How do you know if your home is an easy aim for thefts(偷竊)? 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(jī)定時(shí)器)。Don’t leave your outdoor lights on all the time. Instead, put your outside lights 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 a 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 while you are 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 tell us how to prevent the thefts around the holidays
B．to let the outdoor lights on all the time
C．to tell us many families suffering from the thefts while they are on holiday
D．to tell you to have your neighbor go to your house to take care of your pet.
小題2:.If you are on holiday in other places, the lights in your house should________.
A. be lit in an irregular way              B. be kept on all the night
C. be replaced by random timers         D be turned on only once one day
小題3:.To make your home is well protected, what does the writer advise you to do?
A．Have all the curtains closedB．Stop your mail service at once
C．Turn to your close neighbors or friendsD．Equip your home with security system
小題4:. Most of the tips mentioned in the text seem to ______.
A．be very popular with familiesB．have no effect on preventing thefts
C．give a false impression on thefts. D．be a little hard to be brought into effect.
小題5:.The underlined word “deter ”probably means “___________ ”.
A．discoverB．discourageC．surpriseD．a(chǎn)ttract

小題1:. A           
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According to Paragraph 1, why did the plan of Jacobs family fail?
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B．The father was out of work.
C．Their saving ran out.
D．The family fell apart.
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How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem?
A．They asked their kids to come home.
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C．They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.
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Financial aid administrators believe that _______.
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C．college tuition fees will double soon
D．America’s unemployment will fall
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What can we learn about the middle class families from the text?
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A．a(chǎn)fter 25 years
B．a(chǎn)ccording to the law
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D．because women are as strong as men
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Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
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What does the first paragraph mainly want to tell us?
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B．A shy person may not be a calm one.
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The underlined word “reluctant” in paragraph 2 probably means ______.
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It can be learned from the last paragraph that “one more thing” probably refers to __________.
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Family life has been affected（影響）in various ways, The car helps to keep families together when it is used for picnics, outings, and other shared experiences. However, when teenage children have the use of the car, their parents can't keep an eye on them. There is a great danger if the driver has been drinking alcohol or taking drugs, or showing off by speeding or breaking down traffic laws. Mothers of victims（受害者）of such accidents have formed an organization called MADD（Mothers Against Drunk Driving. These women want to prevent further tragedies（悲�。�. They have worked to encourage the government to limit the youngest drinking age, Students have formed a similar organization, SADD（Students Against Drunk Driving）and are spreading the same message among their friends.
For many Americans the automobile is a necessity. But for some, it is also a mark of social position and for young people, a sign of becoming an adult. Altogether, cars mean very much to Americans.
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A．Cars have encouraged the growth of the cities.
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C．Cars have enabled people to live far from their place of work.
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小題2:.. What has been done to deal with the problem of drunk driving?
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B．Some organizations have been set up against drunk driving.
C．Mothers have tried to persuade their children not to drink alcohol.
D．University students have asked the government to solve the problem.
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A．it will be more difficult for people to get new cars
B．parents will not allow their children to have their own cars
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閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
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Internet safety has become an increasing concern for parents in America. Organizations like the Non-profit Common Sense have been trying to reach and help parents pay attention to the problem.
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B．They want to make themselves famous by doing that.
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D．They want to get some information from others.
小題3: Most parents think it is important to know_____.
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