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According to the passage, what has made creating and sharing fake news easier and faster than ever?
根據課文，什麼使製造與分享假新聞比以往更快、更容易？

• traditional journalism

• political propaganda

• the Internet and social media

• respected media platforms like the BBC and CNN

Which of the following best describes sloppy journalism mentioned in the passage?
以下哪一項最能描述課文所說的「sloppy journalism」？

• writing stories with deliberately provocative language

•     writing stories based on unreliable information or without fact-checking

• writing stories to advertise a company’s promotion

• writing stories with multiple primary sources

According to the passage, some fake news contains deliberately false information in order to _______.
根據課文，有些假新聞故意包含錯誤訊息，其目的是為了 _______。

• entertain readers with humorous stories

• promote reliable medical studies

• achieve social or political results

• encourage journalists to fact-check their sources

What was one consequence of the 1998 study linking the MMR vaccine to autism?
1998 年那篇將 MMR 疫苗與自閉症連結的研究造成什麼結果？

• vaccination rates increased

• people’s confidence in the vaccine was shattered

• the study was proved inaccurate immediately

• the original study was never reported again

What did some parents do after being exposed to misleading reports about the MMR vaccine?
在接觸到有誤導性的報導後，有些父母怎麼做？

• they continued to vaccinate their children

• they refused to vaccinate their children

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  they joined medical research studies

• they trusted the original study immediately

Why did many Taiwanese people panic-buy toilet paper on February 23, 2018?

2018 年 2 月 23 日，為什麼許多台灣人恐慌性搶購衛生紙？

• they feared that production would stop

• they read media reports exaggerating an upcoming price hike

• the government announced a shortage

• manufacturers warned about running out of stock

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a feature of authentic news?
以下哪一項不是課文提到的真正新聞特徵？

• inclusion of the writer’s name

• citing of multiple primary sources

• objective writing without emotional appeal
  

• deliberately provocative languages

According to the passage, what should readers do to avoid mistaking fake news for the truth?
根據課文，讀者應該怎麼做才能避免把假新聞當成真新聞？

• ignore all news reports

• only read social media posts

• think critically and conduct further research

• trust all major companies