How do you know if your home is an easy aim for thefts? Around the holidays, many families don't consider taking proper measures to prevent their homes from suffering holiday thefts． With just a few simple steps, you can better make sure of the safety of your home during all of the holiday celebrations． Here are a few tips for making it difficult to tell you are away from home．
●Either have a trusted neighbor pick up your mail and newspapers, or tell your mailperson to hold your mail until you return． Nothing says “Hey, we are not home!” like when your postbox is filled with all kinds of mails and you have many different newspapers in your driveway．
● Set several different lights in your house on random timers（隨機定時器）. Don't leave your outdoor lights on all the time．Instead, put your outside light on timers to be on during the nights. If an outdoor light remains on for days at a time, it means that nobody is home to turn it off．
● If you have pets that you are not taking with you on vacation, leave them with friend, rather than having someone come into your house every day to take care of them, When thefts see a neighbor or friend entering your house every day, they will know you are not home．
● Close all your curtains when you leave town. This is effective to deter possible thefts, as no one can see what is in your house. If they don't know what there is to take, then the risk is even greater for them to break in．
●This article just has suggested a few tips to help you keep your house safe on holiday．Nothing can truly protect your home unless you have it monitored by a professional home security system．
小題1:What is the main idea of the passage?
A．To let the outdoor lights on all the time．
B．To tell us how to prevent the thefts around the holidays．
C．To tell us many families suffering from the thefts while they are on holiday．
D．To tell us to have our neighbor go to our house to take care of our pets．
小題2:If you are on holiday in other places, the lights in your house should           .
A．be turned on only once a day
B．be kept on all the night
C．be replaced by random timers
D．be lit in an irregular way
小題3:To make your home well protected, what does the writer advise you to do?
A．Equip your home with security system．
B．Stop your mail service at once．
C．Turn to your close neighbors or friends
D．Have all the curtains closed．
小題4:The underlined word “deter” probably means           .
A．discoverB．surpriseC．discourageD．a(chǎn)ttract

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C

試題分析：假期期間容易發(fā)生家庭盜竊，本文從幾個方面為你支招。文章列出的防盜措施是通過混淆竊賊的判斷力，即給竊賊以假象來達到防盜的目的。
小題1:主旨大意題。通讀全文和文章第一段的句子：Here are a few tips for making it difficult to tell you are away from home．可知，文章告訴我們假期如何防盜。 答案是B。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段 set several different lights in your house on randomtimers 可知，讓房子里的燈不規(guī)律地亮。其中的 random 與選項中的 irregular 吻合。 答案是D。
小題3:事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段中 Nothing can truly protect your home unless youhave it monitored by a professional home security system.可知，確保假期防盜的最好方法是安裝一個專業(yè)家庭安全系統(tǒng)。 答案是A。
小題4:猜詞題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的 as no one can see what is in your house. If they don't know what there is to take, then the risk is even greater for them to break in．可知，關(guān)上窗簾小偷就不知道你家里面有什么，從而達到阻撓他頭東西的目的，選C
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