Britain's most popular lie has been disclosed, with one in four people admitting

Britain's most popular lie has beendisclosed, with one in four people admitting using "sorry I had no signal"when returning a missed mobile phone call, a survey found．

Researchers found the average Briton tells onaverage four lies every day or almost 1500 every year． Almost one in six men admitted theywere most likely to lie to their wife or girlfriend, on average at least twicea day．The most popular lie was saying you had no mobilephone signal．with one in four people admittingregularly using the little white He．It usually cameafter they hit the "ignore" button when their mobile rang．

Three quarters of people think women arebetter Hare．The researchfound 46 per cent of girls have been caught lying, compared to 58 of men．

The second most common fib（无关紧要的谎言） is “I haven't got anycash on me" when asked for money by tramps （流浪者）．beggars and Big Issue sellers．"Nothing's wrong - I'm fine" came third followed by"You look lovely" and "Nice to see you"．

Modern technology turned out to havecontributed to many lies with "I didn't get your text" in 18th．"Our server was down" in20th and "My battery died" in 26th place．

Other lies to make the top ten included"I'll give you a ring", "We're just good friends" and"We'll have to meet up soon"．"I'm on my way" and "No, your bum doesn't look big inthat" completed the top ten．

Men tell the most fibs, coming out with fiveevery day compared to women who lie just three times． In many cases perhaps it is better toflatter with a fib than destroy someone with the truth, according to aspokesman for OnePoll, which carried out the research of 4．300 adults．

1.Whether the person being called has pushed the "ignore" button or_____．the caller at theother end hears the same tone．

    A．really has nosignal                                    B．can't get the text

    C．has a batteryfailure                                   D．answers the call

2.Most people think women are better liars because _____．

    A．there're more women liars                               B．fewer women liars are found out

    C．women tell less harmfullies                             D．women are harder to convince

3."Our server was down" is perhaps a lie told as an excuse for not_____．

    A．inviting a friend todinner         B．responding to an e - mail

    C．coming to a party on time           D．cleaning one's room

4."You look lovely" and "I'm on my way" rank _____ on thepopular - lie list．

    A．3rd and8th                          B．5th and 10th            

    C．4th and9th                          D．5th and 12th

5.The OnePoll spokesman seems to think it's _____ for the British to lie somuch．

    A．puzzling         B．disgusting       C．impossible      D．reasonable

试题答案

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】 略