The Same Story, Different Reports

Belton 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(觀光者).

Last August there was a fire at the Sea breeze Hotel in Belton. The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper, The Belton Post:

FIRE AT SEABREEZE

Late last night firemen hurried to the Sea breeze 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 Belton’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 Belton firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Sea breeze 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 Sea breeze 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”?

Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?

A. Belton and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer.

B. A fire broke out one night in Sea breeze Hotel last summer.

C. It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers.

D. Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter.

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

The Canfield Times used the headline (標(biāo)題) like this in order to make its readers think _______.

A. hotels in Belton often catch fire

B. hotels in Belton don’t often catch fire

C. this was the second fire at the Sea breeze Hotel

D. Belton was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe

The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Belton Post by saying that _______.

A. the bedroom lamps were very old at the Sea breeze 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2】B

【小題3】A

【小題4】C


解析:

本文介紹兩個(gè)海濱城市旅游業(yè)發(fā)達(dá)，游客甚多，但其中一個(gè)城市發(fā)生火災(zāi)，在兩個(gè)城市的報(bào)紙中出現(xiàn)了兩篇內(nèi)容不同的報(bào)道。

【小題1】主旨大意題。由原文 It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident 得出答案。

【小題2】概括題。閱讀全文可知能夠成為事實(shí)的有：是在旅館的臥室里發(fā)生的(there was a fire at the Sea breeze Hotel in Belton)，兩段報(bào)道的開(kāi)頭都是 last night，故可知答案為B。

【小題3】轉(zhuǎn)換理解題。用another fire 作標(biāo)題意為“另外一次火災(zāi)”，這樣可以使讀者認(rèn)為其旅館火災(zāi)頻繁發(fā)生，以使自己城市的旅游業(yè)更具有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力。

【小題4】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。從 firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture( too…to…=太…而不能…)可知答案為C。

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