It happened to me recently, I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading

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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 wsa talking to agreed with me that it was,in his words,”a brilliantly written book”.However,he then went on to talk about Mr.Obama in a way which suggested he had no idea of his back-ground at all. I nd that I was talking to a book liar. And it ems 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 plead to say that,  un- like 42 percent of peoples I have read the book at number one, George Orwell's 1984.  I thinkit'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 ' tread 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 Kinlla ( ah,  the big llers, 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' lI come clean: I do thi8 and am astonished that 58 percent said they had never done so).小题1:Which of the fokllowing is a "guilty cret" according io the world Book Day report?A．42% of people pretended to have read 1984.B．Charles Dickens is very low on the top--tcn list.C．The author admitted having read 9 booksD．Dreams From My Father is hardly read.小题2:How did the author find his friend a book liar?A．By mentioning a famous name.B．By discussing the book itlfC．By judging his manner of speaking.D． By looking into his background.小题3:By lying about reading, a person hopes to_____.A.learn about the bookC. appear knowledgeableB. control the conversationD make more friends小题4:What is the author's attitude to 58% of readers?A．DoubtifulB．FavorableC．UncaringD．Friendly小题5:In the ntenced I'd hate to be caught  out".  "catch out" can have the similqr meaning with ____.A．catch upB．1ook forC．catch atD．find out 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:A小题2:B小题3:B小题4:D小题5:D

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试题解析：本文是一篇议论文。作者通过与朋友聊天引出本文的话题book liar，列举了大家谎称读了而实际上没有读的书目，以及大家喜欢的一些作家，并阐述了大家撒谎的一系列的理由。小题1:推理判断题。本题的关键词"guilty cret，定位在第二段和第三段，根据第二段But I am plead to say that,  un- like 42 percent of peoples I have read the book at number one, George Orwell's 1984. 作者读过这本书，而且42% 的人没读过但却装作读过，所以A正确。小题2:细节理解题.根据文章第一段可知，作者和他的朋友深谈有关奥巴马的那本书时，发现朋友对奥巴马的背景一无所知，这暗示出朋友其实并没有读过这本书，所以B正确。小题3:细节理解题。根据第四段中Asked why  they lied, the most common reason was to "impress" someone they were speaking to可知，人们之所以撒谎是想让对方觉得他们知识渊博，从而给对方一个好的印象，以交到更多的朋友，所以D正确。小题4:推理判断题。根据第五段最后一句话This could be tricky if the conversation became more in-depth !,这表明了作者的态度，所以A正确小题5:词义猜测题。A. catch up赶上 B.1ook for寻找  C. catch at 设法抓住  D.find out发现根据整句意思可以判断出D正确

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【题型说明】该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。 【备考提醒】为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点： 1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。 2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。 3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。 4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。