12.Whether we're 2 years old or 62,our reasons for lying are mostly the same:to get out of trouble,for personal gain and to make ourselves look better in the eyes of others.But a growing body of research is raising questions about how a child's lie is different from an adult's lie,and how the way we deceive changes as we grow.
"Parents and teachers who catch their children lying should not be alarmed.Their children are not going to turn out to be abnormal liars,"says Dr.Lee,a professor at the University of Toronto and director of the Institute of Child Study.He has spent the last 15years studying how lying changes as kids get older,why some people lie more than others as well as which factors can reduce lying.The fact that children tell lies is a sign that they have reached a new developmental stage.Dr.Lee conducted a series of studies in which they bring children into a lab with hidden cameras.Children and young adults aged 2to 17are likely to lie while being told not to look at a toy,which is put behind the child's back.Whether or not the child takes a secret look is caught on tape.
For young kids,the desire to cheat is big and 90% take a secret look in these experiments.When the test-giver returns to the room,the child is asked if he or she looked secretly.At age 2,about a quarter of children will lie and say they didn't.By 3,half of kids will lie,and by 4,that figure is 90%,studies show.
Researchers have found that it's kids with better understanding abilities who lie more.That's because to lie you also have to keep the truth in mind,which includes many brain processes,such as combining several sources of information and faking that information.The ability to lie-and lie successfully-is thought to be related to development of brain regions that allow so called"executive functioning",or higher order thinking and reasoning abilities.Kids who perform better on tests that involve executive functioning also lie more.

26.What's the purpose of children telling lies?B
A.To help their friends out.
B.To get rid of trouble.
C.To get attention from others.
D.To create a popular image.
27.The underlined word"deceive"in Paragraph 1can be replaced by"A".
A.tell lies
B.handle troubles
C.raise questions
D.do research
28.From the second paragraph we can know thatC.
A.which factors can reduce lying
B.why some lie more than others
C.it is normal for kids to tell lies
D.how lying changes as kids grow
29.It can be inferred from the passage thatC.
A.children's lies are the same as adults'
B.the better kids are,the more they lie
C.the older kids are,the more they lie
D.kids always keep the truth in their mind
30.What is NOT included in the passage?D
A.The reasons why kids tell lies.
B.Which kind of kids tells more lies.
C.Experiments about lying of young kids.
D.What to do with lying children.

分析 本文是一篇說明文.文章主要講述了孩子說謊的原因、哪那些孩子說謊多及關(guān)于孩子說謊的實驗,我們?nèi)鲋e是為了擺脫麻煩、得到好處或者是為了讓我們在別人眼里變得更好.那么孩子說謊是不是一種很不好的品質(zhì)呢?作者在文章中告訴我們:孩子說謊是很正常的現(xiàn)象.隨著年齡的增長,我們的撒謊行為會發(fā)生變化.孩子說謊標志著他們到達了一個新的發(fā)展階段.年齡越小,說謊的人人越少;年齡越大,說謊的人越多.

解答 26-30 BACCD
26.B      細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段"our reasons forlying are mostly the same:to get out of trouble,for personal gain and to makeourselves look better in the eyes of others."可知,我們?nèi)鲋e的原因大都一樣:為了擺脫麻煩、得到好處或者是為了讓我們在別人眼里變得更好.故選B.
27.A     詞義猜測題.根據(jù)整句話的含義:"不過越來越多的研究正在提出這樣的疑問:孩子的謊言和大人們的謊言有何不同;隨著年齡的增長,我們的撒謊行為會發(fā)生何種變化"可知,"deceive"應(yīng)是"說謊"的意思,故選A.
28.C     推理判斷題.根據(jù)第二段中的"The fact that childrentell lies is a sign that they have reached a new developmental stage."可知,孩子說謊標志著他們到達了一個新的發(fā)展階段."故選C.
29.C    推理判斷題.根據(jù)第三段段中的"At age 2,about a quarter of children will lie and say they didn't.By 3,half of kids will lie,and by 4,that figure is 90%,studies show"可知,在兩歲的孩子里,大約有四分之一的人會撒謊說他們沒有看過.三歲的孩子有一半會說謊,而到了四歲,這個數(shù)字是90%.即年齡越大,說謊的人越多,故選C.
30. D    細節(jié)理解題.文章主要講述了孩子說謊的原因、哪那些孩子說謊多及關(guān)于孩子說謊的實驗,而D項文章沒有提到,故選D.

點評 解答細節(jié)理解題時,一個常用的方法就是運用定位法,即根據(jù)題干和選項中的關(guān)鍵詞從原文中找到相關(guān)的句子,與選項進行比較從而確定答案;推理判斷題既要求學(xué)生透過文章表面文字信息推測文章隱含意思,又要求學(xué)生對作者的態(tài)度、意圖及文章細節(jié)的發(fā)展作正確的推理判斷,力求從作者的角度去考慮,不要固守自己的看法或觀點.

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