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Be careful of those who use the truth to deceive people. When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out important

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问题    Be careful of those who use the truth to deceive people. When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out important information that should be included, he can create a false impression. For example, someone might say, "I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery(彩票). It was great. I took that lottery ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!" This guy’ s a winner, right? Maybe yes, maybe no, we then discovered that he had bought two hundred tickets, and only one was a winner. He’ s really a big loser!
   He didn’ t say anything that was false, but he deliberately omitted important information. That’ s called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest.
   Untrustworthy candidates in political campaigns often use this strategy. Let’ s say that during Governor Smith’ s last term, her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she sought another term. One of her opponents ran an ad saying, "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 claims so they try to mislead you with the truth. An ad might boast (自夸), " Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples (粉刺). " It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Corporation. This kind of deceiving happens too often. It’ s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can be a lie as well.
According to the passage, the half-truths used by advertisers in their advertisements are often______.
选项 A、illogical
B、interesting
C、misleading
D、persuasive
答案C
解析 根据最后一段第二句“It’s against the law to make false claims so they try to mislead you with the truth．”可知，做虚假声明是违法的，所以广告商常用事实来误导人们。由此可推知，广告商做的半真半假的广告很有误导性。illogical：不合逻辑的；interesting：有趣的；misleading：误导的；persuasive：有说服力的。故选C。
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