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1、Questions32-41arebasedonthefollowingpassageandsupplementarymaterial.ThispassageisadaptedfromAdamGrant,“TheBestLieDetectorsinWorkplace.”©2013bytheWashingtonPost.Liedetectionisanotoriouslydifficultskilltomaster.Infact,evenmostso-calledliedetectionexper
2、ts--experienceddetectives,psychiatrists,jobinterviewers,judges,polygraphadministrators,intelligenceagentsandauditors--hardlydobetterthanchance.Inamassiveanalysisofstudieswithmorethan24,000people.PsychologistsCharlesBondTr.andBellaDepaulofoundthateven
3、theexpertsarerightlessthan55percentofthetime.Still,somepeoplearebetterjudgesofcharacterthanothers.Sowhenweneedtocountonpeopletoassesshonesty,wetendtoturntotheskepticsamongus,expectingthatthey'llbethoroughanddiscerning.Consideracleverstudybypsychologi
4、stsNancyCarterandMarkWeber,whopresentedbusinessprofessionalswithascenarioaboutanorganizationstrugglingwithdishonestyinitshiringinterviews.Theyhadthechancetochooseoneoftwohighlycompetentseniormanagerstobethecompany'sjobinterviewer.Themajordifferencebe
5、tweenthetwomanagerswasn'texperienceorskill,itwasamatterofpersonality:Onemanagerwasskepticalandsuspicious,whereastheothermanagerhadahabitoftrustingothers.Eighty-fivepercentchosetheskepticalmanagertomakethehiringdecisions,expectingthetrustingmanagertob
6、enaiveandeasilyduped.Butarewerightthatskepticsarebetterliedetectors?Tofindout,CarterandWebercreatedvideotapesofeightbusinessstudentsinterviewingforajob.Halfoftheintervieweestoldthetruththroughouttheinterview,whiletheotherhalfwasinstructedtotellthrees
7、ignificantliesapiece.CarterandWeberrecruitedagroupofpeopletowatchthevideos.Severaldaysbeforehand,theyhadcompletedasurveyaboutwhethertheyweregenerallyskepticalortrustingofothers.Afterwatchingthevideos,theparticipantsplacedtheirbetsaboutwhichcandidates
8、liedandwhichtoldthetruth,andthenmadeachoiceaboutwhichonestheywouldhire.Theresultsweresurprising.Themoretrustingevaluatorsbetteridentifiedtheliarsamongthegroupthantheskepticsdid,andwerealsolesslikelytohirethoseliars.Contrarytoconventionalwisdom,it’sth