38. What does the phrase these tellers of a thousand lies‘ (paragraph 4) refer to ?
1. Male and female liars
2. DePaulo‘s students
3. Charlottesville residents
4. Participants in DePaulo‘s study
39. According to DePaulo‘s study, which of the following is NOT true?
1. A lot of people tell lies for their own sake.
2. Some people lie out of kindness to others.
3. Men tell more lies than women do.
4. A few people in the study reported always telling the truth.
40. Which of the following does NOT mean lie ?
1. Preoccupation 2. Deception 3. Prevarication 4. Falsehood
Passage 3
1 Chemicals from air-conditioning units and refrigerators in daily use throughout Asia could cause catastrophic climate change unless we change our ways soon, scientists say. Called hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), the chemicals were widely adopted about 20 years ago after it was discovered that the chemicals being used until then chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) had been depleting the ozone layer.