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 turned the 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 1st August: that is one fact. Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel.
1.The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _______.
A. this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel
B. hotels in Beldon don’t often catch fire
C. hotels in Beldon often catch fire
D. Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe
2.The Canfield newspaper gave a report just opposite to The Beldon Post by saying that ______.
A. the bedroom lamps were very old at some of the Seabreeze’s hotels
B. the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things
C. the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place
D. such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past five years
3.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 c C. a and d D. c and e
4.Which of the following BEST gives the main idea of this passage?
A. It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers
B. A fire broke out one night in Seabreeze Hotel
C. Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter
D. Beldon an Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项 (A，B，C和D)，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his 1time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 2of animals.
For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 3. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 4he was fifteen.
He and Bill drove to the farm which 5to his uncle in the afternoon. They 6the night there, so that they could 7out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.
It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 8the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 9he was. He turned over 10and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 11that he was at the 12and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 13quickly.
He ran downstairs. The others were already in the 14. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It 15good.
They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 16, because they didn’t want to 17up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle 18hot coffee and took some sandwiches 19Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera 20and started out.
1.A. busy B. spare C. enough D. limited
2.A. foods B. drawings C. paintings D. pictures
3.A. trips B. buses C. holidays D. mountains
4.A. after B. when C. until D. unless
5.A. led B. stuck C. got D. belonged
6.A. cost B. spent C. slept D. took
7.A. start B. begin C. walk D. step
8.A. telephone B. machine C. bell D. clock
9.A. where B. how C. who D. what
10.A. quickly B. sleepily C. quietly D. suddenly
11.A. imagined B. pronounced C. forgot D. remembered
12.A. mountain B. town C. farm D. station
13.A. dressed B. ordered C. eaten D. prepared
14.A. bathroom B. kitchen C. dining-room D. sitting-room
15.A. seemed B. felt C. tasted D. smelled
16.A. many B. soundly C. much D. highly
17.A. wake B. go C. put D. come
18.A. of B. with C. in D. by
19.A. that B. what C. after D. before
20.A. cover B. supply C. operator D. equipment
— Where have you been?
— I got stuck in the heavy traffic, or I ________ here earlier.
A. had arrived B. would have come C. would come D. was
—What do you think of their marriage?
—______, if I were Kate, I would not marry him.
A. Generally speaking B. I have no idea C. To be honest D. To my surprise
Americans eat _______ vegetables each person today as they did 20 years ago..
A. twice as many B. many as twice C. as many twice D. as twice many
— Would you allow me ________ here?
— Sorry. We don’t permit _________ in the lab.
A. smoking; smoking B. to smoke; to smoke C. smoking; to smoke D. to smoke; smoking
