18．A．Choose the best answer
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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 gifts of money to save the life of a pretty little rabbit named Toby that he rescued from under his house．A cat must have attacked the rabbit，the man claimed，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 greedy 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（颶風(fēng)．，a frightening e-mail was sent around the Internet．It included a photograph of a large crocodile 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（剛果．years before．
The following e-Mail hoax takes in many people．It claims 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；foreverypersonthatyousendittothatsendsittosomeoneelse，you'llget3.00； and for every third person that receives it，you will be paid 1.00．Tomakeitevenmorebelievable，thesendersaysthatatfirsthethoughtitwasahoax，butthecompanysoonsenthim800.00．
69．The underlined word"hoaxes"meansC
A．games
B．websites
C．lies
D．stories
70．Toby is the name of aB
A．man
B．rabbit
C．website
D．cat
71．The crocodile in the photograph actually lived inD
A．New Orleans
B．the USA
C．Britain
D．the Congo
72．Some people believe that they canC if they send e-mails．
A．become famous
B．find friends
C．make money
D．keep promises
73．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？A
A．The city of New Orleans was flooded because of the terrible hurricane．
B．lf the man doesn't receive enough money，he will eat poor little Toby．
C．The crocodile swam around the flooded city and ate several people．
D．Someone received $800.00from the company because of the e-mail．
74．The main idea of the passage is toD
A．teach how to create a professional website with attractive stories
B．show that anyone can create good Internet hoaxes with some facts
C．explain that，even though they seem false，Internet hoaxes might be true
D．tell people to be careful of Internet hoaxes by giving some examples．
