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Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Whatexactlyisalie?

Isitanythingwesaywhichweknowisuntrue?

Orisitsomethingmorethanthat?

Forexample,supposeafriendwantstoborrowsomemoneyfromyou.Yousay“IwishIcouldhelpyoubutI’mshortofmoneymyself.”Infact,youarenotshortofmoneybutyourfriendisinthehabitofnotpayinghisdebtandyoudon’twanttohurthisfeelingsbyremindinghimofthis.Isthisrallyalie?

ProfessorJeraldJellisonoftheUniversityofSouthernCaliforniahasmadeascientificstudyoflying.（76）Accordingtohim,womenarebetterliarsthanmen,particularlywhentellinga“whitelie”,suchaswhenawomanatapartytellsanotherwomanthatshelikesherdresswhenshereallythinksitlooksawful.However,thisisonlyonesideofthestory.Otherresearcherssaythatmenaremorelikelytotellmoreseriouslies,suchasmakingapromisewhichtheyhavenointensionoffulfilling.Thisisthekindofliepoliticiansandbusinessmenaresupposedtobeparticularlyskilledat:

theliefromwhichtheliarhopestoprofitorgaininsomeway.

Researchhasalsobeendoneintothewaypeople’sbehaviorchangesinanumberofsmall,apparentlyunimportantwayswhentheylie.Ithasbeenfoundthatiftheyaresittingdownatthetime,theytendtomoveaboutintheirchairsmorethanusual.Tothetrainedobservertheyaresaying“IwishIweresomewhereelsenow.”Theyalsotendtotouchcertainpartsofthefacemoreoften,inparticularthenose.Oneexplanationofthismaybethatlyingcausesaslightincreaseinbloodpressure.Thetipofthenoseisverysensitivetosuchchangesandtheincreasedpressuresmakeititch.

AnothergesturewhichgivesliarsawayiswhatthewriterDesmondMorrisinhisbookManwatchingcalls“themouthcover”.（77）Hesaysthereareseveraltypicalformsofthis,suchascoveringpartofthemouthwiththefingers,touchingtheupper-liporputtingafingerofthehandatonesideofthemouth.Suchagesturecanbeunderstoodasanunconsciousattemptonthepartoftheliartostophimselforherselffromlying.

Ofcourse,suchgesturesasrubbingthenoseorcoveringthemouth,ormovingaboutinachaircannotbetakenasproofthatthespeakerislying.Theysimplytendtooccurmorefrequentlyinthissituation.Itisnotonegesturealonethatgivestheliarawaybutawholenumberofthings,andinparticularthecontextinwhichthelieistold.

1.Accordingtothepassage,a“whitelie”seemstobealie

A.thatotherpeoplebelieve

B.thatotherpeopledon’tbelieve

C.toldinordertoavoidoffendingsomeone

D.toldinordertotakeadvantageofsomeone

2.Researchsuggeststhatwomen

A.arebetterattellinglessseriousliesthanmenare

B.generallyliefarmorethanmendo

C.lieatpartiesmoreoftenthanmendo

D.oftenmakepromisestheyintendtobreak

3.Researchersfindthatwhenapersontellslies

A.hisbloodpressureincreasesmeasurably

B.helooksveryserious

C.hetendstomakesomesmallchangesinhisbehavior

D.heuseshisunconsciousmind

4.Onereasonpeoplesometimesrubtheirnoseswhentheylieisthat

A.theywishtheyweresomewhereelse

B.thenoseissensitivetophysicalchangescausedbylying

C.theywanttocovertheirmouths

D.theyaretryingtostopthemselvesfromtellinglies

5.Thetoneofthispassagetellsusthatthewriter

A.hatestolie

B.enjoyslying

C.oftentellsalie

D.triestoanalyzelying

Passage2

Question6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

（78）Letchildrenlearntojudgetheirownwork.Achildlearningtotalkdoesnotlearnbybeingcorrectedallthetime:

ifcorrectedtoomuch,hewillstoptalking.Henoticesathousandtimesadaythedifferencebetweenthelanguageheusesandthelanguagethosearoundhimuse.Bitbybit,hemakesthenecessarychangestomakehislanguagelikeotherpeople’s.Inthesameway,childrenlearningtodoalltheotherthingstheylearntodowithoutbeingtaught—towalk,run,climb,whistle,rideabicycle—comparetheirownperformanceswiththoseofmoreskilledpeople,andslowlymaketheneededchanges.Butinschoolwenevergiveachildachancetofindouthismistakesandcorrectthemforhimself.Wedoitallforhim.Weactasifwethoughtthathewouldnevernoticeamistakeunlessitwaspointedouttohim,orcorrectitunlesshewasmadeto.Lethimworkout,withthehelpofotherchildrenifhewantsit,whathiswordsays,whattheansweristothatproblem,whetherth