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 indepth!
But when asked which authors they actually enjoy, people named J.k.Rowling, John Grisham, Sophie Kinsella (ah, the big sellers, in other words).Fortytwo 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 I am astonished that 58 percent said they had never done so).
【试题分析】 世界读书日的一个调查报告表明:有些人撒谎说他们读过某本书,其实他们根本没有读。他们撒谎的主要是给别人留下深刻的印象。
1. 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.
解析:细节理解题。根据文章第一段A friend I was talking to agreed with me that it was,in his words,“a brilliant 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.然后他继续以一种能暗示出他对奥巴马背景一无所知的方式继续谈论奥巴马,可知作者跟他的朋友谈论有关奥巴马的那本书,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,他对奥巴马的背景一点都不知晓,故选D。
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