题目内容：

More and more comments sections are being shut down online.

Autumn Phillips had had enough. On Aug. 19, the executive editor of the Quad- City Times in Iowa, and Illinois, US visited her website, qctimes.com, and saw a story about a man who had been shot to death. When she got to the readers’ comments sections at the end, she was shocked by what she saw. Below the story was a growing number of comments—a racist remark about democratic votes, a negative comment about police …So Phillips decided to do something she had been thinking about for a long time: she shut down the comments sections.

Phillips was not alone in making such a move. Last week, NPR announced k too was closing its online comments sections. The decisions don’t mean that the news outlets are no longer interested in what their audiences are thinking. Both stressed their eagerness to hear from readers and listeners on social networks. But both agreed that comments had deviated from their original intention. And so they had.

In early days of digital journalism, comments were seen as a key part of this new media, a wonderful opportunity for strengthening the dialogue between news producers and their audiences. It was a welcome change, given that for long many news organizations were far too separated from their readers. Much more back and forth conversation seemed like healthy and welcome evolution. Sadly, that’s not the way things turned out. Rather than a place for exchanging ideas, comments sections became the home of ugly name-calling, racism and anti-women language. Besides their poisonous quality, comments seem out of place today.

“Since we made the announcement, I’ve received an outpouring of responses from our readers,” she says. “I’ve heard from parents whose children were hurt by our online comments. I’ve heard from people who said they wouldn’t send in letters to the editor because they were attacked so fiercely by comments, and wasn’t worth it.”

1.Why did Autumn Phillips shut down the comments sections?

A. They were put to wrong use.

B. Her website was attacked heavily.

C. They exposed many illegal issues.

D. She was angry about readers’ comments.

2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 indicate about comments?

A. They were out of date.

B. They had gone against their original intentions.

C. They were full of sensitive information.

D. They couldn’t interest the audience.

3.What was the welcome change in the early digital journalism?

A. Readers, having more access to news.

B. Readers’ making less negative comments.

C. Readers’ freedom to express their thoughts.

D. Readers’ active involvement in the news industry.

4.How do many readers feel about Autumn Phillips, move according to the last paragraph?

A. Cautious.    B. Hopeful.

C. Surprised.    D. Supportive.