阅读理解 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.
单选题 6.The word "deceive" in Paragraph 1 probably means "______" in this passage.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据第一段第二句“When someone tells you something that is true，but leaves out important information that should be included，he can create a false impression．”可知，当有人告诉你一件真实的事情，却遗漏了应包含的重要信息，他就给你制造了一种假象。由此可推知，deceive在本文中意为“利用事实来制造错误印象”。D项意为“让人错误地相信某事”，最符合题意。故选D。
单选题 7.The author's purpose of writing this passage is to tell readers______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】作者在第一段第一句提出“Be careful of those who use the truth to deceive people．(当心那些用事实欺骗他人的人)”。之后又列举了“买彩票”“政客竞选”“广告”等例子，旨在提醒读者当心他们所读到的和所听到的内容，所以A项符合题意。B项意为“不要遗漏重要信息”；C项意为“如何阅读广告”；D项意为“如何对付撒谎者”，均不符合题意。故选A。
单选题 8.According to the passage, the half-truths used by advertisers in their advertisements are often______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】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。
单选题 9.Which statement is true according to the passage?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】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“…Lies are lies，and sometimes the truth can be a lie as well．”可知，要小心用事实来欺骗他人的人，生活中一个可悲的事实是：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，D项不正确。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，因此可排除。根据第三段第二句“…her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs．”可知，在Smith州长执政期间获得工作的人要多于失去工作的人，所以C项(在Smith州长执政期间大部分人都失去了工作)不正确。故选B。
单选题 10.Which is the best title for this passage?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据第一段第一句“Be careful of those who use the truth to deceive people．”和第二段最后两句“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“事实有时也会成为谎言”这一论点展开论述，C项(用事实来说谎)与之意思最为接近。故选C。