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.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.
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.the firemen failed to save
clothing, bedclothes and other things
D.such accidents never
happened in Canfield for the past 5 years