Are you worried by the rising crime rate? If you are, you probably know that your house and possessions are increasingly in danger of suffering from great rise in the cases of burglary(夜盜;搶劫) and attack.
Figures show an ever-increasing crime rate, but it is only too easy to imagine "It will never happen to me"．Unfortunately, statistics show that it really can happen to you and, if you live in a large city, you run twice the risk of being a victim.
Fortunately, there is something definite which you can do．Protect Alarms can help to protect your house with a burglar alarm system which is effective, simple to operate and easily affordable.
You must remember that owning a burglar alarm is no indication(暗示) that your house is packed with valuable possessions．It quite simply indicates to unwelcome visitors that yours is one house they will not break into easily, so they carry on to an unprotected house where their job is made a lot easier.
Send now for our free leaflet telling you how we can Protect Alarm your house quickly, easily and cheaply．Complete and tear off the slip below and post it to us．Postage is free．Also, telephone us on 327 6721 where we have a round-the-clock answering service．It costs nothing to find out about Protect Alarm.
小題1:Anyone who takes an interest in the crime rate will, according to the text, be aware that ___________.
A．more burglars are being caught than ever before
B．people have more possessions to worry about nowadays
C．burglars are more at risk than they used to be
D．homes are more likely to be broken into nowadays
小題2:It seems that people who live in cities are ____________.
A．more often victims than those living in other areas
B．of the opinion that statistics are wrong
C．twice as well as people living in other areas
D．of the opinion that burglars only rob unprotected homes
小題3:The article claims that possessing an alarm system will _________.
A．show burglars that you have something worth stealing
B．persuade burglars not to break into your house
C．make the burglars' job less complicated
D．persuade burglars to try again another time
小題4:In order to find out more information about this alarm system one can _______.
A．buy a leaflet
B．write enclosing a stamped, addressed envelope
C．sign a contract
D．phone at any time of day or night
小題5:The underlined word "Figures" in the second paragraph can be replaced by “      __”．
A．PicturesB．FingersC．NumbersD．Mathematics

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:C
文章主要是向大家推銷報警系統(tǒng)的一篇文章，提及了現(xiàn)在社會犯罪率的上升讓人們的財產(chǎn)安全受到威脅，購買報警系統(tǒng)可以減少這方面的損失。
小題1:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容可知現(xiàn)在的犯罪率在上升，我們的家唄闖入的可能性在變大，D正確。
小題2:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句if you live in a large city, you run twice the risk of being a victim.可知A正確。
小題3:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第四段2,3,4三行It quite simply indicates to unwelcome visitors that yours is one house they will not break into easily, so they carry on to an unprotected house where their job is made a lot easier.可知B正確。
小題4:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段2,3,行Also, telephone us on 327 6721 where we have a round-the-clock answering service．可知D正確。
小題5:C 猜測詞義題。根據(jù)下文的statistics show that可知這個詞與statistics是同義詞，即數(shù)據(jù)的意思，故C正確。
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B．you can have a better sleep at night
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A．you can try to make noise as possible as you can
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C．you can try to learn to climb up a tall tree nearby
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