In the last few years, some researchers have decided to study why kids lie(撒謊)，So they made up a special team of 12 students, all under the age of 21.
Each student was given 36 cards, and each card listed a topic that teens sometimes lie about to their parents, The researchers worked through the cards with the teens, learning what things the kid was lying to his parents about, and why.
By the end of the interviews, the kids saw for the first time how much they were lying and how many of family’s rules they had broken. It was reported that 98% of the teens had lied to their parents.
Out of the 36 topics, the average(平均) teen was lying to his parents about 12 of them. The teens lied about what movie they went to, and whom they went with .They lied about how they spent their afternoons while their parents were at work, and something like that.
Most parents hear their child lie and think he’s too young to understand what lies are or that lying is wrong. They believe their child will stop when he gets older. Many books also advise parents to just let lies go — they’ll grow out of it. But the truth is that kids grow into it. In studies where children are observed(觀察) in their natural environment, a 4-year-old child will lie once every two hours, while a 6-year-old child will lie about once every hour and a half.
小題1:The researchers started the project by     .
A．playing cardsB．free talkingC．doing a surveyD．discussion
小題2:The topics on 36 cards are mostly between kids and      .
A．parentsB．teachersC．researchersD．friends
小題3:From this passage, the teens lied on about      of the 36 topics as an average.
A．12%B．33%C．98%D．25%
小題4:On this topic, the advice from many books for the parents is that they     .
A．needn’t worry about it too much
B．should take it serious enough
C．had better do something to stop it
D．should regard it as a great problem

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:A

試題分析：文章是關于撒謊的一個問卷調查的結果。
小題1:C 推理題。根據(jù)第二段1,2行Each student was given 36 cards, and each card listed a topic that teens sometimes lie about to their parents說明他們是發(fā)卡片給學生，那么這是在做問卷調查，故C正確。
小題2:A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段1,2行Out of the 36 topics, the average(平均) teen was lying to his parents about 12 of them.說明這個調查是在孩子與父母之間進行的，故A正確。
小題3:B 計算題。根據(jù)第四段1,2行Out of the 36 topics, the average(平均) teen was lying to his parents about 12 of them.可知36個話題中12個，那么是占了33%。
小題4:A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段2,3行They believe their child will stop when he gets older. Many books also advise parents to just let lies go說明他們都認為不需要過分擔心，A正確。
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