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Even before historian Joseph Ellis became a best-selling author, he was famous for his vivid lectures. In his popular courses at
Even before historian Joseph Ellis became a best-selling author, he was famous for his vivid lectures. In his popular courses at
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2014-02-25
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Even before historian Joseph Ellis became a best-selling author, he was famous for his vivid lectures. In his popular courses at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, he would often make classroom discussion lively by describing his own combat experience in Vietnam. But as Ellis’s reputation grew — his books on the Founding Fathers have won both the prestigious National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize — the history professor began to entertain local and national reporters with his memories of war. Last year, after The Boston Globe carried accounts of Ellis’s experience in the Vietnam war, someone who knew the truth about Ellis dropped a dime(揭发). Last week The Boston Globe revealed that Ellis, famous for explaining the nation’s history, had some explaining to do about his own past.
"Even in the best of lives, mistakes are made," said a wretched Ellis. It turned out that while the distinguished historian had served in the Army, he’d spent his war years not in the jungles of Southeast Asia, but teaching history at West Point. He’d also overstated his role in the anti-war movement and even his high-school athletic records. His admission shocked colleagues, fellow historians and students who wondered why someone so accomplished would beautify his past. But it seems that success and truthfulness don’t always go hand in hand. Even among the distinguished achievers, security experts say, one in ten is deceiving — indulging in everything from empty boasting to more serious offenses such as plagiarism(剽窃), fictionalising military records, making up false academic certificates or worse. "And, oddly, prominent people who beautify the past often do so once they’re famous", says Ernest Brod of Kroll Associates, which has conducted thousands of background checks. Says Brod: "It’s not like they use these lies to climb the ladder."
Then what makes them do it? Psychologists say some people succeed, at least in part, because they are uniquely adjusted to the expectations of others. And no matter how well-known, those people can be haunted by a sense of their own shortcomings. "From outside, these people look anything but fragile," says Dennis Shulman, a New York psychoanalyst. "But inside, they feel hollow, empty."
It is not revealed by the passage that Ellis lied about______.
选项
A、his role in the anti-war movement
B、his athletic records in high school
C、his family background
D、his own war experience in Vietnam
答案
C
解析
原文第2段第2、3句提到,这位著名的历史学家(指前句提到的Ellis)虽然在军队服过役,但是他的战争岁月不是在东南亚的丛林中度过的,而是在西点军校讲授历史。他还夸大了自己在反战运动中的作用,甚至夸大了他在中学的体育运动记录。由此可知,文中没有提到的是Ellis是否在自己的家庭背景上撒了谎,而其他三项都提到了,故答案为C)。
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