Engleski A - 2013./14. jesen - Task 4
Task 4
Questions 25-32
Read the article about lying.
For questions 25-32, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that best fits each space.
Mark your answers on the answer sheet.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
Is lying bad for us?
It (0) C estimated that the average American tells 11 lies per week. Is this bad for us? Suppose we knew that a lie would never be detected, (25) ______ would we be punished. Suppose we had some means of ensuring that the lie would never cause us any physical or psychological harm through loss of sleep or the (26) ______. Suppose even that telling the lie would actually be to our benefit. Under these circumstances, would it (27) ______ sense to tell the truth? Or would lying become the prudent (28) ______ of action?
We live in a culture where it is increasingly common to encourage lying, and even to suppose that there is nothing problematic about doing so.
One recent study (29) ______ the groundwork of a case for honesty by suggesting that liars are less healthy. Researchers at the University of Notre Dame followed 110 people over a period of ten weeks. Half of the participants were asked to stop lying over this period of time, and (30) ______ half were not. Both groups took (31) ______ polygraph tests to determine how many times they had lied in the previous week. Those who were able to reduce by three the number of lies they told had altogether seven (32) ______ mental and physical health complaints (such as feeling tense or having headaches) than those who did not.
Questions 25-32
Read the article about lying.
For questions 25-32, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that best fits each space.
Mark your answers on the answer sheet.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
Is lying bad for us?
It (0) C estimated that the average American tells 11 lies per week. Is this bad for us? Suppose we knew that a lie would never be detected, (25) ______ would we be punished. Suppose we had some means of ensuring that the lie would never cause us any physical or psychological harm through loss of sleep or the (26) ______. Suppose even that telling the lie would actually be to our benefit. Under these circumstances, would it (27) ______ sense to tell the truth? Or would lying become the prudent (28) ______ of action?
We live in a culture where it is increasingly common to encourage lying, and even to suppose that there is nothing problematic about doing so.
One recent study (29) ______ the groundwork of a case for honesty by suggesting that liars are less healthy. Researchers at the University of Notre Dame followed 110 people over a period of ten weeks. Half of the participants were asked to stop lying over this period of time, and (30) ______ half were not. Both groups took (31) ______ polygraph tests to determine how many times they had lied in the previous week. Those who were able to reduce by three the number of lies they told had altogether seven (32) ______ mental and physical health complaints (such as feeling tense or having headaches) than those who did not.
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