Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive(欺騙)? When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out important information that should be included, he can give you a false picture.
For example, someone might say, “I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery(彩票). It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!”
This guy is a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought $ 200 worth of tickets, and only one was a winner. He’s really a big loser!
He didn’t say anything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose. That’s called a half-truth. Half truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest.
Some politicians often use this trick. Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of her opponents says, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” That’s true. However, an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs.’’
Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. It’s against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth. An advertisement might say, “Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache.” It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company.
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.
【小題1】We may infer that the author believes people should ________.

A.buy lottery tickets if possible
B.make use of half-truths
C.be careful about what they are told
D.not trust the Yucky Company
【小題2】Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.Using half truths is against the law.
B.Technically, half truths are in fact lies.
C.Yucky Pills is a very good medicine for toothache.
D.Governor Smith did a good job during her last term.
【小題3】Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?
A.He’s really a big loser!
B.Sometimes the truth can lie as well.
C.Advertisers will sometimes use half truths.
D.It’s against the law to make false statements.


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】B

解析試題分析: 謊言能騙人,但是你相信事實(shí)也能騙人嗎?在本文中作者介紹了有些人是如何利用部分事實(shí)來(lái)進(jìn)行欺騙的,比如廣告中說(shuō)“十個(gè)醫(yī)生中有九個(gè)會(huì)建議他們的病人服用Yucky Pills來(lái)治療牙痛”,但是他們沒提到的事實(shí)是:被問(wèn)到的這十個(gè)醫(yī)生中有九人是Yucky Pills公司的。
【小題1】C推理判斷題。作者在文章開頭用Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive?引出話題,然后給出例子來(lái)說(shuō)明這一情況,由此推斷作者目的是提醒人們要注意別人告訴他們的話,答案選C。
【小題2】D根據(jù)文章第三段her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs.可知在她的任職期間就業(yè)的凈增長(zhǎng)是兩百萬(wàn)份工作,所以她的工作是杰出的,其他選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容錯(cuò)誤,答案選D。
【小題3】B主旨大意題。作者在文章開頭提出話題Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive?,中間列舉了三個(gè)例子來(lái)證明事實(shí)也會(huì)欺騙人的情況,最后作者通過(guò)It’s a sad fact of life:Lies are lies,and sometimes the truth can 1ie as well與開頭相呼應(yīng),故B選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容更能表達(dá)文章中心,答案選B。
考點(diǎn):考查社會(huì)生活類短文閱讀。

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