Question

There are several ways from which to choose for you to keep your kids safe in your neighborhood. But the first step to keep your child safe in your neighborhood is to know your neighbors.

Knowing your neighbors can save you a lot of worry. It lets you know that the car that has just driven down the street belongs to “the yellow house on the corner”, or the truck that has just driven by the playground looks unfamiliar, but the guy in the passenger seat resides two doors down. It’s these simple things that keep you from going_out_of_your_mind whenever you see someone driving by where children are playing.

But you shouldn’t just know what they look like. The next step is to know them well. What do they do？How do they act？You might be OK with them driving by the playground since they live in the neighborhood, but are you OK with them being on the playground? Knowing your neighbors solves several things. First you find out what kind of people they are. This helps you know if you should let your child go out in an area where they gather. Let us face it: you do not want your child to play around people or people’s children that curse (咒骂) or hit each other. Sometimes you have to protect your child against your own neighbors.

Knowing them also makes them know you. Being neighbors is an interesting thing. You might not like them or have the same views as them, but we all usually protect those that we consider our own. If you know your neighbors, they know you. They are more likely to look after the child of the nice lady down the street in the brick (砖) house, than the people, in the house on the corner, who no one ever sees.

1.This passage is mainly to tell us________.

A. how to keep your child safe in the neighborhood

B. how to set a good example to your neighbors

C. how to get along with your neighbors

D. how to teach your child to protect himself

2.If someone resides two doors down, he________.

A. studies at the same school with your kid

B. often comes to the neighborhood to offer help

C. lives in the same neighborhood as you

D. likes driving the truck around the neighborhood[

3.The underlined phrase “going out of your mind” in Paragraph 2 probably means________.

A. becoming very excited

B. becoming very worried

C. becoming very disappointed

D. becoming very relaxed

4.From the third paragraph we can know that________.

A. it is important for you to be polite to your neighbors

B. people in the same neighborhood are quite different

C. people like enjoying themselves on the playground

D. knowing your neighbors helps to keep your kids safe

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】保证孩子在社区的安全方法很多，但是最为重要的是你要了解邻居的情况。当然了解他们不只是认识他们就足够了，要深入了解他们的职业、性格等。

1.【小题１】A。主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了如何保护孩子在社区的安全——首先要深入了解你的邻居，故选A项。

2.【小题２】C。细节理解题。根据第二段中的or the truck that has just driven by the playground looks unfamiliar，but the guy in the passenger seat resides two doors down可知，如果一个人resides two doors down，这个人住的地方和你家隔两家，他应该和你住在同一个社区。故选Ｃ，

3.【小题３】B。词义猜测题。你对进入社区的车或者人是熟悉的，这会使得你无论什么时候看见有人开车经过孩子们玩的地方都不会担心害怕。故选Ｂ。

4.【小题４】D。推理判断题。根据第三段最后五个句子可以推断出，熟悉邻居对保护孩子的安全很有帮助。故选Ｄ。