【Britain'smostpopularliehasbeendisclosedwithoneinfourpeopleadmittingusing“sorryIhadnosignal"whenreturningamissedmobilephonecallasurveyfound.ResearchersfoundtheaverageBritontellsonaveragefourliesevery】
Britain'smostpopularliehasbeendisclosedwithoneinfourpeopleadmittingusing“sorryIhadnosignal"whenreturningamissedmobilephonecallasurveyfound.
ResearchersfoundtheaverageBritontellsonaveragefourlieseverydayoralmost1500everyyear.Almostoneinsixmenadmittedtheyweremostlikelytolietotheirwifeorgirlfriendonaverageatleasttwiceaday.Themostpopularliewassayingyouhadnomobilephonesignalwithoneinfourpeopleadmittingregularlyusingthelittlewhitelie.Itusuallycameaftertheyhitthe“ignore"buttonwhentheirmobilerang.
Threequartersofpeoplethinkwomenarebetterliars.Theresearchfound46percentofgirlshavebeencaughtlyingcomparedto58ofmen.
Thesecondmostcommonfib(无关紧要的谎言)is“Ihaven'tgotanycashonme”whenaskedformoneybytramps(流浪者)beggarsandBigIssuesellers.“Nothing'swrong–I'mfine”camethirdfollowedby“Youlooklovely”and“Nicetoseeyou”.
Moderntechnologyturnedouttohavecontributedtomanylieswith“Ididn'tgetyourtext”in18th“Ourserverwasdown”in20thand“Mybatterydied”in26thplace.
Otherliestomakethetoptenincluded“I'llgiveyouaring”“We'rejustgoodfriends”and“We'llhavetomeetupsoon”.“I'monmyway”and“Noyourbumdoesn'tlookbiginthat”completedthetopten.
Mentellthemostfibscomingoutwithfiveeverydaycomparedtowomenwholiejustthreetimes.
InmanycasesperhapsitisbettertoflatterwithafibthandestroysomeonewiththetruthaccordingtoaspokesmanforOnePollwhichcarriedouttheresearchof4300adults.
66.Whetherthepersonbeingcalledhaspushedthe“ignore”buttonor______thecallerattheotherendhearsthesametone.
A.reallyhasnosignal B.can’tgetthetext
C.hasabatteryfailure D.answersthecall
67.Mostpeoplethinkwomenarebetterliarsbecause______.
A.there’remorewomenliars B.fewerwomenliarsarefoundout
C.womentelllessharmfullies D.womenarehardertoconvince
68.“Ourserverwasdown”isperhapsalietoldasanexcusefornot______.
A.invitingafriendtodinner