One day a man gave his son some wood to saw （锯； 锯子）．The boy did not want to do such work， so after his father had gone away， he threw the saw down， and it broke．

"I did not break the saw，" said the boy to himself， "it broke itself．" He tried to deceivehimself with words， but he knew in his heart that they were false words， and he was afraid to meet his father．

One day a mother said to her son， who had just returned from school， "It is six o'clock．Your school closes at four ﹣where have you been， my boy？" "Oh， mother，" said Ned， "when we play at ball， we forget everything else．We do not think of the time， or of coming home．Is tea ready？"

The boy 's mother was cheated．Ned's answer led her to think that he had been playing with his friends．But he had not been playing at all． He had been "kept in" by his teacher， because he had not learned his lessons．He did not like to tell his mother that．He wished her to think that he had been playing． "What a shame it is for you to try to cheat your mother，" said something in Ned's heart， as he sat down to his tea． "I don't care，" said the boy to himself， "I don't care．I did not tell a lie﹣ I did not say that I was playing．"

If we use words which are about to cheat， we tell a lie．Ned's lie was a very bad one， for it looked so like the truth．A lie that looks like the truth is the worst kind of lie．

（1）Who broke the saw actually？ 　　

A．	The father．
B．	The boy．
C．	The mother．
D．	Nobody．

（2）The underlined word "deceive" probably means" 　　．

A．	鼓励
B．	鞭策
C．	欺骗
D．	惩罚

（3）What time did the school close？ 　　

A．	At 14：00．
B．	At 15：00．
C．	At 16：00．
D．	At 17：00．

（4）The boy got home at six on that day， because he 　　．

A．	played at ball
B．	was busy with his lessons
C．	forgot the time
D．	was asked to stay by the teacher

（5）What does the writer mainly want to tell us？ 　　

A．	A truth is a real lie．
B．	What looks like a truth is a lie．
C．	A truth that looks like a lie is a lie．
D．	A lie that looks real is the worst lie．

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