【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】本题考查的是考生对细节的把握，答案对应于文章第一、二段。第一段中“you don't want to hurt his feelings by re minding him of this．”，第二段又用举例的方法解释了white lie 的含义。这个例子就是"such as when a woman at a party tells an other woman that she likes her dress when she really think it looks awful．”