Question

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'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 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 if possible

B．make use of half—truths

C．be careful about what they are told

D．not trust the Yucky Company

3.How many examples does the writer give to show how the truth is used to deceive?

A．One．            B．Two．            C．Three．          D．Four．

4.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.

5.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．

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.D

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了真實的謊言，很多表述的內容是正確的，但是省略了重要的事實，就成了謊言。

1.A 計算題。根據文章2,3段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!”和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!說明他實際上是輸了100美元。故A正確。

2.C 推理題。根據文章第一段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．可知很多情況下，有些人把一些重要的信息遺漏了，所以我們要當心這些情況。故C正確。

3.C 細節題。文章2,3,4段舉了一個例子，5,6段各舉了一個例子，一共舉了3個例子。故C正確。

4.D 細節題。根據第五段最后3行“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.’可知實際上Governor Smith贏得了100萬個工作崗位，干的很好。故D正確。

5.B 主旨大意題。本文主要講述的是真實的謊言。很多謊言所給的事實的正確的，但是遺漏了很重要的信息。故B正確。

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點評：本文講述了真實的謊言，很多表述的內容是正確的，但是省略了重要的事實，就成了謊言。本文細節題居多，答題時在文章找到對應的地方，用筆進行標記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細理解作者所講的意思，再結合選項，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案。