Question

【題目】It 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 wonderfully 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 felt 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（愧疚的） 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).

【1】How did the author think of Dreams From My Father?

A. It was his favorite.

B. It made little sense.

C . He was very fond of it.

D. He totally had no idea.

【2】What can we learn from “Report on Guilty Secrets”?

A. 58% of people haven’t read 1984.

B. All of the listed authors are unknown.

C. Many people have ever lied about reading.

D. Dreams From My Father isn’t among the top ten.

【3】Why do people probably lie about reading?

A. To admire the writer.

B. To advertise the book.

C. To start a conversation.

D. To leave a good impression.

【4】What’s the tone (語(yǔ)氣) of the author in the article?

A. Very friendly.

B. A little humorous.

C. Rather confusing

D. Quite cautious.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：作者通過與朋友聊天引出本文的話題book liar，列舉了大家謊稱讀了實(shí)際未讀的書目，以及大家喜歡的一些作家，并闡述了人們?nèi)鲋e的最常見的理由。

【1】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段中的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”.可知作者很喜歡這本書，這本書使他改變了對(duì)總統(tǒng)的看法，故選C.

【2】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段Approximately two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven’t .In the World Book Day’s “Report on Guilty（愧疚的） Secrets”, Dreams From My Father is at number 9.The report lists ten books, and various authors, which people have lied about reading可知報(bào)告中提到大約三分之二的人曾經(jīng)謊稱讀過某些書，故選C.

【3】D推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段中的Asked why they lied, the most common reason was to impress someone they were speaking to.可知人們之所以選擇撒謊是想讓對(duì)方覺得自己知識(shí)淵博，從而給對(duì)方一個(gè)好的印象。故選D.

【4】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中括號(hào)里的句子(I’d hate to be caught out ), (I haven’t read him, but haven’t lied about it either ) (ah, the big sellers, in other words).等可知作者在文章中的語(yǔ)氣是些幽默的，故選B.