Question

At 9:00 Dick Spivak’s bank telephoned and said his payment was late. ‘The check is in the post,’ Dick replied quickly. At 11:45 Dick left for a 12:00 meeting across town. Arriving late, he explained that traffic had been bad. That evening, Dick’s girlfriend wore a new dress. He hated it. ‘It looks just great on you,’ he said.

Three lies in one day! Yet Dick Spivak is just an ordinary man. Each time, he told himself that sometimes the truth causes too many problems. Most of us tell much the same white lies, harmless untruths that help to save trouble. How often do we tell white lies? It depends in part on our age, education, and even where we live. According to one U.S. study, women are more truthful than men, and honesty increases as we get older.

While most people use little white lies to make life easier, the majority of Americans care about honesty in both public and personal life. They say that people today are less honest than they were ten years ago. Although it is believed that things are getting worse, lying seems to be an age-old human problem. The French philosopher (哲學(xué)家) Vauvenarges, writing in the eighteenth century, touched on the truth when he wrote, ‘All men are born truthful and die liars (說謊者).’

1.When the writer says ‘Dick Spivak is just an ordinary man’, he means _________.

A. it is common that people tell white lies

B. Dick could do nothing about bad traffic

C. it is common that people move their payment to a later time

D. Dick found it hard to deal with everyday problems

2.According to the text, most Americans _________.

A. hate white lies B. believe white lies

C. consider others dishonest D. value honesty

3.Vauvenarges’ remark suggests (暗示) that _________.

A. lying is an age-old human problem

B. dishonesty increases as people get older

C. people were dishonest in the 18th century

D. it is social conditions that make people tell lies

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文通過迪克·斯皮瓦克一天所說的三個(gè)謊言來說明現(xiàn)在的年輕的人為了減少在生活中的麻煩而選擇說一些不傷害人的白色謊言，然后作者講了一些他對(duì)于白色謊言的看法。

1. lies in one day! Yet Dick Spivak is just an ordinary man. Each time, he told himself that sometimes the truth causes too many problems. Most of us tell much the same white lies, harmless untruths that help to save trouble.（三個(gè)謊言的一天！迪克·斯皮瓦克也是一個(gè)普通人。每次，他告訴自己，有時(shí)實(shí)話實(shí)說會(huì)招致許多問題。我們中的許多人會(huì)說一些無惡意的、虛假的白色謊言來幫助解決問題）。作者舉這個(gè)例子是為了說明迪克跟大多數(shù)人一樣說一些白色謊言是司空見慣的，故選A.

2. most people use little white lies to make life easier, the majority of Americans care about honesty in both public and personal life.（雖然大多數(shù)人用白色謊言使生活變得輕松，但是大多數(shù)美國人在意在公共場合和私人生活里的誠實(shí)）可知美國人還是比較看重誠實(shí)的，故選D.

3. it is believed that things are getting worse, lying seems to be an age-old human problem.（雖然事情可能會(huì)變得更糟，但是說謊似乎是人類由來已久的古老問題）可知人們喜歡說一些白色謊言不是一天兩天的事；最后一段的開頭也說了人們?yōu)榱松�活的更輕松而選擇說一些白色謊言，所以Vauvenarges的名言從側(cè)面反映出社交環(huán)境使人們說謊，故選D.

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