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Many people believe everything or almost everything they read in newspapers or hear on radio. A few years ago I __36__ a story about a husband and wife who made a __37__ mistake. They had gone shopping and had taken their small baby ????__38__ with them. After they had finished their shopping, they returned to their car to go home. __39__they reached their car, they put the baby in the plastic baby carrier that __40__ rode in for safety. The couple then __41__ in their car towards home. After they had driven a few miles, they __42__the back seat to see how the baby was. To their surprise, the baby was not there. According to the __43__, the couple had put the plastic seat and the baby on the top of the car but had __44__ to put him inside the car. They had driven away with the baby on the top of the car.

The couple drove back__45__the store but did not find the baby. They called the police, and the police said that they __46__ the baby and that the baby was __47__. The baby had fallen from the top of the car but had been __48__ by his plastic seat. The __49__couple took their baby home and were always careful after that.

There was one thing __50__with the story. It was not true. Stories such as this one are often __51__ in newspapers and on radio and television. Because they are read and heard __52__that usually report the truth, many people believe them. People also believe them because, like the story__53__, they have something unusual or frightening about them. What is __54__is that newspaper and radio reporters __55__ believe them.

36. A. wrote         B. read           C. told           D. imagined

37. A. puzzling      B. terrible         C. interesting      D. harmful

38. A. alone         B. along           C. away          D. around 

39. A. Since         B. Before           C. While          D. After

40. A. they          B. she              C. we            D. he

41. A. went away     B. drove off         C. moved on       D. left out

42. A. searched       B. glanced at        C. examined       D. thought of

43. A. newspaper     B. radio             C. story          D. report

44. A. left           B. planned           C. forgotten       D. expected

45. A. around        B. towards           C. near           D. for

46. A. saved         B. saw               C. helped        D. had

47. A. dangerous      B. dead             C. comfortable     D. fine

48. A. protected      B. saved             C. covered         D. caught

49. A. satisfied       B. puzzled           C. grateful         D. frightened

50. A. wrong         B. right             C. important       D. necessary

51. A. reported       B. told              C. made           D. written

52. A. at ease        B. in places          C. for sure         D. with joy

53. A. told           B. mentioned        C. printed         D. recorded

54. A. surprising      B. believable         C. unlucky        D. strange

55. A. never         B. almost            C. also            D. always