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

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问题     Be careful of those who use the truth to deceive. 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 dollar 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 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 seeks another term. One of her opponents runs 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 often doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples (疙瘩)." 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.
The word "deceive" (Line 1, Para. 1) probably means______in this passage.
选项 A、to tell someone to make his judgment
B、to refuse to believe that something is true
C、to make someone believe something is true
D、to give someone a wrong belief about something
答案D
解析 本题为词义猜测题。从第一段该句中出现的“Be careful of”以及第一段所举的例子来看，选项A．to tell someone to make his judgment与原文中的“…use the truth to deceive”和所举例子都不相符。选项B．to refuse to believe that something is true与文中的举例相反。选项C．to make someone believe something is true与“…use the truth to deceive”意思相近，但是并非是“deceive”一词所表达的含义。选项D．to give someone a wrong belief about something与举例完全一致，因此说明了“deceive”这个单词的意思。
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