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【題目】Be honest．That’s all you have to do on Honesty Day．It would be great if we were all honest every day of the year．It’s good that there is a day to encourage honesty．M．Hirsh Goldberg started Honesty Day．He chose the last day of April because the first day is April Fool’s Day，which celebrates lies．On Honesty Day，anyone may ask you any question and you should give a true and honest answer．That meams that you have knowledge of Honesty Day．

M．Hirsh Goldberg wrote a book on telling lies．He said in his book that almost all persons lie about 200 times a day．In our daily life，a typical(典型的)lie for a man is“I did not drink that much”and for a woman is“Nothing is wrong．I’m fine．”It is found that nurses are the most honest people．while sales people and politicians(政客)are the biggest liars!

Every Honesty Day，M．Hirsh Goldberg hands out prizes to honest people．

【1】M．Hirsh Goldberg started Honesty Day to ．

A. celebrate lies B. encourage honesty

C. ask questions D. hand out prizes

【2】Which of the following is Honesty Day?

A. April l st． B. April 10th． C. April 20th． D. April 30th．

【3】M．Hirsh Goldberg’s book is about ．

A. how to be honest B. when Honesty Day is

C. telling lies D. celebrating Honesty Day

【4】According to the passage， are the most honest people．

A. nurses B. sales people C. politicians D. all men

【5】The underlined word“l(fā)iars”probably means“ ”．

A. 獲利者 B. 說謊者 C. 影響者 D. 領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了M. Hirsh Goldberg把誠實日定在四月的最后一天以鼓勵人們要誠實。M. Hirsh Goldberg還寫了一本關(guān)于說謊的書。

【1】B

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段It’s good that there is a day to encourage honesty.結(jié)合選項可知M. Hirsh Goldberg建立誠實日是為了鼓勵誠實，故選B。

【2】D

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文He chose the last day of April because the first day is April Fool’s Day, which celebrate lies.可知M. Hirsh Goldberg把誠實日定在四月的最后一天，即四月三十日，故選D。

【3】C

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中的句子“M. Hirsh Goldberg wrote a book on telling lies.”可知，M. Hirsh Goldberg寫了一本有關(guān)撒謊的書，答案為C。

【4】A

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文It is found that nurses are the most honest people,可知護(hù)士是最誠實的人，故選A。

【5】B

詞義猜測題。根據(jù)短文可知發(fā)現(xiàn)護(hù)士是最誠實的人，然而營銷人員及政客是最說謊者。兩句是對比關(guān)系，和誠實相反的是說謊，故選B。說謊者。