Beldon
and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart．Both towns have many
hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists．
Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon．The next day, this news
appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper．The Beldon
Post:
FIRE
AT SEABREEZE
Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a
small fire in a bedroom．The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire．We say again to all our visitors： “Please
don’t smoke cigarettes in bed．” This was Beldon’s first
hotel fire for five years．
The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one：
ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE
Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes
and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel．An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp
probably started the fire．The bedroom lamps are very
old at some of these hotels．When I put my bedside light
on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp．” We are glad
to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield．
What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an
accident．There
was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August: that is one fact．Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the
hotel．
Now what do you think of the rest of the “news” ?
1.Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?
A.
It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers．
B.Beldon
and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer．
C.A
fire broke out at night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer．
D.
Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter．
2.Which of the following are probably facts?
a.The
fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel．
b.A
cigarette started the fire．
c.An
old lamp started the fire．
d.The
fire broke out at night．
e.There
has never been a fire in Canfield．
A.b
and c B. a and d C.
c and e D.a and c
3.The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make
its readers think _________.
A. hotels in Beldon
often catch fire
B.
hotels in Beldon don’t often catch fire
C.
this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel
D.
Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe
4.The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the
Beldon Post by saying that _______．
A. the bedroom lamps were very
old at the Seabreeze Hotel
B.
the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place
C.
such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years
D.
the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things