At 9:00 Dick Spivak's bank telephoned and said his payment was late."The check is in the post,"Dick replied quickly.At 11:45 Dick left for a 12:00 meeting across town.Arriving late,he explained that traffic（交通）had been had.That evening,Dick's girlfriend wore a new dress.He hated it."It looks just great on you,"he said.Three lies in one day!Yet Dick Spivak is just an ordinary man.Each time,he told himself that sometimes the truth causes too many problems.Most of us tell much the same white lies,harmless untruths that help to save trouble.Hos often do we tell white lies?It depends in part on our age,education,and even where we live.According to one U.S.study,women are more truthful than men,and honesty increases as we get older. While most people use little white lies to make life easier,the majority of Americans care about honesty in both public and personal life.They say that people today are less honest than they were ten years ago.Although it is believed that things are getting worse,lying seems to be an age-old human problem.The French philos（哲学家）Vauvenarges,writing in the eighteenth century,touched on the truth when he wrote,"All men are born truthful and die liars（说谎者）."
1 When the writer says"Dick Spivak is just an ordinary man",he means_____.
A.it is common that people tell white lies
B.Dick could do nothing about bad traffic
C.it is common that people delay their payment
D.Dick found it had to deal with everyday proplems
2.According to the text,most Americans_____.
A.hate white lies
B.believe white lies
C.value honesty
D.consider others dishonest
3 Vauvenarges' remark suggests that_____.
A.lying is an age-old human problem
B.dishonesty increases as people get older
C.people were dishonest in the 18th century
D.it is social conditions that make people tell lies
科目：高中英语 来源：吉林省桦甸四中2009-2010学年度高二下学期第一次月考 题型：阅读理解
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I grew up in a small town. I was only ten years old when my dad gave me the responsibility of feeding the chickens and cleaning up the stable (马厩). He believed it was important for me to have those jobs to learn responsibility. Then, when I was 22, I found a job in Natchbill at a country music club called the Natchbill Palace. I washed dishes and cooked from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm and then went on stage and sang until 2:00 in the morning. It wasn’t long before I became known as a singing cook. I had been rejected so many times by record companies that it was hard not to be discouraged.
One night, a woman executive (董事) from a company named Warner Brothers Records came to hear me sing. When the show was over, we sat down and talked and after she left, I said to myself it was one more rejection. A few weeks later, my manager received a phone call — Warner Brothers wanted to sign me to a record deal. Soon after, I had my first record in June 1986. It sold over 2 million copies. My best efforts had gone into every job I’ve ever held. It was the sense of responsibility that made me feel like a man.
68. Why was the writer once known as a singing cook?
A. He was a cook at a country music club.
B. He sang for guests while he worked as a cook.
C. He often sang while cooking.
D. He liked singing better than cooking.
69. Who first recognized the writer’s talents and helped make him successful?
A. His brother. B. His manager. C. His father. D. A businesswoman.
70. It can be inferred from the passage that the ______.
A. writer’s success is partly due to his father B. writer’s family was very poor
C. writer succeeded easily D. writer’s first record was a total failure
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