Questions 10-11 are based on the following.

From time to time, the press indulges in outbursts of indignation over the use of false or misleading information by the LACE>U.S.LACE> government in support of its policies and programs. No one endorses needless deception. But consider this historical analogy. It is known that Christopher Columbus, on his first voyage to the LACE>New WorldLACE>, deliberately falsified the log to show a shorter sailing distance for each day out than the ships had actually traveled. In this way, LACE>ColumbusLACE> was able to convince his skeptical sailors that they had not sailed past the point at which they expected to find the shores of LACE>IndiaLACE>. Without this deception, LACE>ColumbusLACE>’s sailors might well have mutinied, and the New World might never have been discovered.

10. The author of the passage above assumes each of the following EXCEPT:

(A) Government deception of the press is often motivated by worthy objectives.

(B) Without government deception, popular support for worthwhile government policies and programs might well fade.

(C) Attacks on the government by the press are often politically motivated.

(D) Deception for deception’s sake should not be condoned.（C）

(E) A greater good may sometimes require acceptance of a lesser evil.

我选的是D,因为文中说没有人会赞同毫无意义的欺骗（见红字部分），而D说的是为了欺骗而欺骗是不应该被谴责的，与原文意思相反，所以我选了D。而C我认为文中并没有相关信息可以判断它的正误。

牛牛们，快现身呀，解答一下吧。

D的意思并没有与原文相反,"为了欺骗而欺骗是不能被宽恕的"

condone,原谅,宽恕的意思