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__ 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_our 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 __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. chance       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. firemen        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 

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We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?" "When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck? “And Paul, why didn't pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car?" When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it's too late.
Why do we go wrong about our friends—or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don't really listen we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, "You're a lucky dog, "and that's being friendly. But "lucky dog"? There's a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn't see it himself. But bringing in the "dog" bit puts you down a little, what he may be saying is that he doesn't think you deserve your luck.
"Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for" is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important. It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night.
How can you tell the real meaning behind someone’s words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says agree with the tone of voice? His posture? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.
66. This passage is mainly about ______.
A. how to interpret what people say
B. what to do when you listen to others talking
C. why we go wrong with people and how to avoid these mistakes
D. why we go wrong with people sometimes
67. According to the author, the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that       .
A. we fail to listen carefully when they talk
B. people tend to be annoyed when we check what they say
C. people usually state one thing but mean another
D. we tend to doubt what our friends say
68. The underlined word "it" in the second paragraph refers to______.
A. being friendly               B. a bit of envy
C. lucky dog         D. your luck
69. When we listen to a person talking, the most important thing for us to do is     __.
A. notice the way the person is talking
B. take a good look at the person talking
C. mind his tone, his posture and the look in his eyes
D. examine the real meaning of what he says based on his manner, his tone and his posture
70. The author is most probably a ______.
A. teacher   B. psychologist    C. philosopher    D. doctor

We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. but most

mistakes are about people. "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?" "When I got

that great job, did Jim, as a friend, really feel good about it? Or did he envy my luck?" "And was Paul friendly just because I had a car? " When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad.

   But when we look back, it is too late.

   Why do we go wrong about our friends, or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meanings. And if we do not really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, "You're a lucky dog!"(你真幸运!) Is he really on your side? If he says, "You're a lucky guy!", that is being friendly. But "a lucky dog?" There is a bit of envy in those words. What he may be saying is that he does not think you deserve your luck.

   "Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for" is another phrase that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem. But this phrase contains the thought that your problem is not at all important.

   How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Is what he says shown by the tone of voice? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save your another mistake.

1.When the writer recalls(回想) some of the things that happened between him and his

  friends, he _______.

A. feels happy, thinking how nice his friends were to him

B. feels he might not have understood his friends' true feelings

C. think it a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend

D. is sorry that his friends let him down

2..When the writer talks about someone saying, "You're a lucky dog!", he is saying that

_____.    

A. the speaker is just friendly

B. this sentence suggests the same as "You're a lucky guy!"

C. the word "dog" should not be used to apply to people

D. sometimes the words show that the speaker is a bit envious

3.This passage tries to tell you how to ______.

A. avoid mistakes about money and friends

B. get an idea of friendly people

C. avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you

D. keep people friendly without trusting them

4.The writer suggests that ______ be trusted.

A. everybody   B. nobody    C. all the people  D. all the people not

 

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