Question

【題目】Should you spend your money on a home security system? A look inside a burglar’s mind might help you decide.

1. Of course I look familiar. I was here just last week cleaning your carpets, painting your shutters, or delivering your new refrigerator.

2. Hey, thanks for letting me use the bathroom when I was working in your yard last week. While I was in your home, I unlatched the back window to make my return a little easier.

3. To you, leaving that window open just a crack during the day is a way to let in a little fresh air. To me, it’s an invitation which I am more than happy to accept.

4. If it snows while you’re out of town, get a neighbor to create car and foot tracks into the house, or it will be a dead giveaway. By the way, loud dogs and nosy neighbors are the two things I hate most.

5. It’s raining. You’re fumbling with your umbrella, and you forget to lock your door---understandable. But understand this: I don’t take a day off because of bad weather.

6. Do you really think I won’t look in your sock drawer? I always check dresser drawers, the bedside table, and the medicine cabinet. Here’s a helpful hint: I almost never go into kids’ rooms.

7. You’re right: I won’t have enough time to break into that safe where you keep your valuables. But if it’s not fastened, I’ll take it with me.

8. Avoid announcing your vacation on your Facebook.com page. It’s easier than you think to look up your address.

【1】Money and valuables might be the safest if kept in your______.

A. kids’ room B. sock drawer

C. medicine cabinet D. safe

【2】The underlined words “a dead giveaway” here may probably be something that______.

A. throws away useless things at home

B. warns a burglar that someone is dead

C. tells a burglar the truth

D. frightens a burglar away

【3】We can draw a conclusion from the text that______.

A. burglars seldom steal in bad weather

B. if you do housework yourself, you’ll stay away from burglars

C. you yourself are sometimes to blame for a theft

D. you can always count on your neighbors when you are out

【4】The main purpose of the article is to _____.

A. summarize when burglars steal most frequently

B. encourage people to spend money on home security systems

C. explain why burglars take up stealing

D. teach people how to protect their homes

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析：本文旨在告訴讀者如何通過(guò)常不注意的小細(xì)節(jié)防盜，保護(hù)家庭財(cái)產(chǎn)安全。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六小點(diǎn)：Do you really think I won’t look in your sock drawer? I always check dresser drawers, the bedside table, and the medicine cabinet. Here’s a helpful hint: I almost never go into kids’ rooms（你真的以為我不會(huì)去你放襪子的抽屜看看嗎？我經(jīng)常檢查你放裙子的衣柜和旁邊的桌子，還有，藥箱我也不會(huì)放過(guò)。 這兒有一個(gè)小貼士：我?guī)缀鯊牟贿M(jìn)去小孩子的房間。）可知錢財(cái)放在孩子的房間是最安全保險(xiǎn)的，故選A.

【2】細(xì)節(jié)推理題。A.扔掉家里沒(méi)用的東西B.警告盜賊這里有人死掉了C.告訴盜賊一個(gè)真相D.把盜賊嚇跑。根據(jù)第四小點(diǎn)If it snows while you’re out of town, get a neighbor to create car and foot tracks into the house, or it will be a dead giveaway. By the way, loud dogs and nosy neighbors are the two things I hate most.（如果碰巧在下雪的時(shí)候你外出了，讓鄰居來(lái)修車并讓他們的足跡進(jìn)入你的房子，這將會(huì)泄露你不在家這個(gè)秘密。順便說(shuō)一下，狂吠狗和吵鬧的鄰居是我最討厭的兩件事情）排除A,B,D，故選C.

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A.盜賊很少在壞天氣實(shí)行盜竊B.如果你自己做家務(wù)，你將遠(yuǎn)離盜賊C.有時(shí)你自己也該為盜竊負(fù)責(zé)D.你能夠經(jīng)常依賴你的鄰居，當(dāng)你外出的時(shí)候。根據(jù)第五小點(diǎn)：But understand this: I don’t take a day off because of bad weather. （但是，請(qǐng)理解：我不會(huì)因?yàn)橄掠甓�放假）故排除A；B選項(xiàng)不但沒(méi)有提及而且說(shuō)法太絕對(duì)，排除；第四小點(diǎn)：If it snows while you’re out of town, get a neighbor to create car and foot tracks into the house, or it will be a dead giveaway. （如果碰巧在下雪的時(shí)候你外出了，讓鄰居來(lái)修車并讓他們的足跡進(jìn)入你的房子，這將會(huì)泄露你不在家這個(gè)秘密。）排除D.全文8個(gè)小點(diǎn)都從各個(gè)方面講訴了你在生活中的那些沒(méi)有注意的地方可能招致小偷，所以有時(shí)盜竊的發(fā)生，“你自己”著實(shí)該負(fù)一些責(zé)任。故選C.

【4】主旨推斷題。A.總結(jié)盜賊什么時(shí)候偷盜最頻繁B.鼓勵(lì)人們花錢做好家庭安全系統(tǒng)C.解釋盜賊們?yōu)楹螐氖卤I竊D.告訴人們?cè)鯓颖Ｗo(hù)他們的房子；文章從標(biāo)題到8個(gè)小點(diǎn)的內(nèi)容都在講如何防盜，保護(hù)自家的財(cái)產(chǎn)安全，故選D.