Question

It happened to me recently. I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views of our President. A friend I was talking to agreed with me that it was ,in his words, “a brilliantly（精彩地）written book”. However, he then went on to talk about Mr Obama in a way which suggested he had no idea of his background at all. I sensed that I was talking to a book liar.

And it seems that my friend is not the only one. Approximately two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven’t. In the World Book Day’s “Report on Guilty Secrets”, Dreams From My Father is at number 9. The report lists ten books, and various authors, which people have lied about reading, and as I’m not one to lie too often (I’d hate to be caught out ),I’ll admit here and now that I haven’t read the entire top ten . But I am pleased to say that, unlike 42 percent of people, I have read the book at number one, George Orwell’s 1984. I think it’s really brilliant.

The World Book Day report also has some other interesting information in it. It says that many people lie about having read Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky(I haven’t read him,but haven’t lied about it either )and Herman Melville.

Asked why they lied, the most common reason was to “impress” someone they were speaking to. This could be tricky if the conversation became more in –depth!

But when asked which authors they actually enjoy, people named J. k. Rowling, John Grisham, Sophie Kinsella (ah, the big sellers, in other words). Forty-two percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story(I’ll come clean: I do this and am astonished that 58 percent said they had never done so).

64. How did the author find his friend a book liar?

A. By judging his manner of speaking.

B. By looking into his background.

C. By mentioning a famous name.

D. By discussing the book itself.

65. Which of the following is a “guilty secret”according to the World Book Day report?

A. Charles Dickens is very low on the top-ten list.

B. 42% of people pretended to have read 1984.

C. The author admitted having read 9 books.

D. Dreams From My Father is hardly read.

66. By lying about reading, a person hopes to      .

A. control the conversation

B. appear knowledgeable

C. learn about the book

D. make more friends

67. What is the author’s attitude to 58%of readers?

A. Favorable.

B. Uncaring

C. Doubtful

D. Friendly

Answer 1

【語(yǔ)篇解讀】　本文屬于描述性的記敘文。作者通過(guò)與朋友聊天引出本文的話題book liar，列舉了大家謊稱讀了實(shí)際未讀的書(shū)目，以及大家喜歡的一些作家，并闡述了人們?nèi)鲋e的最常見(jiàn)的理由。

段落	關(guān)鍵詞、句	大意推測(cè)
第一部分（Para. 1）	happen to me,agree with, went on to talk, have no idea,book liar	引出話題：我碰巧遇到一件事；同意我的看法；繼續(xù)談?wù)�；不知道；謊稱看書(shū)的人
第二部分（Para. 2-3）	list ten books,various authors,some other interesting information	世界讀書(shū)日的報(bào)告給出的信息：列舉了十種書(shū)，不同的作者，其他一些有趣的信息
第三部分（Para. 4）	why they lied,impress someone	撒謊者最普遍的理由：為什么撒謊；給人留下深刻的印象
第三部分（Para. 5）	forty-two percent,admitted,astonished,had never done	作者的態(tài)度：42%；承認(rèn)；驚訝；從未做過(guò)

【解析】

64.A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度：較易。題干關(guān)鍵詞為book liar，定位在第一段。根據(jù)he then went on to talk about Mr Obama in a way which suggested he had no idea of his background at all.（然后他繼續(xù)以一種能暗示出他對(duì)奧巴馬背景一無(wú)所知的方式繼續(xù)談?wù)揗r Obama），可知作者跟他的朋友深談時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)朋友的說(shuō)話方式暗示出朋友其實(shí)并沒(méi)有讀過(guò)這本書(shū)，他對(duì)奧巴馬的背景一點(diǎn)都不知曉。

65.B．判斷推理題。難度：較難。本題的關(guān)鍵詞是guilty secret，定位第二三段。根據(jù)But I am pleased to say that,unlike 42 percent of people,I have read the book at number one,George Orwell’s1984.（不像百分之四十二的人那樣，我很高興地說(shuō)，我讀過(guò)排在第一位的George Orwell’s1984.）由此可知，作者讀過(guò)George Orwell’s1984這本書(shū)，而百分之四十二的人卻沒(méi)讀過(guò)。

66.B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題。難度：較易。本題的關(guān)鍵詞lying about reading,定位在第四段。Asked why they lied,the most common reason was to impress someone they were speaking to.（當(dāng)被問(wèn)及為什么撒謊的時(shí)候，最普遍的理由是想給正在說(shuō)話的人留下深刻的印象。）人們之所以選擇撒謊是想讓對(duì)方覺(jué)得自己知識(shí)淵博，從而給對(duì)方一個(gè)好的印象。因此B選項(xiàng)“顯得有知識(shí)”為正確答案。

67.C．推理判斷題。難度：較易。本題的關(guān)鍵詞是58%，定位第五段最后一句。And am astonished that 58 percent said they had never done so（我很驚訝58%的人說(shuō)他們從來(lái)沒(méi)這么做過(guò)。）表明作者態(tài)度的詞是astonished。選項(xiàng)中與此詞意義相近的答案就是選項(xiàng)C了。

【難句學(xué)習(xí)】

A friend I was talking to agreed with me that it was, in his words,“a brilliantly written book”

翻譯：我正在交談的一位朋友同意我的看法，用他的話說(shuō)，這是一本很精彩的書(shū)籍。

分析：本句的主干是A friend agreed with me，that引導(dǎo)的從句做動(dòng)詞詞組agree with的賓語(yǔ)從句；I was talking to是省略關(guān)聯(lián)詞who或者that的定語(yǔ)從句，先行詞是A friend。