Beware of those who use the truth to deceive(欺骗). When someone tells you something that is , but leaves out important information that should be , he can create a false impression.
For example, someone might say, “I just a hundred dollars on the lottery. It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and it in for one hundred dollars!”
This guy is a winner, ? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought two hundred , and only one was a winner. He’s really a big !
He didn’t say anything that was , but he deliberately left out some important . That’s called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically , but they are just as not .
Untrustworthy candidates in campaigns often use this tactic(手段). Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, the state lost one million jobs and three million jobs. Then she another term. One of her opponents runs an ad , “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!”That’s true. , an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of million jobs. ”
Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. It’s the law to make false claims so they try to mislead you with the . An ad might boast, “Nine out of ten doctors remend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples. ”It to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Corporation.
This kind of deception happens too often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
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(答案→)B
解析：作者以只给出部分事实的事情为例, 指出我们不应该只看事物的表面事实, 因为这些事实有时是片面的。
【小题1】选B。考查词语复现。根据Beware of those who use the truth to deceive. 可知。
【小题2】选A。考查词义辨析。当有人告诉你部分事实, 但省略了应该包括在内的重要信息时, 他就能创造虚假的印象。include通常表示把某事物或某人作为其中的一部分包含在内; contain通常指某容器中盛或装有某物, 还可以指某种物质中含有某成分或含有其他物质; ignore忽视; refer提及。
【小题3】选D。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据下文This guy is a winner可知是买彩票中了一百美元。win赢得; lose失去; find找到; donate捐赠。
【小题4】选C。考查固定搭配。turn in上交; change改变; take拿; make制作。
【小题5】选A。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据Maybe, maybe not. 可知, 本句意为“这个人是个赢家, 对吗? ”
【小题6】选C。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据I took that dollar ticket back to the store and it in for one hundred dollars!”可知。
【小题7】选B。考查背景常识。买彩票的人买了200张彩票, 但只赢了100美元, 因此是输家。
【小题8】选D。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据That’s called a half-truth. 可知。
【小题9】选B。考查词语复现。根据第一段中When someone tells you something that is , but leaves out important information that should be , he can create a false impression. 可知。
【小题10】选D。考查词语复现。根据文章最后一句Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well. 可知。
【小题11】选C。考查背景常识。根据常识可知half-truths不诚实。
【小题12】选A。考查前后照应。根据下文所举的例子来看, 这是一次政治竞选活动。political政治的; mercial商业的; personal个人的; public公开的。
【小题13】选D。考查词语复现。根据During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of million jobs. ”可知。
【小题14】选A。考查对上下文语境的理解。史密斯州长谋求第二个任期。seek谋求; get得到; achieve达到; search搜寻。
【小题15】选C。考查词义辨析。根据ad可知是广告上写着……。
【小题16】选B。考查对上下文语境的理解。分析句意可知前后为转折关系。however然而; otherwise否则; meanwhile与此同时; because因为。
【小题17】选B。考查对上下文语境的理解。根据Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, the state lost one million jobs and three million jobs. 可知。
【小题18】选C。考查背景常识。造假当然是违背法律的。
【小题19】选D。考查前后照应。根据句中的false可知。
【小题20】选A。考查词义辨析。它未提及他们只问了十名医生, 其中九名为the Yucky Corporation工作。