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　　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 guy's a winner, right?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 didn't say anything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose．That's 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(对手)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(广告商)will sometimes use half-truths．It's 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 lie as well．

阅读理解

　　No other country in the world has more daily newspapers than the USA．There are almost 2000 of them, as compared with 180 in Japan, 164 in Argentina and 111 in Britain．The quality of some American papers is extremely high and their views are quoted(引用)all over the world．Famous dailies like the ?Washington Post? or the ?New York Times? have a powerful influence all over the country．And each American city has its own daily newspaper．The best of these offer detailed reports of national and international news, but many seem to limit themselves to state or city news．

　　Like the press in most other countries, American newspapers range from the “sensational(耸人听闻的)”, which mainly report on crime, sex and rumour(谣言), to the serious things, which focus on news and the analysis(分析)of world events．But with few exceptions, American newspapers try to entertain as well as give information, for they have to compete with television．

　　Just as American newspapers give way to all tastes, they also try to serve readers with all political views．A few newspapers support middle-of-the-road Americans who don’t go to extremes．Many of these papers print columns by well-known journalists of different political and social views in order to offer a balanced picture．

　　As in other democratic(民主的)countries American newspapers can be either responsible or irresponsible, but it is generally accepted that the American press serves its country well and that it has more than once bravely uncovered political scandals(丑闻)or crimes, for instance, the Watergate Affair．The newspapers drew the attention of the public to the fears of the Vietnam War．

阅读理解

　　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 guy's 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 didn’t say anything that was false，but he left out important information on purpose．That’s 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 an　other term．One of her opponents(对手)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．It’s 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．