The Same Story,Different Reports Belton and Canfield are two seashore towns,not far apart.Both towns have many hotels,and in

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问题                  The Same Story,Different Reports
    Belton 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 Sea Breeze Hotel in Behon.The next day,this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper,The Belton Post:
    FIRE AT SEABREEZE
    Late last night firemen hurried to the Sea Breeze 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:“P1ease don’t smoke cigarettes in bed.”This was Behon’s first hotel fire for five years.
    The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one.
    ANOTHER BELTON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE
    Last night Belton fremen arrived j ust too late to save clothing,bedclothes and some fumiture at the Sea Breeze Hotel.An angry holiday—maker said,“An electric lamp probably started the fire.The bedr00m 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 C anfield.
    What are the facts.then?It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident.There was a fire at the Sea Breeze 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”?
The Canfield times used the headline like thiS in order to make its readers think________.

选项 A、hotels in Behon often catch fire
B、hotel in Behon don’t often catch fire
C、this was the second fire at the Sea Breeze Hotel
D、Behon was a good place except there are not quite safe

答案A

解析 用ANOTHER BELTON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE作标题意为“另外一次火灾”,这样可以使读者认为其旅馆火灾频繁发生,以使自己城市的旅游业更具有竞争力。
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