穿) of a fake story by a serious newspaper has limited effect. In addition, the Internet is very hard to police. When users are caught misusing one media platform, they simply go to another one or start up a website themselves.

　　 There are also various reasons why people create fake news. Some have political motives, to belittle or attack their opponents. Other websites, like The Onion, deliberately publish fake news as irony－humorous comment on society and current affairs. Another group is in it for the profit: many people clicking on entertaining fake news stories can bring in a lot of advertising income. One man running fake news sites from Los Angeles said he was making up to US$30，000 a month in this way. There are also those, like the small－town teenagers in Macedonia who wrote fake news stories about Donald Trump, who seem to be motivated partly by money and partly by boredom.

24.Why did Edgar M．Welch go to the pizzeria?

A. He was trying to commit robbery. B. He hated all supporters of Hillary Clinton.

C. He was investigating a crime as a private detective.

D. He was concerned about an online news story.

25.Which of the following best explains "denounced" underlined in Paragraph 2?

A. Condemned. B. Abused. C. Followed. D. Proved.

26.Which is most unlikely to be a reason for creating fake news?

A. Entertaining others as well as themselves. B. Commenting on current affairs.

C. Attacking your political opponents. D. Making money from people who pay to read the stories.

27.How does the author feel about stopping fake news spreading?

A. Cautiously optimistic. B. Doubtful. C. Positive. D. Indifferent.

　　C

Next week California will try to take cell phones from the hands of drivers, telling everyone from millionaires to workers that conversations behind the wheel must be on an earphone.

Californians interviewed by Reuters mostly supported the law requiring hands-free phones in cars and banning cell phones entirely for drivers under 18, which will take effect on Tuesday, though they were puzzled by a loophole(漏洞) that allows seemingly more dangerous text messaging. Some were doubtful about lawmakers, who they blamed