問題詳情

CIt happened to me recently. I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views of our President. A friend I was talking to agreed with me that it was, in his words, “a brilliantly（精彩地）written book”. However, he then went on to talk about Mr Obama in a way which suggested he had no idea of his background at all. I sensed that I was talking to a book liar.And it seems that my friend is not the only one. Approximately two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven’t. In the World Book Day’s “Report on Guilty Secrets”, Dreams From My Father is at number 9. The report lists ten books, and various authors, which people have lied about reading, and as I’m not one to lie too often (I’d hate to be caught out), I’ll admit here and now that I haven’t read the entire top ten. But I am pleased to say that, unlike 42 percent of people, I have read the book at number one, George Orwell’s 1984. I think it’s really brilliant.The World Book Day report also has some other interesting information in it. It says that many people lie about having read Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky (I haven’t read him, but haven’t lied about it either) and Herman Melville.Asked why they lied, the most common reason was to “impress” someone they were speaking to. This could be tricky if the conversation became more in–depth!But when asked which authors they actually enjoy, people named J. K. Rowling, John Grisham, Sophie Kinsella (ah, the big sellers, in other words). Forty-two percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story (I’ll come clean: I do this and am astonished that 58 percent said they had never done so).
【題組】64.How did the author find his friend a book liar?
(A) By judging his manner of speaking.
(B) By looking into his background
(C) By mentioning a famous name.
(D) By discussing the book itself.

參考答案

答案：B
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

用户評論

【用戶】步筱昕

【年級】高三下

【評論內容】这是一篇讨论“读书谎言”的文章，话题比较贴近考生的生活。由作者发现一个朋友撒谎说读过Barack Obama的 Dreams From My Father，引入话题。进而用数据说明了，撒谎人数之多，有2/3的人曾撒谎说读过某本书。文章第四段提及，撒谎的主要原因是想要给别人留下好印象。最后一段列举了当今人们最喜欢的作家，作者还表达了对会提前看结局的人数的质疑。

【用戶】步筱昕

【年級】高三下

【評論內容】细节题。由关键词find his friend a book liar定位至文章第一段。由“However, he then went on to talk about Mr. Obama in a way which suggested he had no idea of his background at all.”可知，作者发现朋友撒谎，是因为朋友对此书的深入讨论暴露了他对奥巴马背景的无知。