Question

【題目】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.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？May be，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 halftruth.Halftruths 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，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 halftruths.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】We may infer that the writer thinks people should ________．

A. buy lottery tickets B. make use of halftruths

C. not take anything at false value D. not trust the Yucky Company

【2】What do the underlined words “net gain” in Paragraph 5 mean?

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

【3】What can we know from the example of the Yucky Pill advertisement?

A. False statements are easy to see through B. Halftruths are often used to mislead people.

C. Doctors like to act in advertisements. D. Advertisements are based on facts.

【4】What's the main idea of the passage?

A. We shouldn't trust anyone，because they may leave out important information.

B. The people who buy lottery often tell lies.

C. We should consider what the advertisers say carefully before buying.

D. Sometimes people may use the truth to lie.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】短文敘述了謊言能騙人，但是你相信事實也能騙人嗎？在本文中作者介紹了有些人是如何利用部分事實來進行欺騙的，比如廣告中說“十個醫(yī)生中有九個會建議他們的病人服用Yucky Pills來治療牙痛”，但是他們沒提到的事實是：被問到的這十個醫(yī)生中有九人是Yucky Pills公司的。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)作者在文章開頭用Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive?引出話題，然后給出例子來說明這一情況，由此推斷作者目的是提醒人們要注意別人告訴他們的話，不要只看事物的表面而不顧本質(zhì)，故選C。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)Her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs.可知，工作崗位增長了兩百萬，故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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.可知，十分之九的醫(yī)生建議買這種藥吃，但是后來發(fā)現(xiàn)有9名醫(yī)生是他們公司的，所以這樣就誤導(dǎo)了消費者，故選B。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)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，人們有時用一些真實的情況去說謊，故選D。