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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 16 drive to a store and back home.He always looks 17 up and down the streets of his neighborhood.He looks for anything
18 such as strange cars, loud noises, 19 windows, or people gathering on street comers.
Tim 20 to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA.The neighborhood watch group 21 on the third Wednesday of every month.That’s 22 .Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community 23 .Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police 24 their homes, streets, and families safe.
Tina Stedman, president of 25 neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim.“People seem to think that crime happens to other people but not 26 them.Well, it’s never happened to me,” she said,“but I don’t think anyone has the 27 to steal from other people or to make them feel 28 sitting in their own homes.”
Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors 29 out for one another,“We 30 each other’s homes.We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends.Usually a 31 of four or five of us goes out together.If something doesn’t look right, then we call the 32 .For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for 33 ,or someone destroying property, we report to the police.”
Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups 34 a lot in keeping crime down.Her husband Jim agrees,“Police are good people, but they can’t do 35 .”
16.A.yet B.still C.just D.rather
17.A.carefully B.clearly C.nervously D.coldly
18.A.familiar B.unusual C.expensive D.interesting
19.A.curtained B.open C.old D.broken
20.A.attends B.belongs C.goes D.turns
21.A.meets B.quarrels C.sings D.searches
22.A.where B.why C.when D.how
23.A.politics B.wealth C.health D.safety
24.A.keep B.hold C.let D.protect
25.A.its B.his C.their D.your
26.A.round B.on C.about D.to
27.A.right B.chance C.courage D.mind
28.A.unlucky B.unsafe C.disappointed D.discouraged
29.A.set B.let C.hold D.look
30.A.care B.enter C.watch D.manage
31.A.group B.set C.number D.crowd
32.A.judges B.police C.firemen D.doctors
33.A.work B.burden C.service D.trouble
34.A.produce B.find C.get D.help
35.A.anything B.evening C.harm D.wrong