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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
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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2019-05-17
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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 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 of ten 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 sometime the truth can be a lie as well.
Which statement is true according to the passage?
选项
A、It’ s common to deliberately omit important information in a news report.
B、It’ s quite likely that the truth can be used in dishonest ways.
C、Most people became jobless during Governor Smith’ s term.
D、It is a fact that lies are lies but truths can hardly be lies.
答案
B
解析
根据第一段第一句“Be careful of those who use the truth to deceive people.”和最后一段最后一句“It’s a sad fact of life:Lies are lies,and sometime the truth can be a lie as well.”可知,常有人用事实来蒙骗他人,生活里的一个可悲的事实 是:谎言就是谎言,而有时候事实也可能成为谎言,由此可推知,事实很可能以不诚实 的方式被使用,所以B项正确;A项意为“在新闻报道中故意遗漏重要信息是很普遍 的”,文中并未提到;根据第三段第二句“…her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs.”可知,获得工作的人数要大于失去工作的,所以C项(在Smith执 政期间大部分人没有工作)不正确;根据最后一段最后一句“…Lies are lies,and sometime the truth can be a lie as well.”可知,谎言是谎言,但有时真相也可以成为谎 言,所以D项不正确。故选B。
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