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1、Ithappenedtome Ithappenedtomerecently.IwastellingsomeonehowmuchIhadenjoyedreadingBarackObama’sDreamsFromMyFatherandhowithadchangedmyviewsofourPresident.AfriendIwastalkingtoagreedwithmethatitwas,inhiswords,“abrilliantly(精彩地)writtenbook”.However,hethenwenton
2、totalkaboutMrObamainawaywhichsuggestedhehadnoideaofhisbackgroundatall.IsensedthatIwastalkingtoabookliar. Anditseemsthatmyfriendisnottheonlyone.Approximatelytwothirdsofpeoplehaveliedaboutreadingabookwhichtheyhaven’t.IntheWorldBookDay’s“ReportonGuiltySecrets
3、”,DreamsFromMyFatherisatnumber9.Thereportliststenbooks,andvariousauthors,whichpeoplehaveliedaboutreading,andasI’mnotonetolietoooften(I’dhatetobecaughtout),I’lladmithereandnowthatIhaven’treadtheentiretopten.ButIampleasedtosaythat,unlike42percentofpeople,Ihav
4、ereadthebookatnumberone,GeorgeOrwell’s1984.Ithinkit’sreallybrilliant. TheWorldBookDayreportalsohassomeotherinterestinginformationinit.ItsaysthatmanypeoplelieabouthavingreadJaneAusten,CharlesDickens,FyodorDostoevsky(Ihaven’treadhim,buthaven’tliedaboutiteith
5、er)andHermanMelville. Askedwhytheylied,themostcommonreasonwasto“impress”someonetheywerespeakingto.Thiscouldbetrickyiftheconversationbecamemorein-depth! Butwhenaskedwhichauthorstheyactuallyenjoy,peoplenamedJ.k.Rowling,JohnGrisham,SophieKinsella(ah,thebigse
6、llers,inotherwords).Forty-twopercentofpeopleaskedadmittedtheyturnedtothebackofthebooktoreadtheendbeforefinishingthestory(I’llcomeclean:Idothisandamastonishedthat58percentsaidtheyhadneverdoneso). 64.Howdidtheauthorfindhisfriendabookliar? A.Byjudginghismann
7、erofspeaking. B.Bylookingintohisbackground. C.Bymentioningafamousname. D.Bydiscussingthebookitself. 65.Whichofthefollowingisa“guiltysecret”accordingtotheWorldBookDayreport? A.CharlesDickensisverylowonthetop-tenlist. B.42%ofpeoplepretendedtohaveread198
8、4. C.Theauthoradmittedhavingread9books. D.DreamsFromMyFatherishardlyread. 66.Bylyingaboutreading,apersonhopesto________. A.controltheconversation B.appearknowledgeable C.learnaboutthebook D.make
