Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.
When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn't 1 drive to a store and back home. He always looks 2 up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything 3 such as strange cars, loud noises, 4 windows, or people gathering on street corners.
Tim 5 to a neighborhood Watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group 6 on the third Wednesday of every month. That' s 7 Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community 8. Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police 9 their homes, streets, and families safe.
Tina Stedman, president of 10 neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim. "People seem to think that crime (犯罪) happens to other people but not 11them. Well, it's never happened to me," she said, "but I don't think anyone has the 12 to steal from other people or to make them feel 13sitting in their own homes."
Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors 14 out for one another. "We15each other' s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a 16of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn't look right, then we call the 17 . For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for 18 , or someone destroying property (财产), we report to the police."
Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups 19 a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, "Police are good people, but they can't do 20"
1. A. yet B. still C. just D. rather
2 A. carefully B. clearly C. nervously D. coldly
3. A. familiar B. unusual C. expensive D. interesting
4. A. curtained B. open C. old D. broken
5. A. attends B. belongs C. goes D. turns
6 A. meets B. quarrels C. sings D. searches
7. A. where B. why C. when D. how
8 A. politics B. wealth C. health D. safety
9. A. keep B. hold C. let D. protect
10. A. its B. his C. their D. your
11. A. round B. on C. about D. to
12. A. right B. chance C. courage D. mind
13. A. unlucky B. unsafe C. disappointed D. discouraged
14. A. set B. let C. hold D. look
15. A. care B. enter C. watch D. manage
16. A. group B. set C. number D. crowd
17. A. judges B. police C. firemen D. doctors
18. A. work B. burden C. service D. trouble
19 A. produce B. find C. get D. help
20. A. anything B. everything C. harm D. wrong
1-5 CABDB 6-10 ACDA C 11-15 D A B DC 16-20 A B D DB
A. Profits enlarging B. Technology developing C. Education investing D. Benefits transferring E. Dominance disappearing F. A nation rising |
The following is an imaginary diary entry written by US president. This diary is part of Global Trends 2025, which was written by the US National Intelligence Council
80
The
81
The
82
Global wealth and economic power will shift from West to East.
83
84
The transition from old fuels to new will be slow, as will the development of new technologies that present feasible alternatives to fossil fuels or help eliminate food and water problems. All current technologies are inadequate, and new ones will probably not be commercially possible by 2025