Britain's most popular lie has been disclosed, with one in four people admitting using “sorry I had no signal" when returning a missed mobile phone call, a survey found．

Researchers found the average Briton tells on average four lies every day or almost 1500 every year．Almost one in six men admitted they were most likely to lie to their wife or girlfriend, on average at least twice a day．The most popular lie was saying you had no mobile phone signal, with one in four people admitting regularly using the little white lie．It usually came after they hit the “ignore" button when their mobile rang．

Three quarters of people think women are better liars．The research found 46 per cent of girls have been caught lying, compared to 58 of men．

The second most common fib is “I haven't got any cash on me” when asked for money by beggars and Big Issue sellers．“Nothing's wrong – I'm fine” came third followed by “You look lovely” and “Nice to see you”．

Modern technology turned out to have contributed to many lies with “I didn't get your text” in 18th, “Our server was down” in 20th and “My battery died” in 26th place．Other lies to make the top ten included “I'll give you a ring”, “We're just good friends” and “We'll have to meet up soon”．“I'm on my way” and “No, your bum doesn't look big in that” completed the top ten．

In many cases perhaps it is better to delight someone with a fib than destroy someone with the truth, according to a spokesman for One Poll, which carried out the research of 4,300 adults．He added: ‘As a nation we just like trying to be nice and not upsetting people．Often little white lies can cover what we actually want to say．Most of these were considered completely harmless．’

1.“You look lovely” and “Sorry, I had no signal” ranked __________ on the popular-lie list．

A．fourth and tenth B．fourth and first

C．third and tenth D．third and first

2.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．sentence B．expression

C．excuse D．lie

3.How many lies does an average Briton tell on average every month?

A．About 120 B．About 360

C．About 1,500 D．About 4

1.B

2.D

3.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要介紹了英國(guó)人經(jīng)常說(shuō)的幾大謊言。其中，做常說(shuō)的謊話就是：對(duì)不起，手機(jī)剛才沒(méi)有信號(hào)。除此之外，還有“沒(méi)事，我很好”、“你真可愛(ài)”之類他們認(rèn)為是善意的謊言。

1.“Nothing's wrong – I'm fine” came third followed by “You look lovely” and “Nice to see you”．可知Nothing's wrong排名第三，緊跟其后的是You look lovely，故此句排名第四。而根據(jù)第一段Britain's most popular lie has been disclosed, with one in four people admitting using “sorry I had no signal"可知sorry I had no signal排名第一。故選擇B。

2.one in four people admitting regularly using the little white lie．以及第三段的Three quarters of people think women are better liars．都暗示了文章提到的是日常生活中經(jīng)常用到的謊言。故判斷此詞意為謊言，選擇D。

3.Researchers found the average Briton tells on average four lies every day or almost 1500 every year．可知每個(gè)月大概是120個(gè)謊言，故選擇A。

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