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Beware of those who use the truth to deceive. When someone tells you something that is_______, but leaves out important information that should be_______, he can create a false impression.
For example, someone might say, “I just_______a hundred dollars on the lottery. It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and_______it in for one hundred dollars!”
This guy’s a winner,_______? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought two hundred_______, and only one was a winner. He’s really a big_______!
He didn’t say anything that was_______, but he deliberately left out some important_______. That’s called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically__________, but they are just as not__________.
Untrustworthy candidates in__________campaigns often use this tactic (策略,手段). Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and__________three million jobs. Then she__________another term. One of her opponents runs an ad__________, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” That’s true.__________, an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of__________million jobs.”
Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. It’s__________the law to make false claims so they try to mislead you with the__________. An ad might boast, “Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples.” It__________to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Corporation.
This kind of deception happens too often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
1. A.false | B.true | C.interesting | D.boring |
2. A.included | B.contained | C.involved | D.referred |
3. A.lost | B.found | C.donated | D.won |
4. A.changed | B.took | C.turned | D.made |
5. A.right | B.well | C.really | D.though |
6. A.books | B.papers | C.tickets | D.balls |
7. A.winner | B.loser | C.fighter | D.thinker |
8. A.true | B.real | C.doubtful | D.false |
9. A.details | B.information | C.mistakes | D.errors |
10. A.stories | B.truth | C.facts | D.lies |
11. A.pleasant | B.exciting | C.honest | D.clever |
12. A.political | B.commercial | C.personal | D.public |
13. A.stopped | B.found | C.avoided | D.gained |
14. A.seeks | B.gets | C.achieves | D.searches |
15. A.writing | B.reading | C.saying | D.speaking |
16. A.Otherwise | B.However | C.In fact | D.This way |
17. 18. 19. A.words | B.facts | C.data | D.truth |
20. A.fails | B.tries | C.manages | D.plans |