Question

Very often, new-born babies aren’t beautiful. They’re wrinkled (皱褶), or they have an angry look on their faces. They seem to say, “Get away！I hate everybody.” But to a parent, that wrinkled, angry-faced baby is the most beautiful and perfect child in the world. When a proud (自豪的) parent asks you, “Well, what do you think…? Isn’t she beautiful?” What are you going to say? Is this the time for the truth (真相)? Of course not!

You look at that proud parent in the eye and say, “Yes, she is! She is really a beauty. She’s going to be a movie star! I can tell!”

In English this is a white lie. White lies don’t hurt (伤害) people. They aren’t angry words. People use them to make a difficult thing a little easier. When people don’t want to meet someone, or they eat something new that they really don’t like at a friend’s house, they’ll tell a white lie. They are trying to be kind. They don’t want to hurt anyone. It’s important to be honest, but being kind is sometimes more important.

根据短文内容完成下列任务。（共5分）

1.根据短文内容填空：Parents are usually ______________ when their babies are born.

2.The word “white” in the phrase “a white lie” means ________.

A. 白色的谎言     B. 善意的谎言      C. 真实的谎言

3.Which of the following is a white lie?

A. You break the window but you say you don’t know who breaks it.

B. You know Jim has picked up (捡起)a wallet but you say you don’t know.

C. You don’t think your friend’s first picture is great but you say it is.

4.从文中找出下列句子的同义句。Sometimes it’s more important to be kind.

________________________________________________________________

5..回答问题：Why do people use white lies?  ___________________________

Answer

1.proud

2.B

3.C

4.Being kind is sometimes more important

5.Because white lies don’t hurt people./ People use them to make a difficult thing a little easier. / They are trying to be kind. / They don’t want to hurt anyone.

【解析】

试题分析：短文叙述了刚出生的孩子脸上有褶皱，朋友看到这些小孩的时候，却说一些漂亮的话。短文给出了善意的谎言不会伤害别人，反而是用来安慰别人的话。

1.Proud，自豪的。

2. lie善意的谎言。根据短文可知，white lie不会伤害别人，反而是用来安慰别人的话。

3.

4. it’s more important to be kind. 在此句中，to be kind做真正的主语。结合最后一段，可知诚实固然重要，但是有时善良会更加重要。所以需要填being kind is sometimes more important。

5.

考点：教育类短文。