55. A. clear
B. silly
C. slow
D. smart
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 can't do
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