Beware of those who use the truth to deceive. When someone tells you something that is
36 , but leaves out important information that should be
37 , he can create a false impression.
For example, someone might say, “I just
38 a hundred dollars on the lottery. It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and 39 it in for one hundred dollars!”
This guy’s a winner,
40 ? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought two hundred
41 , and only one was a winner. He’s really a big
42 !
He didn’t say anything that was
43 , but he deliberately left out some important
44 . That’s called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically
45 , but they are just as not
46 .
Untrustworthy candidates in
47 campaigns often use this tactic（策略，手段）. Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and
48 three million jobs. Then she
49 another term. One of her opponents runs an ad
50 , “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” That’s true.
51 , an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of
52 million jobs.”
Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. It’s
53 the law to make false claims so they try to mislead you with the
54 . An ad might boast, “Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples.” It
55 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.
| 小题1: | | A．false | B．true | C．interesting | D．boring |
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| 小题2: | | A．included | B．contained | C．involved | D．referred |
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| 小题3: | | A．lost | B．found | C．donated | D．won |
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| 小题4: | | A．changed | B．took | C．turned | D．made |
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| 小题5: | | A．right | B．well | C．really | D．though |
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| 小题6: | | A．books | B．papers | C．tickets | D．balls |
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| 小题7: | | A．winner | B．loser | C．fighter | D．thinker |
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| 小题8: | | A．true | B．real | C．doubtful | D．false |
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| 小题9: | | A．details | B．information | C．mistakes | D．errors |
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| 小题10: | | A．stories | B．truth | C．facts | D．lies |
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| 小题11: | | A．pleasant | B．exciting | C．honest | D．clever |
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| 小题12: | | A．political | B．commercial | C．personal | D．public |
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| 小题13: | | A．stopped | B．found | C．avoided | D．gained |
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| 小题14: | | A．seeks | B．gets | C．achieves | D．searches |
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| 小题15: | | A．writing | B．reading | C．saying | D．speaking |
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| 小题16: | | A．Otherwise | B．However | C．In fact | D．This way |
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| 小题19: | | A．words | B．facts | C．data | D．truth |
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| 小题20: | | A．fails | B．tries | C．manages | D．plans |
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