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1、Honestyisthebestpolicyastellingfewerlies阅读理解答案 Honestyisthebestpolicyastellingfewerlies“improvesyourphysicalandmentalhealth”.Whiteliesmayseemharmlessatthetime,butbendingthetruthisactuallybadforyourphysicalandmentalhealth. Peoplewhoconsciouslytriedtotellfewerwhite
2、lieswerelesslikelytofeeltenseorsadandalsoexperiencedfewersorethroatsandheadaches.Thosewhotoldfewerliesalsohadbetterrelationshipsandsmoothersocialinteractionsoverallthanfibbers. Ateamfollowed110peopleaged18to71yearsoldover10weeks.Whilehalfoftheparticipantsweretoldt
3、ostoptellingbothmajorandminorliesforthedurationofthestudy,therestofthemweregivennoinstructionsaboutlying. Bothgroupswenttothelabweeklytocompletehealthandrelationshipmeasuresandtotakeapolygraph(测谎器)testassessingthenumberofmajorandwhiteliestheyhadtoldduringthatweek.
4、ProfessorAnitaKellysaidtheaveragepersontold11liesaweek. Resultsshowedwhenthoseintheno-liegrouptoldthreefewerwhiteliesthantheydidinotherweeks,theyexperiencedfourfewermental-healthcomplaintsandthreefewerphysicalcomplaints.Incontrast,whencontrolgroupmemberstoldthreef
5、ewerwhitelies,theyexperiencedtwofewermental-healthcomplaintsandonefewerphysicalcomplaint. Whenparticipantsacrossbothgroupsliedlessinagivenweek,theirphysicalandmentalhealthwassignificantlybetterthatweek. Participantsalsorealizedtheycouldsimplytellthetruthaboutthei
6、rdailyaccomplishmentsratherthanexaggerate,whileotherssaidtheystoppedmakingfalseexcusesforbeinglateorfailingtocompletetasks. ProfessorKellysaid,“Wefoundthattheparticipantscouldpurposefullyanddramaticallyreducetheireverydaylies,andthatinturnwasassociatedwithsignific
7、antlyimprovedhealth.Statisticalanalysesshowedthatthisimprovementinrelationshipssignificantlyaccountedfortheimprovementinhealththatwasassociatedwithlesslying.”Thestudyalsofoundsomeparticipantslearnedtoavoidlyingbyansweringtroublingquestionswithanotherquestiontodistr
8、acttheperson. 71.Howcanwhiteliesinfluencepeople A.Theyhavenoeffectonpeopleatall. B.Inthelongrun,theyareharmfultohealth. C.Theycanhelpbuildgoo
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