2018年公共英语三级阅读理解解题技巧：例证题

　　例证题

　　例证题考查的是文章的逻辑结构。这样的文章结构一般是“先举例后论点”或“先论点后举例”。 我们在遇到问“作者举某一或某几个例子的目的”时，有关例子本身的选项一定不是正确的选项。在此类题中，正确选项的特征一般为：跳出例子本身，从宏观上概括，全面而合情合理。但有的时候会专门考所引的话的意思，这样的题就属于例子本身题，可具体问题具体分析。例如：

　　Be careful of those who use 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 create a false impression. For example, someone might say, “I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery(抽彩给奖法). 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 when discover that he bought two hundred tickets, and only one was a winner. He’s really a big loser! He didn’t say anything that was false, but he omitted important information on purpose. That’s called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest.

　　Dishonest politicians often use this method. 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 the politicians opposing her runs an ad saying, “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 claims, so they try to mislead you with the truth. An ad might claim, “Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples(丘疹).” 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. (2005年6月浙江省大学英语三级考试题)

　　What does the writer want to tell us with the example of the lottery winner?

　　A. People lose a lot of money in buying lottery tickets.

　　B. Lottery makes its buyers dishonest.

　　C. He was lucky to win the lottery.

　　D. He did not tell the whole truth.

　　作者用中奖者的例子，想要告诉我们他没有说出全部的事实，即“买多中少”。

　　D项符合作者的意图，故此项为正确答案。

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