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 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 is the best title for this passage?

选项 A、Why People Lie
B、Making False Claims
C、Lying with the Truth
D、How to Win a Lottery

答案C

解析 根据第一段第一句“Be careful of those who use the truth to deceive people.”和第二段第二、三句“That’s called a half-truth.Half-truths are not technically lies,but they are just as dishonest.”并结合全文可知,本文主要围绕着真相有时也可成为谎言这一论点展开论述的,C项(用事实来说谎)与之意思最为接近。故选C。
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