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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; 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.Toby is the name of a .

A. man B. rabbit C. website D. cat

3.The crocodile in the photograph actually lived in .

A. New Orleans B. the USA

C. Britain D. the Congo

4.Some people believe that they can if they send e-mail.

A. become famous B. find friends

C. make money D. keep promises

5.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 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 $800.00 from the company because of the e-mail.

6.The main idea of the passage is to .

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

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