Question

【题目】

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】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了关于善意谎言的一些知识。

【1】句意：大多数时候，人们这样做是因为他们想捍卫友谊。

根据句子结构，空格处应填入名词作动词protect的宾语。只有D选项friendship“友谊”为名词，符合句意，故选D。

【2】句意：你觉得会很无聊，所以你说你很忙。

根据句子结构，空格处应填入形容词作be动词的表语，只有A选项boring“没趣的、令人厌烦的”为形容词，符合句意，故选A。

【3】句意：我们经常说些与事实相悖的话来让人感觉良好。

根据前文Lying to make someone feel good提示，空格处应填入使役动词make，构成“make sb. do sth.”结构。B选项make“使、让”符合句意，故选B。

【4】句意：你可能会说，“嗯，这很好吃！”

根据句子结构，空格处应填入副词修饰动词say，只有C选项probably“很可能”为副词，符合句意，故选C。