

V. Fill each of the numbered blanks with one suitable word.
Sometimes when we speak to other people we …1… not tell them the whole truth but tell them ...2... we think they want to hear. Helen, …3… research student at …4… American university, gave an example of this …5… she returned home …6… her sister’s wedding. …7… the reception, she talk to relatives and old school – friends, all of …8… wanted to know how she was getting …9… She had no intention of …10… lies, yet after several conversations she felt that she …11… not told the whole truth.
In some …12… she told people how well she …13… doing, how much she enjoyed her research, and how she had made …14… of new friends. …15…, in other conversations she spoke of ....16.... to work long hours, of how she had very …17… money and of how she disliked the cheap accommodation she had to …18… in.
She …19… realized that she had given her parents and relatives a very positive picture …20… her life so …21… they would not worry about her. However, she knew that many of her friends were in dull, boring jobs, and …22… she did not want to make …23… jealous of her, she gave a much …24… negative description. …25… descriptions were true, but she told the different people only what she thought would please them.
NOT TELLING THE WHOLE TRUTH
Sometimes when we speak to other people we …1… not tell them the whole truth but tell them ...2... we think they want to hear. Helen, …3… research student at …4… American university, gave an example of this …5… she returned home …6… her sister’s wedding. …7… the reception, she talk to relatives and old school – friends, all of …8… wanted to know how she was getting …9… She had no intention of …10… lies, yet after several conversations she felt that she …11… not told the whole truth.
In some …12… she told people how well she …13… doing, how much she enjoyed her research, and how she had made …14… of new friends. …15…, in other conversations she spoke of ....16.... to work long hours, of how she had very …17… money and of how she disliked the cheap accommodation she had to …18… in.
She …19… realized that she had given her parents and relatives a very positive picture …20… her life so …21… they would not worry about her. However, she knew that many of her friends were in dull, boring jobs, and …22… she did not want to make …23… jealous of her, she gave a much …24… negative description. …25… descriptions were true, but she told the different people only what she thought would please them.