Doyouknowofanyonewhousesthetruthtodeceive(欺骗)?Whensomeonetellsyousomethingthatistruebutleavesoutimportantinformationthatshouldbeincludedhe

cangiveyouafalsepicture．

Forexamplesomeonemightsay“Ijustwonahundreddollarsonthelottery(彩票)．Itwasgreat．Itookthatdollarticketbacktothestoreandturneditinforonehundreddollars!”

Thisguy'sawinnerright?Maybemaybenot．Wethendiscoverthathebought$200worthofticketsandonlyonewasawinner．He’sreallyabigloser!

Hedidn’tsayanythingthatwasfalsebutheleftoutimportantinformationonpurpose．That’scalledahalf-truth．Halftruthsarenottechnicallyliesbuttheyarejustasdishonest．

Somepoliticiansoftenusethistrick．Let’ssaythatduringGovernorSmith’slasttermherstatelostonemillionjobsandgainedthreemillionjobs．Thensheseeksanotherterm.Oneofheropponents(对手)says“DuringGovernorSmith’stermthestatelostonemillionjobs!”That’strue．Howeveranhoneststatementwouldhavebeen“DuringGovernorSmith'stermthestatehadanetgainoftwomillionjobs．’’

Advertisers(广告商)willsometimesusehalf-truths．It’sagainstthelawtomakefalsestatementssotheytrytomisleadyouwiththetruth．Anadvertisementmightsay“Nineoutoftendoctorsadvisedtheirpatientsto takeYuckyPillstocuretoothache．”ItfailstomentionthattheyonlyaskedtendoctorsandnineofthemworkfortheYuckyCompany．

Thiskindofdeceptionhappenstoooften．It’sasadfactoflife：Liesareliesandsometimesthetruthcanlieaswell．

25．Wemayinferthattheauthorbelievespeopleshould

A．buylotteryticketsifpossible B．makeuseofhalf-truths

C．becarefulaboutwhattheyaretold D．nottrusttheYuckyCompany

26．Whatdotheunderlinedwords“netgain”inParagraph5mean?

A．finalincrease B．bigadvantage

C．1argeshare D．totalnumber

27．WhatcanweknowfromtheexampleoftheYuckyPilladvertisement?

A．Falsestatementsareeasytoseethrough．

B．Half-truthsareoftenusedtomisleadpeople．

C．Doctorsliketoactinadvertisements．

D．Advert