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” ?
小題1:Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?
A．Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer．
B．A fire broke out at night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer．
C．It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers．
D．Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter．
小題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 cB．a(chǎn) and dC．c and eD．a(chǎn) and c
小題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
小題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．the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things
D．such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years

小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:A
小題1:C
本文通過(guò)講述兩個(gè)對(duì)手城市的報(bào)紙對(duì)同一件火災(zāi)事故的不同報(bào)道，對(duì)新聞報(bào)道的真實(shí)性提出了質(zhì)疑。
小題1:C主旨題。從主題句It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident.可得出答案。
小題1:B細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August及兩張報(bào)紙都報(bào)道了火災(zāi)是在晚上發(fā)生的，故可以確定的事實(shí)只有兩項(xiàng)a和 d。而其他選項(xiàng)都只是兩份報(bào)紙的片面之辭，到度是真是假，我們無(wú)法得知，因此答案為B。
小題1:A推斷題。ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE中ANOTHER是個(gè)關(guān)鍵詞，它暗示了Beldon賓館頻繁發(fā)生的火災(zāi)。
小題1:C細(xì)節(jié)題。The Canfield Times 報(bào)道說(shuō)Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel.，而The Beldon Post則說(shuō)消防隊(duì)員及時(shí)把這場(chǎng)小火撲滅了，（沒(méi)有造成損失），兩者報(bào)道相反�？纱祟}答案為C。
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“The safety issue is a big one,” says Joe Mahoney, who quickly discovered he wasn’t alone in his worries. On campus tours other parents voiced similar concerns, and the same question was always asked: what about crime? But when college officials always gave the same answer -----“That’s not a problem here,”-----Mahoney began to feel uneasy.
“No crime whatever?” comments Mahoney today. “I just don’t buy it.” Nor should he: in 1999 the U.S. Department of education had reports of nearly 400,000 serious crimes on or around our campuses. “Parents need to understand that times have changed since they went to college,” says David Nichols, author of Creating a Safe Campus. “Campus crime mirrors the rest of the nation.”
But getting accurate information isn’t easy. Colleges must report crime statistics(統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字) by law, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity（關(guān)注）, leaving the honest ones looking dangerous. “The truth may not always be serious,” warns S. Daniel Carter of Security on Campus, Inc., the nation’s leading campus safety watchdog group.
To help concerned parents, Carter promised to visit campuses and talk to experts around the country to find out major crime issues and effective solutions.
小題1:It is often difficult to get correct information on campus crime because some colleges ____.
A．receive too many visitorsB．mirror the rest of the nation
C．hide the truth of campus crimeD．have too many watchdog groups
小題2:The underlined word “buy” in the third paragraph means _____.
A．mindB．a(chǎn)dmitC．believeD．expect
小題3: We learn from the text that “the honest ones” in the fourth paragraph most probably refers to colleges _____.
A．that are protected by campus securityB．that report campus crimes by law
C．that are free from campus crimeD．that enjoy very good publicity
小題4:What is the text mainly about?
A．Exact campus crime statistics.B．Crimes on or around campuses.
C．Effective solutions to campus crime.D．Concerns about kids’ campus safety.

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