Question

【題目】

A. boring B. make C. probably D. friendship E. protect

It seems that everybody tells lies — well, not big lies, but what we call “white lies”. Telling white lies isn’t that bad. Most of the time, people do it because they want to protect 【1】. Here are some ways they do it.

Giving false excuses:

Sometimes people lie because they don’t want to do something. For example, someone invites you to a party. You think it will be 【2】, so you say you’re busy.

Lying to make someone feel good:

Often we say something different from the facts to 【3】 someone feel good. For example, your friend cooks dinner for you but it tastes terrible. Do you say so? No! You 【4】 say, “Umm, this is delicious!”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了關(guān)于善意謊言的一些知識(shí)。

【1】句意：大多數(shù)時(shí)候，人們這樣做是因?yàn)樗麄兿牒葱l(wèi)友誼。

根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)，空格處應(yīng)填入名詞作動(dòng)詞protect的賓語(yǔ)。只有D選項(xiàng)friendship“友誼”為名詞，符合句意，故選D。

【2】句意：你覺(jué)得會(huì)很無(wú)聊，所以你說(shuō)你很忙。

根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)，空格處應(yīng)填入形容詞作be動(dòng)詞的表語(yǔ)，只有A選項(xiàng)boring“沒(méi)趣的、令人厭煩的”為形容詞，符合句意，故選A。

【3】句意：我們經(jīng)常說(shuō)些與事實(shí)相悖的話來(lái)讓人感覺(jué)良好。

根據(jù)前文Lying to make someone feel good提示，空格處應(yīng)填入使役動(dòng)詞make，構(gòu)成“make sb. do sth.”結(jié)構(gòu)。B選項(xiàng)make“使、讓”符合句意，故選B。

【4】句意：你可能會(huì)說(shuō)，“嗯，這很好吃！”

根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)，空格處應(yīng)填入副詞修飾動(dòng)詞say，只有C選項(xiàng)probably“很可能”為副詞，符合句意，故選C。