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 36 drive to a store and back home. He always looks 37 up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything 38 such as strange cars, loud noises, 39 windows , or people gathering on street corners.

Tim 40 to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group 41 on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s 42 Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community 43 . Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police 44 their homes , streets, and families safe.

Tina Stedman , president of 45 neighborhood watch group , agrees with Tim . “People seem to think that crime(犯罪) happens to other people but not 46 them. Well , it’s never happened to me,” she said, “but I don’t think anyone has the 47 to steal from other people or to make them feel 48 sitting in their own homes.

Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors 49 out for one another. “We 50 each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends .Usually a 51 of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the 52 . For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for 53 , or someone destroying property（财产）, we report to the police.”

Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups 　54 a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they don’t do 55 .”

36. A. yet　　　 B. still　　 　　 C. just　　　　 　 D. rather

37. A. carefully　　 　　 B. clearly　　　　　 C. nervously　 D. coldly

38. A. familiar 　　 　　　B. unusual　　　 C expensive. 　 D. interesting

39. A. curtained 　 　　　B. open　 　　　C. old 　　 　　 D. broken

40. A. attends 　　 　　　B. belongs　 　 　C. goes 　　　　D. turns

41. A. meets　　　　 　B. quarrels　 　 C. sings 　　　　D. searches

42. A. where 　　　　　B. why 　　 　　　C. when　 　　 D. how

43. A. politics　　　　 B. wealth　　 　 C. health 　　 　　 D. safety

44. A. keep 　　　　　 B. hold　 　　　 C. let 　　　　　D. protect

45. A. its 　　　 　　　　 B. his 　 　　　　　C. their　　 　 D. your

46. A. round　　　　 　B. on 　 　　　　　C. about 　　　 D. to

47. A. right 　　　　　 B. change　　 　 C. courage 　　 D. mind

48. A. unlucky 　 　　 B. unsafe 　 　　　C. disappointed D. discouraged

49. A. set 　　 　　　　 B. let 　　　　　C. hold　　 　 　D. look

50. A. care　　　 　　B. enter　　 　　　 　　　C. watch　 　　 　D. manage

51. A. group　 　　　 B. set 　 　　　　　C. number 　　　D. crowd

52. A. judges 　　　　 B. police　 　　　C. fireman 　　　D. doctors

53. A. work　 　　　 B. burden　　 　　 C. service　 　　 　D. trouble

54. A. produce　　　 　　　 B. find 　　　　　C. get　 　 　　　D. help

55. A. anything　　　　 B. everything　　　 C. harm　 　 　D. wrong

Whether you admit it or not, music improves our daily life and makes us feel easy, especially the music of Beethoven（贝多芬）, Mozart（莫扎特）. But can you believe that a school in England is using classical music to cut down on（减少） students' bad behavior?

The head teacher Brian Walker at the West Park School in Derby asks some students to stay behind after school on Fridays. He forces his students to listen to Mozart and other classical（古典的） music. He also makes them copy（抄写） his favorite poems and they have to watch educational videos.

Mr. Walker says his main aim is to stop noisy pupils causing trouble in class for students who want to study. He said the students staying behind were "not the smokers or drinkers, the truants (逃学的学生 ) or the people who are late for school... It's those who have slowed the learning and teaching in class for everyone". Mr. Walker said this was unacceptable, because it was making the rest of the students distract（转移） their attention on their study.

Mr. Walker believes what he does reminds students that education is something to value. "It helps them see they are part of something bigger that will improve their life chances," he said. The head teacher thinks students in fact learn from being kept behind after school. "Hopefully, I open their ears to an experience they don't normally have and...don't want to have again, so it's both educational and acts as a warning."

Music has had success elsewhere in reducing bad behavior. In 2004, it reduced crime（犯罪） on London's subway by 25 percent. Researchers from a Belfast university found it helped stop elephants' bad behavior. 　

However, one West Park student called Kieran said, "An hour of Mr. Walker's music is a real killer."

71. Mr. Walker asks his students to listen to music to _______________.

A. make them rest after a day's study

B. punish them for their bad behavior

C. get them to love arts gradually

D. reduce their bad behavior

72. A student who _____may be left behind to listen to Mozart after class.

A. plays truant　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　 　　　 B. smokes in class　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

C. bothers（打扰）others in class　　　　　　　 　　　 D. comes late for class

73. Why does Mr. Walker say some students' bad behavior is unacceptable?

A. Because the rest of the students hate them.

B. Because they are wasting their life.

C. Because they are disturbing teachers.

D. Because they have a bad influence on the other students.

74. In the eyes of Mr. Walker,_____.

A. some students don't realize education is valuable

B. all students can learn from music

C. music must be taught after class

D. students ought to love music

75. It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that_____.

A. the action Mr. Walker takes doesn't really work as planned

B. Mr. Walker aims to tell students study is important

C. once music helped animals behave well

D. animals also like to listen to music

Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely clever act of stealing or an even cleverer cheat（诈骗）.Either way, it could be a perfect crime（犯罪）, because the criminals are birds----homing pigeons.

The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car: if you want the car back, pay some money. Then, the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside. Carrying the money in a tiny bag, the pigeon flies off.

There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however, may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind---- one that avoids（避免） not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car owner to place an ad in the newspaper asking for help.

The theory is supportd by the fact that, so far,none of the stolen cars have been returned. Also, the amount of money demanded----under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars-----seems too little for a car worth many times more.

Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal. “We have more important things to do,”he said.

1.After the car owner received a phone call, he ___________.

A. went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried

B. gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park

C. sent some money to the thief by mail

D.told the press about it

2. The “lazier and more inventive”criminal refers to ________.

A.the car thief who stays at home 　 B.one of those who put the ads in the paper

C.one of the policemen in Changwa 　　D. the owner of the pigeons

3.The writer mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been returned” to show ____________.

A.how easily people get fooled by criminals 　　B.what Chen thinks might be correct.

C. the thief is extremely clever.　　　　　 　 D.the money paid is too little.

4. The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to ________.

　 A.criminals　　　 B. pigeons　　　 C. the stolen cars 　　 D.demands for money

5. We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because ____________.

A.he reads the ads in the newspaper

B.he lives in the same neighborhood

C.he has seen the car owners in the park

D.he has trained the pigeons to follow them