英语阅读Today,the town of Silver Cliff,Colorado,has a population

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Today,the town of Silver Cliff,Colorado,has a population of only 100 people.Once,however,it was a rich mining town where thousands came with dreams of finding silver and make their fortune.
Late one night in 1880,a group of miners headed back to their camp after a good time in town.They were still laughing and joking as they approached the graveyard on a hill outside Silver Cliff.Then one of the men screamed and pointed toward the graveyard.The others looked and fell suddenly silent.On top of each grave,they saw flame-like blue lights These strangeand frightening lights seemed to be dancing on the graves,disappearing and then appearing again.
This was the first time that people had seen the blue lights of Silver Cliff.There have been many other sightings over the years.In 1969,Edward Lineham from National Geographic Magazine visited the graveyard.Lineham's aricle tells of his experience:"I saw them...Weak round spots of blue-white light among the graves.I...stepped forward for a better look.They disappeared.I aimed my flashlight at one and turned it on.It showed only a tombstone."Lineham and others have suggested various explanationsfor the blue lights of Silver Cliff:The lights might have been images of lights from the town,but Silver Cliff's lights seemed too weak to have this effect.They could have been caused by the burning of gases from things that have gone bad,but this usually happens in swamps,and the area around Silver Cliff is dry.Or,perhaps,the lights are lights used by dead miners wandering the hills in search of the fortune they had come for.
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1.What is strange about Silver Cliff is that-------
A.it used to be a place where people went to make their fortune
B.people have been seeing strange lights from the graveyard
C.It was a rich mining town
D.it is no longer a town of silver
2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.It suggests that they were too fringtened to speak.
BIt shows that they were a bit curious.
C.It means they were ready to do some research work.
D.It explains how interested they were in the flame.
3.Which of the following does NOT belong to people's explanations of the blue lighs?
A.The lights might be from city lights.
B.The burning of gases caused those lights.
C.The lights might be from the lights used by the dead miners.
D.Something in the grave gives out lights.
4.What can we possibly infer from the passage?
A.Things easily go wrong in Silver Cliff.
B.The blue lights have something to do with silver.
C.Many people left Silver Cliff because of the blue lights.
D.Most of the people who saw the blue lights died.

BABD