青岛市2015高考英语阅读理解选练（六）及答案（一轮）.docVIP

青岛市2015高考英语阅读理解选练（6）及答案（一轮） 【广东省汕头市2014模拟】 阅读理解阅读下列四篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive(欺骗)?When someone tells you something that is true，but leaves out important information that should be included，he can give you a false picture．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 guys a winner，right? Maybe，maybe not．We then discover that he bought$200 worth of tickets, and only one was a winner．He’s really a big loser! He didnt say anything that was false，but he left out important information on purpose．Thats called a half-truth．Half truths are not technically lies，but they are just as dishonest． Some politicians often use this trick．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 says, “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．Its against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth．An advertisement might say，Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache． It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company． This kind of deception happens too often．It’s a sad fact of life：Lies are lies，and sometimes the truth can 1ie as well． The underlined word“opponents”in Paragraph 3 means ． A．enemy B．partner C．cooperator D．assistant We may infer that the author believes people should ． A：．buy lottery tickets if possible B．make use of half-truths C．be careful about what they are told D．not trust the Yucky Company How many examples does the writer