Question

I live in a city, and I like quiet life. I hate nosy (爱管闲事的) neighbors but it’s very unlucky that I had one for myself. They moved in a couple of months ago and although I never felt that they were a strange family, I’ve always hated the way they get “too close” to me, my house, my garden, and even my garbage cans.

One day, my neighbors were mowing their lawn (草坪). My garbage cans were near their lawn. For some strange reason, I found the wife looking through my garbage cans. I felt angry but since they were from a different culture, I thought that maybe it was “normal” from their ideas.

That afternoon, the couple knocked on my front door. When I opened, they gave me a plastic bag. Inside were my old daily bills, credit cards and bank statements, and an old birthday card that my old uncle sent. They said that they were returning them to me because these documents contained very private information that may be used by others.

I’ve heard of it before. I asked them how those documents can be used by others and they started telling me their very own experience, which forced them to leave their home and move next door to us. The wife told me that she never destroyed the bills. They also had a “nosy neighbour” who looked through their garbage cans which they actually thought was pretty strange. Little did they know that this “nosy neighbor” was collecting their personal information from their rubbish. Then all their money was taken out from the bank by their neighbor.

It was a very painful experience for all of them and they wanted to leave it all behind so they left. I was very thankful. They were not nosy neighbors. They simply didn’t want us to experience the same thing that they did.

1.What made the author angry?

A. His neighbors came to knock at his door at night.

B. His neighbors were mowing their lawn one morning.

C. His neighbors got too close to his own home.

D. His neighbor’s wife was looking through his rubbish.

2.Why did the couple come to the author’s home?

A. To return the documents to the author.

B. To get to know each other better.

C. To introduce themselves to the author.

D. To borrow some money from the author.

3.The neighbors moved to live next door to the author because       .

A. they no longer had money to live in their former home

B. their personal documents were used by their former neighbor

C. they didn’t want to live in such a noisy home as before

D. they thought the author was much better than their former neighbor

4.Which of the following can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. The author was kind and helpful to the neighbors.

B. The author changed his idea about his neighbors.

C. The neighbors didn’t have enough money.

D. The neighbors had to move from place to place.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.B

【解析】作者开始不喜欢新邻居认为他们爱管闲事，邻居把包含作者个人信息的文件归还并通过他们的亲身经历告诉作者保存个人信息的重要性，从此作者改变了对他们的看法。

1.D

细节推理题。根据第二段For some strange reason, I found the wife looking through my garbage cans. I felt angry but since they were from a different culture, I thought that maybe it was “normal” from their ideas.可知作者生气的原因是因为邻居家的妻子在仔细查看我的垃圾箱，故选D.

2.A

细节推理题。根据第三段they gave me a plastic bag. Inside were my old daily bills, credit cards and bank statements, and an old birthday card that my old uncle sent. They said that they were returning them to me because these documents contained very private information that may be used by others.可知邻居夫妇来我家归还从垃圾箱里找到的包含我个人信息的一些文件，故选A.

3.B

推理判断题。根据第四段they started telling me their very own experience, which forced them to leave their home and move next door to us. this “nosy neighbor” was collecting their personal information from their rubbish. Then all their money was taken out from the bank by their neighbor.

和最后一段It was a very painful experience for all of them and they wanted to leave it all behind so they left.可知他们搬家是因为以前的邻居盗用了他们的个人信息，从银行取走了所有的钱，他们想忘掉这种痛苦的经历。故选B.

4.B

推理判断题。根据作者对事情的描述和I was very thankful. They were not nosy neighbors.可知以前作者认为邻居爱管闲事不喜欢他们。但事情过后他很感激邻居，才知道他们不是多事。从此改变了对邻居的看法，故选B.