59. According to the passage, why are people more likely to tell the truth through certain media of communication?
A) They are afraid of leaving behind traces of their lies.
B) They believe that honesty is the best policy.
C) They tend to be relaxed when using those media.
D) They are most practised at those forms of communication.(A)
題目問(wèn)根據(jù)文意,為什么人們通過(guò)某些交流媒介會(huì)更可能說(shuō)真話。
文章分析研究結(jié)果的原因是在第四和第五段,兩段分別指出兩種原因,一個(gè)是對(duì)話可否被記錄和再查(whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread),所說(shuō)的話被記錄的話,人們擔(dān)心自己的謊話以后會(huì)成為把柄,因此更愿意講真話;一個(gè)是對(duì)話是否為實(shí)時(shí)交流(whether it occurs in real time),在實(shí)時(shí)交流時(shí)沒(méi)有過(guò)多思考的時(shí)間,一些謊話就脫口而出了(many lies are spontaneous)。
A,他們擔(dān)心留下謊話的記錄。
B,他們認(rèn)為誠(chéng)實(shí)是最好的策略。
C,他們?cè)谑褂眠@類媒介時(shí)容易放松。
D,他們?cè)谑褂眠@類媒介時(shí)最為老練。
A符合上面的分析,B和C在文中從來(lái)沒(méi)有提過(guò),D的說(shuō)法出現(xiàn)在第三段:Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practised at that form of communication,意思是另一些人認(rèn)為面對(duì)面交流中撒謊更多是因?yàn)槿藗兪褂眠@種媒介最為熟練。首先這種看法是那些心理學(xué)家的看法,其本身是錯(cuò)誤的。其次這句話講的是說(shuō)謊的原因,而題目問(wèn)的則是說(shuō)真話的原因。
60. According to Hancock the telephone is a preferable medium for promoting sales because ________.
A) salesmen can talk directly to their customers
B) salesmen may feel less restrained to exaggerate
C) salesmen can impress customers as being trustworthy
D) salesmen may pass on instant messages effectively(B)
題目問(wèn)據(jù)Hancock的看法,在做銷售推廣時(shí),電話應(yīng)是一種更受青睞的媒介,原因是什么。
在文章最后一段,Hancock提出他的研究成果可以應(yīng)用于公司員工的交流(help companies work our the best ways for their employees to communicate),而后具體舉了兩個(gè)例子,第一個(gè)例子說(shuō)的就是做銷售時(shí)最好使用電話,原因是employees are encouraged to stretch the truth。Be encouraged to do是“更敢于做某事”的意思。更敢于做的事是stretch the truth,stretch是伸展、拉長(zhǎng),truth是真相、真實(shí)情況,那么把真實(shí)情況拉長(zhǎng)、擴(kuò)展就是夸大其實(shí)的意思。所以原因應(yīng)該就是銷售員使用電話進(jìn)行銷售時(shí)更有勇氣言過(guò)其實(shí),過(guò)于夸大自己產(chǎn)品的好處。
A,銷售員能夠與客戶直接對(duì)話。
B,銷售員可感覺(jué)更敢于夸大其詞。
C,銷售員能夠給客戶一個(gè)值得信賴的印象。
D,銷售員更能有效的傳遞即時(shí)信息。
可以看出B的說(shuō)法符合文意。
61. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A) honesty should be encouraged in interpersonal communications
B) more employers will use emails to communicate with their employees
C) suitable media should be chosen for different communication purposes
D) email is now the dominant medium of communication within a company(C)
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