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How Many Lies Do the Children Tell You?
Mothers who feel their children don' t appreciate them can add another grievance to the list: half the time, their children are lying to them. A study designed to expose the truth about lying shows that undergraduates lie to their mothers in 46% of their conversations. Still, mums should feel better than total strangers, who are told lies an astonishing 77 % of the time.
Bella Depaulo and a team of psychologists from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, asked 77 undergraduates to keep a record of all their conversations for a week, and write down whether they lied at any time. DePaulo named lying broadly, as "when you intentionally try to mislead someone", so she would catch the smallest of lies.
The students told an average of two lies a day. They said they had been studying when they had been out drinking. One told his parents that a textbook cost 20 so that they would send him extra money. Female students constantly told their plain-looking roommates that they were pretty. "They are everyday lies," says DePaulo.
DePaulo and her colleagues conclude that people tend to tell fewer lies to those they feel closest to. College students lied to their best friends 28% of the time but lied to acquaintances 48% of the time. In close relationships, people were more likely to tell "kind-hearted" lies, designed to protect feelings, rather than self-serving lies.
Romantic（浪漫的）partners lie somewhere between close friends and acquaintances. Students lied to romantic partners about a third of the time. DePaulo thinks that unmarried lovers can expect less honesty than best friends because of the insecurity that comes with romance.
Mothers can take heart from one other finding. They may have been lied to, but at least their children talked to them. The students were recorded telling few lies to their fathers because they had little interaction with them

1. 1.
   What is the meaning of the underlined word "grievance" in Paragraph 1?
   1. A.
      opinion
   2. B.
      complaint
   3. C.
      belief
   4. D.
      difficulty
2. 2.
   According to the passage, college students felt closest to ______
   1. A.
      mothers
   2. B.
      best friends
   3. C.
      acquaintances
   4. D.
      romantic partners
3. 3.
   Female students lied to their roommates to          
   1. A.
      get money from them
   2. B.
      offer them the services
   3. C.
      gain more security
   4. D.
      make them happy
4. 4.
   What is the purpose of this article?
   1. A.
      To present a fact
   2. B.
      To argue an idea
   3. C.
      To tell a story
   4. D.
      To explain a theory

Answer 1

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試題分析：文章通過(guò)調(diào)查介紹了關(guān)于孩子撒謊的一些事實(shí)，調(diào)查表明大學(xué)生經(jīng)常和家人撒謊，但是和親密的朋友撒謊不多，有的也是善意的謊言，在家里孩子和母親撒謊比和父親對(duì)，因?yàn)楹透赣H的互動(dòng)少。
1.猜詞題：從冒號(hào)后面的內(nèi)容：half the time, their children are lying to them. 孩子會(huì)對(duì)父母撒謊，這是父母對(duì)孩子的抱怨的話，"grievance" 相當(dāng)于complaint，選B
2.細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：DePaulo and her colleagues conclude that people tend to tell fewer lies to those they feel closest to. College students lied to their best friends 28% of the time but lied to acquaintances 48% of the time.可知大學(xué)生和朋友感覺(jué)最親密。選B
3.推理題：從第三段的句子：Female students constantly told their plain-looking roommates that they were pretty. "They are everyday lies,"可知女學(xué)生經(jīng)常和長(zhǎng)相一般的室友說(shuō)她們很漂亮，是因?yàn)橄胱屗齻兏吲d。選D
4.寫(xiě)作目的題：從第一段的句子：A study designed to expose the truth about lying shows that undergraduates lie to their mothers in 46% of their conversations. 可知這篇文章就是為了陳述事實(shí)。選A  
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