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Crime in the cities has had more publicity（宣扬）than crime in the suburbs, but in recent years many of the suburbs have found their crime rates increasing faster than those of the cities.

One crime prevention aid is the Neighborhood Watch Program started five years ago and is sponsored by the National Sheriffs' （司法长官）Association. The aim is to get people to watch out for their neighbors. They are asked to be alert for any unusual activity, such as strangers who may be bringing things out of a house to an unfamiliar waiting vehicle. Vandalism（破坏行为）is also a target of the program. Children are much less likely to run around with spray（喷水）cans if they know that neighbors are alert and that they will probably be caught.

The program should fit the specific neighborhood and be done with the knowledge and cooperation of the sheriff's office and the police department. So far, 2,300 programs have been set up with at least one in every state in the Union. In some cases, neighborhood block clubs have been established to give instructions. A national Neighborhood Watch Program has been set up, including one and one half to seven million citizens at a federal government cost of 5 cents to 22 cents per person. The national office supplies sheriffs and local office departments with program materials, crime prevention literature, and ideas on making homes more secure. Statistics show that this system works and is working better all the time.

1．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．There has been as much crime in the cities as in the suburbs.

B．Crime increases at the same rate in both the cities and the suburbs.

C．Crime rates increase slower in the cities than in the suburbs.

D．There has been more crime in the cities than in the suburbs.

2．Which of the following activities is NOT affected by the Neighborhood Watch Program?

A．Neighbors quarrel with each other.

B．Strangers take things out of a house.

C．Children run everywhere with spray cans.

D．Vandals walk around the neighborhood.

3．What is the purpose of the Neighborhood Watch Program?

A．To replace the sheriff's and policeman's duties.

B．To get the people united together so they can become better friends.

C．To make people less suspicious of their neighbors.

D．To decrease the neighborhood crime rate.

4．How far has the program gone?

A．The federal government assists in financing a national Neighborhood Watch Program.

B．Many thousands of neighborhoods have organized them.

C．It cost the government between 22 and 25 cents per person.

D．Some states have not become involved yet.

5．The national office contributes a lot to the Neighborhood Watch Program, including all the following actions EXCEPT____.

A．providing program materials to local office departments

B．supplying crime prevention literature

C．spreading preventive ideas in order to make neighborhood more secure

D．setting up clubs to give instructions

1．【答案】C

【精析】由文章第一段中的“many of the suburbs have found their crime rates increasing faster than those of the cities”可知，C项为正确答案。注意，C项只是换了一种说法而已，与第一段所述同义。

2．【答案】A

【精析】从文章第二段最后三句话“They are asked to be alert for any unusual activity, such as strangers who may be bringing things out of a house to an unfamiliar waiting vehicle. Vandalism is also a target of the program. Children are much less likely to run around with spray cans if they know that neighbors are alert and that they will probably be caught.”中可找到B、C、D项所述的内容，只有A项未提及，所以选A项。

3．【答案】D

【精析】由文章第二段第一句话中的“One crime prevention aid is the Neighborhood Watch Program started five years ago”可知，Neighborhood Watch Program是一个阻止犯罪的救援帮助机构，所以答案为D项。

4．【答案】A

【精析】由文章第二段第一句话“One crime prevention aid is the Neighborhood Watch Program started five years ago and is sponsored by the National Sheriffs' Association.”可知，A项为正确答案。

5．【答案】D

【精析】由文章倒数第二句话“The national office supplies sheriffs and local office departments with program materials, crime prevention literature, and ideas on making homes more secure.”可知，A、B、C三项均有提及说明，所以D项为正确答案。