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 in formation that should be included, he can give you a false picture.
For example, some 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 on e hundred dollars!”
This guy’s a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought $200 worth of tickets, and only on e 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(對手) says, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” that’s true. However, and honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs.”
Advertisers(廣告商) 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 of often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
小題1:How much did the lottery winner lose?
A．One hundred dollars.B．Two hundred dollars.
C．Three hundred dollars.D．Four hundred dollars.
小題2:We may infer that the author believes people should _______.
A．buy lottery ticketsB．make use of half-truths
C．not take anything at face valueD．not trust the Yucky Company
小題3: What do the underline words “net gain” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A．final increaseB．big advantage
C．large shareD．total saving
小題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.

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B

小題1:從文中第二、三段可以分析出，他買了200美元的彩票，中了100美元，所以實際上他還是損失了100美元。
小題2:文章說到騙人者故意隱瞞部分不利的事實，那我們可以得出：不能只看表面，要做深入的調(diào)查分析，事實得全了，就辨別出真假了。
小題3:300-100＝200 million jobs.
小題4:后數(shù)第二段第二句。
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