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根据短文，回答题。Menlietowomen．Attheheartofmanymen’slies，however，isthemaleego．Menlietobuildthemselvesuportoconcealsomething．Theyaremorelikelytolietoenhancethemselvesthanwomenare．Menhaveahardtimeadmittingfailure．Howourculturedefinessuccessisimportanttoaman，soheassumesit’simportanttohispartner．Ina1991study，psychologistWilliamTookeandanassistantattheStateUniversityofNewYorkCollegeatPlattsburghaskedllostudentsattheuniversitytolookat88deceptivetactics—suchasinflatingone’saccomplishmentsandwearingdesigner’sclothestoappearwealthy——andrevealhowoftentheywereusedintheirownrelationships．Menweresignificantlymorelikelythanwomentousesuchdeception．Ego-strokingstatementsthatturnouttobetotalliesmaybedesignedtocoverupoppositefeelings——forinstance。whenamansayshevalueshiswife’sworkbutactuallydoesn’tconsideritimportant．SuchliescansigmalseriousDroblemsahead．whetherjt’sdealinuwithchildcare,vacationplansorcareermoves．
Themorequicklyawomanseeksthetruthbehindtheselies，thesoonershecanremedytherelationship—or，ifnecessary，endit．Asoneputsit：“I'dratherhavetheaxfallthanslipdowntheendlessslopeofuncertaintyandfrustration．”Awifemaynotbesurethatwhatherhusbandissayingmeans“theend”．Sheshouldlistenclosely，notonlytowhathesays，butalsotohowhesaysit．AccordingtoDepaul，changesinvoicecanbesignificant．Shehasfoundthatpeople’svoicesoftengethigherorshakierwhentheylie，andtheyaremorelikelytostumbleoverwords．
However,therearefewthingsthattroubleamanmorethanawoman’sanger—ornagging，ashecallsit—soheliestoavoidascene．Itisin“hassle-preventionlying”thatmencandemonstratetheirgreatestversatility．AyoungmaninNewYorkCityforgothisgirlfriend’sbirthday．Whensheconfrontedhim，heclaimedhe’dplannedasurpriseallalong．Hegrabbedthephone，calledahomeshoppingnetworkandberatedtherepresentativefornotsendingtheexpensivegifthe’dordered．“Ifyoucan’tdobetterthanthis，I'lltearupmymembershipcard!”heshouted．Ofcourse，themandidn’thaveacardandhadneverorderedagift．InthisbookTheVarnishedTruth,DavidNyberg，professorofeducationatStateUniversityofNewyorkatBuffal0，states，“0ccasionallythereisalottolosebytellingthetruth，andsomethingtobegained：bynottellingthetruth．”Still．itisimportanttorememberthatliesareatheartdeceptions，andrepeateddeceptionsdestroyintimacy．Realintimacyisonlypossibletothedegreethatwecanbehonestaboutwhatwearedoingandfeeling．Whenlyingcomestopredominateinamarriage，therelationshipbeginstodeteriorate．Ahusbandandwifecansensethetrusterode，andfeeltheirheartsgrowingcolder．
Men，fortheirpart，needtodevelopthecouragetodropthedefensemechanismsthatbolstertheiregosandpride，andsearchfortrueintimacywiththeirmates．Tellingthetruthtoaspouseisthefirststeptowardshowingthatloveismoreimportantthanlies．Menhaveahardtimeadmittingfailurebecause__________． A．theythinktheirpartnerssetmuchstorebytheirsuccess
B．accordingtotraditionasamantheymustsucceed
C．successisimportanttobothmenandwomen
D．thevaredeftnedassuccessbyourcuIture
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