英语四级考试模拟试题及答案（3）

Section B

Directions:There are 2 passage in this section .Eath passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choises maked A) B) C)and D) .You should decide on the best choise and mark the corresponding letter

on Answer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 57 to 61 ared based on the following passage.

Communications technologies are far from equal when it comes tp conveying the truth.The first study to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails.The fact that emails are antomatically recorded-and can come back to haunt(困扰)you. APPears to be the key to the finding.

Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca,Mew York,asked 30 students to keep a communications diary for a week.In it they noted the number of conversations or email exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes,and confessed to how many lies they told.Hancock then worked out the numberof lies per conversation foe each medium .He found that lies made up 14 per cent of emails,21 per cent of instant messages,27 per cent of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37 per cent of phone calls.

His resules to be presented at the conference on human-computer interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists. Some ecpected emailers to be the biggest liars, reasoning that beacuse deception makes people unconfortable, the detachment(非直接接触）of emailing would make it easier to lie. Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges becaue we are most peactised at that form of communication.

But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real time. People apprar to be afraid to lie when they know the communication could later be used to hold them to account, he says. This is why fewer lies appear in email than on the phone.

People are also more likey to lie in ral time in a instant message or phone call say-than if they have time to think of a rasponse, says Hancock. He fond many lies are spontaneous(脱口而出的)resonses to an unexpected demand, such as:"Do you like my dress?"

Hankcock hopes his research will help companies work our the besr ways for their employees to communicate.For instance,the phone might be the best medium foe sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth.But ,given his result,work assessment where honesty is a priority,might be best done using email.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

57.Hancock's study focuses on ____________.

A)the consequences of lying in various communcations media.

B)the success of communications technologies in conveying ideas.

C)people are less likely to lie in instant messages.

D)people 's honesty levels across a range of communications media.

58.Hancock's research finding surprised those who belived that________________.

A)people are less likely to lie in instant messages.

B)people are unlikely to lie in face-to-face interactions.

C)people are most likely to lie in email communication

D)People are twice as likely to lie in phone conversations.

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 relaxeg when using those media.

D)They are most practised at those forms of communication.

60. According to Hancock the telephone is a preferable medium for premoting sales because____________.

A)Salemen can talk directly to their cunstomers.

B)Salemen may feel less restrained to exaggerate.

C)Salemen can impress customers as being trustworthy.

D)Salemen may pass on instant messages effectively.

61. It can be inferren 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 chosem for different communication perposes

D) email is now the dominant medium of communication within a company.