I . Listen and fill the gap. Think twice while reading ( 谣言成为干扰抗 “ 疫 ” 的新 “ 病毒 ” ) Can drinking alcohol ( 酒精 ) ____ the novel coronavirus pneumonia? No, it’s a rumor ( 谣言 )! Can snow freeze the ____ to death? Also not true. These days, you may have been ____ by all kinds of information online. Sometimes you find news or stories that are just too good to be true. Other times they seem overly ____ or dramatic ( 戏剧化的 ). “When there’s some ____ about some important event, rumors develop,” said Steven Taylor, a professor and psychologist at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Because of our ____ of the unknown, we are too eager ( 迫切的 ) to learn the facts. When there are no ____ answers, rumors get their ____ to spread. How can we avoid rumors? The ____ source of the news does matter. Try to get news from more than one source. Read articles from reliable ( 可靠的 ) news ____ because they usually provide timely fact checks. When ____ with such a serious issue, it’s important to make your news “diet” just as diverse and healthy as your real diet. Last but not least, think twice before sharing information online! Learn to check facts Take a look at some recent rumors and find out what the facts are.