Question

Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive (欺骗)? 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. It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!

This guy's 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 (对手) 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.

1.How much did the lottery winner lose?

A．One hundred dollars.

B．Two hundred dollars.

C．Three hundred dollars.

D．Four hundred dollars.

2.We may infer that the author believes people should ______.

A．buy lottery tickets

B．make use of half-truths

C．not take anything at false value

D．not trust the Yucky Company

3.What do the underlined words “net gain” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A．final increase	B．big advantage
C．large share	D．total saving

4.What can we know from the example of the Yucky Pill advertisement?

A．False statements are easy to see through.

B．Half-truths are often used to mislead people.

C．Doctors like to act in advertisements.

D．Advertisements are based on facts.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.B

【解析】有时候真相也会被人利用来误导我们！

1.计算题。根据第3段可知他买了200元，只赢了100元，输了100元。故A正确。

2.推理题。根据文章可知很多情况想真话也会说谎。很多人不应该用错误的价值观来接受事物。

3.猜测词义题。根据文章可知实际上Smith的政府是赢得了200万个就业岗位。那么A正确。

4.细节题。根据倒数第二段第2行they try to mislead you with the truth.可知很多一般正确的真相经常被用来误导人们，故B正确。