首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
What exactly is a lie? Is it anything we say which we know is untrue? Or is it something more than that? For example, suppose a
What exactly is a lie? Is it anything we say which we know is untrue? Or is it something more than that? For example, suppose a
admin
2012-08-03
46
问题
What exactly is a lie? Is it anything we say which we know is untrue? Or is it something more than that? For example, suppose a friend wants to borrow some money from you. You say "I wish I could help you but I’m short of money myself. " In fact, you are not short of money but your friend is in the habit of not paying his debt and you don’t want to hurt his feelings by reminding him of this. Is this really a lie ?
Professor Jerald Jellison of the University of Southern California has made a scientific study on lying. (76)
According to him, women are better liars than men
, particularly when telling a "white lie, " such as when a woman at a party tells another woman that she likes her dress when she really thinks it looks awful. However, this is only one side of the story. Other researchers say that men are more likely to tell more serious lies, such as making a promise which they have no intention of fulfilling. This is the kind of lie politicians and businessmen are supposed to be particularly skilled at: the lie from which the liar hopes to profit or gain in some way.
Research has also been done into the way people’s behavior changes in a number of small, apparently unimportant ways when they lie. It has been found that if they are sitting down at the time, they tend to move about in their chairs more than usual. To the trained observer they are saying, "I wish I were somewhere else now. " They also tend to touch certain parts of the face more often, in particular the nose. One explanation of this may be that lying causes a slight increase in blood pressure. The tip of the nose is very sensitive to such changes and the increased pressures make it itch.
Another gesture which gives liars away is what the writer Desmond Morris in his book Manwatching calls "the mouth cover. "(77)
He says there are several typical forms of this, such as covering part of the mouth with the fingers, touching the upper-lip or putting a finger of the hand at one side of the mouth.
Such a gesture can be understood as an unconscious attempt on the part of the liar to stop himself or herself from lying.
Of course, such gestures as rubbing the nose or covering the mouth, or moving about in a chair cannot be taken as proof that the speaker is lying. They simply tend to occur more frequently in this situation. It is not one gesture alone that gives the liar away but a whole number of things, and in particular the context in which the lie is told.
According to the passage, a "white lie" seems to be a lie______.
选项
A、that other people believe
B、that other people don’t believe
C、told in order to avoid offending someone
D、told in order to take advantage of someone
答案
C
解析
本题考查的是考生对细节的把握,答案对应于文章第一、二段。第一段中“you don’t want to hurt his feelings by reminding him of this.”第二段又用举例的方法解释了white lie的含义。这个例子就是“such as when a woman at a party tells another woman that she likes her dress when she really thinks it looks awful.”
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/yMnYFFFM
0
成人本科学位英语
相关试题推荐
______allourkindnesstohelpher,Sarahrefusedtolistentous.
ManpowerInc.,with560000workers,istheworld’slargesttemporaryemploymentagency.Everymorning,itspeople【C1】______in
Theamountofsleepahumanbeingneedsdependson【C1】______,theindividualandpossiblyrace.Forexample,doctorsthinkthat
Themovementofthemoonconvenientlyprovidedtheunitofmonth,whichwas______fromonenewmoontothenext.
Vitaminsareorganiccompoundsnecessaryinsmallamountsinthedietforthenormalgrowthandmaintenanceoflifeofanimals,
Shefelt______todeathbecauseshecouldmakenothingofthechairman’sspeech.
Theworld’sgreatestsportingevent,theOlympicGames,upholdstheamateuridealthat______mattersisnotwinningbutparticip
Ascientistoncesaid,"Ihaveconcludedthattheearthisbeingvisitedbyintelligentlycontrolledvehiclesfromouterspace.
你别忘记列出一张学生必读的书单。
请把需要联系的人名给我。
随机试题
马克思主义哲学最直接的理论来源是()
制冷系统中冷风机在运行中翅片管组若结霜不均或下部结霜及上部不结霜,说明()不正常,应进行调整。
参与形成肋弓的是()
患儿,2岁。时值夏季,发热持续1月余,朝盛暮衰,口渴多饮,尿多清长,无汗,面色苍白,下肢欠温,大便溏薄,舌淡苔薄。治疗应首选
在2000版9000族标准的术语中,质量控制是质量管理的一部分,其目的是( )。
在建筑史课堂上,张教授说:“英国19世纪早期铺有木地板的房子中,较大的房间铺设的木板条比较小房间的木板条窄得多,既然大房子的主人一般都比小房子的主人富有,那么,用窄木条铺地板很可能是当时有地位的象征,用以表明房主的富有。”以下哪位学生的观点如果为真,最能加
8π
设f(x),g(3x)在[a,b]上连续,在(a,b)内二阶可导,f(a)=f(b)=0,f’+(n)f’-(b)>0,且g(x)≠0(x∈[a,b]),g"(x)≠0(a<x<b),证明:存在ξ∈(a,b),使得f(ξ)/g(ξ)=f"(ξ)/g"(ξ)
Whatdoestheauthordoattheairport?
Wheredoestheinterviewmostlikelytakeplace?
最新回复
(
0
)