Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to cheat? When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out (略去) important information that should be inside, 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 (政客) often use this trick. Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and got three million jobs. Then she tries to get another term. One of her opponents (競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)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 increased 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 say that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company.
This kind of cheating 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:How many examples does the writer give to show how the truth is used to cheat?
A．OneB．TwoC．Three D．Four
小題3: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4: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:C
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題解析：本文大意：你知道那些用真相騙人的人們嗎？當(dāng)某人告訴你某事是真的，但是略去了應(yīng)在里面的重要信息，他能給你一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤的圖畫。一些人、一些政客和一些廣告商都會(huì)用真想說謊。謊言是謊言，有時(shí)真相也撒謊。
小題1:主旨大意題。根據(jù)Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to cheat? When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out (略去) important information that should be inside, he can give you a false picture你知道那些用真相騙人的人們嗎？當(dāng)某人告訴你某事是真的，但是略去了應(yīng)在里面的重要信息，他能給你一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤的圖畫，可知選C
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) someone，Some politicians ，Advertisers某人，一些政客，廣告商，可知選C
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)It’s against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth.虛假?gòu)V告是違法的，所以他們?cè)囍谜嫦嗾`導(dǎo)你，Half truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest一半真相技術(shù)上不是謊言，但它們只當(dāng)做是不誠(chéng)實(shí)，It fails to say that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company它不能說他們只問了十個(gè)醫(yī)生，九個(gè)為Yucky 公司工作，可知選D
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well. 這是一個(gè)傷心的生活事實(shí)：謊言是謊言，有時(shí)真相也撒謊，.可知選B
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