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【題目】 Pinocchio may be just a children’s fairy tale, but Spanish scientists at the University of Granada recently investigated this so-called “Pinocchio effect” and found that our noses don’t grow when we tell a lie, but actually shrink a bit.

Dr. Gómez Milán and his team developed a lie detector test that used thermography（體溫計）to tell if people were lying, and found that whenever participants in their research were being untruthful, the temperature of the tip of their nose dropped up to 1.2℃, while the temperature of their forehead increased up to 1.5℃. Scientist also found that drop in temperature at nose level actually caused it to slightly shrink, although the difference is undetected by the human eye.

“One has to think in order to lie, which rises the temperature of the forehead,” Dr. Gómez Milán explained the findings. “At the same time we feel anxious, which lowers the temperature of the nose.”

For this study, researchers asked a number of 60 students to perform various tasks while their temperature is scanned by technology. One of these tasks required making a 3 to 4 minutes call to their parents or a friend and telling a significant lie. Participants had to make up the lie themselves during the call. Interestingly, this lie detector picked up the “Pinocchio effect” temperature difference in 80 percent of the test subjects, which is a better rate of success than that of any modern lie detector.

“With this method we have achieved to increase accuracy”, said Dr. Gómez Milán, who added that law enforcement interviewers could one day combine other lie detection technology with thermal imaging to achieve better results.

【1】Why does the writer talk about Pinocchio in the first paragraph?

A.To tell a fairy tale.B.To give an example.

C.To talk about a scientist.D.To introduce the topic.

【2】What is “Pinocchio effect”?

A.Our noses will grow when we tell a lie.

B.Our noses will shrink when we tell a lie.

C.The temperature of the forehead falls if we lie.

D.The temperature of the student rises for anxiety.

【3】How did Dr. Gómez Milán feel about the lie detector?

A.Doubtful.B.Surprised.

C.Confident.D.Puzzled.

【4】What lesson can we learn from the text?

A.A lie will travel very hard.B.Many ways to bring a liar to light.

C.A lie never lives to be old.D.Once a liar always a liar.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

本文是說明文。文章通過提到“匹諾曹效應(yīng)”引入話題介紹了一種紅外熱像測謊儀，這種儀器現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)被認為是世界上最可信的測謊儀。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中的“Pinocchio may be just a children’s fairy tale, but Spanish scientists at the University of Granada recently investigated this so-called “Pinocchio effect” and found that our noses don’t grow when we tell a lie, but actually shrink a bit.”可知，《匹諾曹》也許只是一個講給孩子聽的童話，不過，西班牙格拉納達大學(xué)的科學(xué)家最近研究了所謂的“匹諾曹效應(yīng)”，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)，我們在說謊時鼻子不會變大，而是會縮小一點。由此判斷出作者在第一段中談到“匹諾曹”的目的是引入“匹諾曹效應(yīng)”的研究話題。故選D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的“Spanish scientists at the University of Granada recently investigated this so-called “Pinocchio effect” and found that our noses don’t grow when we tell a lie, but actually shrink a bit.”可知，西班牙科學(xué)家最近對這種所謂的“匹諾曹效應(yīng)”進行了研究，發(fā)現(xiàn)我們在說謊時鼻子不會變大，而是會縮小一點。故選B。

【3】推理判段題。根據(jù)第四段中的“Interestingly, this lie detector picked up the “Pinocchio effect” temperature difference in 80 percent of the test subjects, which is a better rate of success than that of any modern lie detector.”和最后一段中的““With this method we have achieved to increase accuracy”, said Dr. Gómez Milán,”可知，有趣的是，該測謊儀在80％的測試對象中發(fā)現(xiàn)了“匹諾曹效應(yīng)”溫差，與任何現(xiàn)代測謊儀相比，其成功率更高。Dr. Gómez Milá說：“通過這種方法，我們已經(jīng)達到了提高準確性的目的�！庇纱伺袛喑觯�Gómez Milá博士對測謊儀的作用很有信心。故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“... said Dr. Gómez Milán, who added that law enforcement interviewers could one day combine other lie detection technology with thermal imaging to achieve better results.”可知，Dr. Gómez Milán補充說，執(zhí)法人員可能有一天可以將其他測謊技術(shù)與熱成像技術(shù)相結(jié)合，以獲得更好的結(jié)果。因此可推知，揭露謊言的方法有很多。故選B。