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2021-2022年度北师大高二上学期英语期中测试卷
一、阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
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Friends should always be honest with you,right?So when they lie,it can be really hard to take.You want to trust your friends and that means knowing that they'll tell it to you straight no matter what it is.But a friend who lies isn't always trying to hurt you.Why does this happen?
Protect your feelings
One of the biggest reasons friends lie is simply to avoid hurting your feelings.
Some people don't understand the difference between being gently honest with a friend and being so straightforward(直截了当的)that they leave a verbal wound.They choose to avoid these two extremes in the form of a lie.
What you can do:Encourage your friends to be straight with you.No matter what their answer is,let them know you are grateful for it.
They feel embarrassed
Sometimes friends will lie about things in their life because they are too embarrassed to admit the truth.
Maybe they are going through a rough time and they just don't want you to know about it.
What you can do:Avoid trying to badger(纠缠)your friend into telling you what's wrong.Instead,make it clear that you are there for them if they are ready to talk.
Avoid an argument with you
Perhaps your friends know that if they tell you the truth,you'll get angry with them.Avoiding conflict isn’t always healthy for a friendship because it allows problems to grow over time.If you lave a bad temper(脾气),your friend might try and avoid getting into an argument with you and instead just tell you what you want to hear.
What you can do:Make sure that if a friend tells you something unpleasant,you don't overreact.Consider what's being said and why your friend is telling you this. If you do end up arguing, do it in a respectable way.
Exclude you
Lying isn't always a sign that friends are trying to protect you, however. Sometimes they lie because they want to exclude you from their plans.
What you can do: When you find out with certainty that your friend is lying to you, try and face it