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Multilevel · Part 5 · Multilevel Practice Test 15

How to Spot a Liar: Reading answers

Answers to questions 30–35 (6 in all), each with why it is right.

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However much we may abhor it, deception comes naturally to all living things. Birds do it by feigning injury to lead hungry predators away from nesting young. Spider crabs do it by disguise: adorning themselves with strips of kelp and other debris, they pretend to be something they are not – and so escape their enemies. Nature amply rewards successful deceivers by allowing them to survive long enough to mate and reproduce. So it may come as no surprise to learn that human beings – who, according to psychologist Gerald Johnson of the University of South California, or lied to about 200 times a day, roughly one untruth every 5 minutes – often deceive for exactly the same reasons: to save…

Answers 30–35

  1. 30

    Johnson mentions that the most common reason for deceiving people is to protect their {30}.

    skin / skins Summary completion

  2. 31

    Fortunately, there are more than enough {31} which are provided by the nature to detect a lying person.

    clues Summary completion

  3. 32

    One of the emotional states which should be observed carefully is {32} puts liars in awkward situation.

    stress Summary completion

  4. 33

    The main reason for the rejection of polygraph tests in the court is {33}.

    lights Summary completion

  5. 34

    Lie detectors can't be used as evidence in a court of law because

    D: There may be many causes of certain body behavior. Multiple choice

  6. 35

    Why does the author mention the paralyzed patients?

    B: To show the relation between true emotions and body behavior. Multiple choice

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