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 relaxed when using those media.
D) They are most practised at those forms of communication.(A)
题目问根据文意，为什么人们通过某些交流媒介会更可能说真话。
文章分析研究结果的原因是在第四和第五段，两段分别指出两种原因，一个是对话可否被记录和再查(whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread)，所说的话被记录的话，人们担心自己的谎话以后会成为把柄，因此更愿意讲真话;一个是对话是否为实时交流(whether it occurs in real time)，在实时交流时没有过多思考的时间，一些谎话就脱口而出了(many lies are spontaneous)。
A，他们担心留下谎话的记录。
B，他们认为诚实是最好的策略。
C，他们在使用这类媒介时容易放松。
D，他们在使用这类媒介时最为老练。
A符合上面的分析，B和C在文中从来没有提过，D的说法出现在第三段：Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practised at that form of communication，意思是另一些人认为面对面交流中撒谎更多是因为人们使用这种媒介最为熟练。首先这种看法是那些心理学家的看法，其本身是错误的。其次这句话讲的是说谎的原因，而题目问的则是说真话的原因。
60. According to Hancock the telephone is a preferable medium for promoting sales because ________.
A) salesmen can talk directly to their customers
B) salesmen may feel less restrained to exaggerate
C) salesmen can impress customers as being trustworthy
D) salesmen may pass on instant messages effectively(B)
题目问据Hancock的看法，在做销售推广时，电话应是一种更受青睐的媒介，原因是什么。
在文章最后一段，Hancock提出他的研究成果可以应用于公司员工的交流(help companies work our the best ways for their employees to communicate)，而后具体举了两个例子，第一个例子说的就是做销售时最好使用电话，原因是employees are encouraged to stretch the truth。Be encouraged to do是“更敢于做某事”的意思。更敢于做的事是stretch the truth，stretch是伸展、拉长，truth是真相、真实情况，那么把真实情况拉长、扩展就是夸大其实的意思。所以原因应该就是销售员使用电话进行销售时更有勇气言过其实，过于夸大自己产品的好处。
A，销售员能够与客户直接对话。
B，销售员可感觉更敢于夸大其词。
C，销售员能够给客户一个值得信赖的印象。
D，销售员更能有效的传递即时信息。
可以看出B的说法符合文意。
61. It can be inferred 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 chosen for different communication purposes
D) email is now the dominant medium of communication within a company(C)
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