage
there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and
against each four words are suggested, one of which
fits the blank appropriately. Find out the
appropriate words.

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The gentle art of conversation, we were taught as
children, is based on the ______(1)______ that people who are
talking to one another should be talking about the same
subject at any given time in the conversation. And
while the subject may naturally change during the lifecycle
of the conversation, anyone who ______(2)________ wishes to
change it must _____(3)________ this clearly. Even the
conversational advantage of surprise must be judged
and ________(4)_______ with a certain ________(5)_________, not sprung abruptly
upon your interlocutors.
A conversation, therefore, is classically _____(6)________ of as a
steady progression of expressed thought that moves
from unresolved disagreement to qualified agreement,
diffusion to _____(7)_______. Given the notoriously jumpy and
_______(8)_________ nature of the human mind, of course, the ideal is
more easily upheld than practised in many
conversations, which _________(9)________ into one-handed displays of
wit, well-rehearsed monologues attended by ceremonial
responses, or into the familiar
______(10)______ of people talking at
cross purposes.