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1、2019-2020年高考英语阅读冲刺阅读理解15ABecarefulaboutthosewhousethetruthtodeceive.Whensomeonetellsyousomethingthatistrue,butleavesoutimportantinformationthatshouldbeincluded,hecancreateafalseimpression.Forexample,someonemightsay,"Ijustwonahundreddollarsonthelottery(彩票).Itwasgreat.Itookthatdolla
2、rticketbacktothestoreandturneditinforonehundreddollars!"Thisguy'sawinner,right?Maybe,maybenot.Wethendiscoverthatheboughttwohundredtickets,andonlyonewasawinner.He'sreallyabigloser!Hedidn'tsayanythingthatwasfalse,butheleftoutimportantinformationonpurpose.That'scalledahalf-truth.Half
3、-truthsarenottechnicallylies,buttheyarejustasdishonest.Untrustworthycandidates(竞选者)inpoliticalcampaignsoftenusethistactic(策略).Let'ssaythatduringGovernorSmith'slastterm,herstatelostonemillionjobsandgainedthreemillionjobs.Thensheseeksanotherterm.Oneofheropponents(对手)runsanadsaying,"
4、DuringGovernorSmith'sterm,thestatelostonemillionjobs!"That'strue.Howeveranhoneststatementwouldhavebeen,"DuringGovernorSmith'sterm,thestatehadanetgainoftwomillionjobs."Advertiserswillsometimesusehalf-truths.It'sagainstthelawtomakefalseclaimssotheytrytomisleadyouwiththetruth.Anadmig
5、htsay,"NineoutoftendoctorsremendYuckyPillstocurenosepimples."ItfailstomentionthattheyonlyaskedtendoctorsandnineofthemworkfortheYuckyCorporation.Thiskindofdeceptionhappenstoooften.It'sasadfactoflife:Liesarelies,andsometimesthetruthcanlieaswell.56.Whichstatementistrueaccordingtothea
6、rticle?A.Thereisno100-percenttruth.B.Atruthisasdishonestasalie.C.Liesarelies,andtruthsarelies,too.D.Thetruthcanbeusedindishonestways.57.Theunderlinedworddeceiveiscloseinmeaningto_____________.A.pretendB.hideC.foolD.sell58.Thebesttitleforthispassageshouldbe_____________.A.ASpecialL
7、ieB.HowtoDiscoveraLieC.Half-truthsD.WhiteLiesBTheteachersbelowarelookingforaholildaytosuittheirstudents.Readthedescriptionsofthestudentsandthoseoftheholidays,andthenchoosethebestanswertoeachquestion.MsRobson'sstudentsarestudyingFrenchandGerman.Shewouldliketospeakbothlanguagesatsom
8、epointwhilethey'reaway.Hilary'sst
