2011年11月北京学位英语(成人英语三级)冲刺题.doc

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1、2011年11月北京学位英语(成人英语三级)冲刺题　　PartIReadingComprehension(30%)　　Directions:Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondi

2、ngletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.　　Passage1　　Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.　　Whatexactlyisalie?Isitanythingwesaywhichweknowisuntrue?Orisitsomethingmorethanthat?Forexample,supposeafriendwantstoborrowsomemoneyfromyou.Yousay“Iw

3、ishIcouldhelpyoubutI’mshortofmoneymyself.”Infact,youarenotshortofmoneybutyourfriendisinthehabitofnotpayinghisdebtandyoudon’twanttohurthisfeelingsbyremindinghimofthis.Isthisrallyalie?　　ProfessorJeraldJellisonoftheUniversityofSouthernCaliforniahasmadeascientific

4、studyoflying.(76)Accordingtohim,womenarebetterliarsthanmen,particularlywhentellinga“whitelie”,suchaswhenawomanatapartytellsanotherwomanthatshelikesherdresswhenshereallythinksitlooksawful.However,thisisonlyonesideofthestory.Otherresearcherssaythatmenaremorelike

5、lytotellmoreseriouslies,suchasmakingapromisewhichtheyhavenointensionoffulfilling.Thisisthekindofliepoliticiansandbusinessmenaresupposedtobeparticularlyskilledat:theliefromwhichtheliarhopestoprofitorgaininsomeway.　　Researchhasalsobeendoneintothewaypeople’sbehav

6、iorchangesinanumberofsmall,apparentlyunimportantwayswhentheylie.Ithasbeenfoundthatiftheyaresittingdownatthetime,theytendtomoveaboutintheirchairsmorethanusual.Tothetrainedobservertheyaresaying“IwishIweresomewhereelsenow.”Theyalsotendtotouchcertainpartsoftheface

7、moreoften,inparticularthenose.Oneexplanationofthismaybethatlyingcausesaslightincreaseinbloodpressure.Thetipofthenoseisverysensitivetosuchchangesandtheincreasedpressuresmakeititch.　　AnothergesturewhichgivesliarsawayiswhatthewriterDesmondMorrisinhisbookManwatchi

8、ngcalls“themouthcover”.(77)Hesaysthereareseveraltypicalformsofthis,suchascoveringpartofthemouthwiththefingers,touchingtheupper-liporputtingafingerofthehandatonesideofthemouth.Sucha