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, 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 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(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.

49. How much did the lottery winner lose?

         A. One hundred dollars.                   B. Two hundred dollars.

         C. Three hundred dollars.                D. Four hundred dollars.

50. We may infer that the author believes people should _______.

         A. buy lottery tickets                       B. make use of half-truths

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

       51. What do the underline words “net gain” in Paragraph 5 mean?

     A. final increase                               B. big advantage

     C. large share                                  D. total saving

52. 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.

Answer 1

49. 【標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案】A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第二、三段的I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery (彩票).和We then discover that he bought $200 worth of tickets可知這個(gè)中獎(jiǎng)?wù)哔I了200美元的彩票，贏了100美元，實(shí)際上他輸了100美元，并不是真正的贏家。

50.【標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案】C。推理判斷題。文章通過幾個(gè)例子最后得出結(jié)論，認(rèn)為人們不應(yīng)該只從事物的表面來看問題，接受表面上的價(jià)值。

51.【標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案】A。詞義猜測題。從第五段開始一句…h(huán)er state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs. 可知表示工作崗位最終增加了200萬。

52.【標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案】B。推理判斷題。第六段前兩句  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.是本段的主題句，后面就是舉例來說明Half-truths常被用來誤導(dǎo)顧客。