阅读理解技巧之词句猜测专项练—2023年初中英语中考一轮复习

阅读理解技巧之词句猜测专项练 The Internet is full of false information. It is important for us all to avoid being fooled by such information. Here are three examples of Internet hoaxes. On his website, a man by the name of Tony has asked for money to save the life of a pretty little rabbit named Toby that he saved from under his house. A cat must have attacked the rabbit, the man said, so he took it in. he gave Toby loving care and nursed him back to health. There is a very cruel point, however. If the man doesn’t receive enough money, he will eat poor little Toby. (Don’t worry, though. Remember, it’s just a hoax!) While the streets of New Orleans, the USA, were still flooded after a terrible hurricane (飓风), a frightening e-mail was sent around the Internet. It included a photograph of a large crocodile(鳄鱼) over five meters long. According to the message, it had been swimming around the flooded city eating people. It was later discovered that the photographs of the crocodile were of one that was caught in the Congo (刚果) years before. The following e-mail hoax takes in many people. It says that a large British 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 receive $5.00; for every person that you send it to that sends 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 it even more believable, the sender says that at first he thought it was a hoax, but the company soon sent him $800.00. 1．The underlined word “hoaxes” means . A．games B．websites C．lies D．stories 2．The crocodile in the photograph actually lived in________ . A．New Orleans B．the USA C．Britain D．the Congo 3．Some people believe that they can_________ if they send e-mail. A．become famous B．find friends C．make money D．keep promises 4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A．The city of New Orleans was flooded because of the terrible hurricane. B．If t