14.The Internet is full of false information.It is important for us all to stay away from being fooled by such information.Here are three examples of Internet hoaxes(欺騙).
On his website,a man has asked for gifts of money to(75)B the l ife of a pretty little rabbit named Toby that he rescued under his house.A cat must have attacked the rabbit,the man said,so he took it in.He gave Toby Ioving care and nursed him back to good(76)A.However,the greedy man also said if he didn't receive enough money.he would eat poor little Toby.(Don't worry,though.Remember,it's just a hoax!.
While the streets of New Orleans were still suffering a flood after a terrible hurricane (颶風(fēng).,a(77)C e-mail was sent around the Internet.It included a photograph of a huge crocodile(鱷魚.over five meters long.According to the message,it had been swimming around the flooded city eating people.It was later(78)Dthat the photographs of the crocodile were of one that was caught in the Congo years before.
The following e-mail hoax takes in many people.It says that a large company will pay you to send their e-mail to as many people as possible.For every person that you send the e-mail to.It promises you will(79)Areceive 5.00; if he goes on to send it to someone else.you'll get 3.00; and for every third person that receives it,you will be paid 1.00.To make the lie even more believable,the sender says that(80)Che thought it was a hoax.but the company soon sent him 800.00.
75.A.miss | B.save | C.compare | D.damage |
76.A.health | B.service | C.medicine | D.education |
77.A.pleasant | B.precious | C.frightening | D.hardworking |
78.A.organized | B.invented | C.praised | D.discovered |
79.A.certainly | B.hardly | C.possibly | D.mainly |
80.A.in time | B.in return | C.a(chǎn)t flrst | D.a(chǎn)t present. |