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or even your customers! Try to keep a low profile(姿態(tài)) in your neighborhood: don’t announce to just about everyone that you are running a home business with thousands of dollars worth of equipment. 第 2頁 共 7頁 As much as possible, don’t invite clients(客戶) or visitors to your home. In fact I know of some homebased entrepreneurs(企業(yè)家) who would rather meet their clients in a neutral(中間的)ground, . the client’s office or even Starbucks. There are other ways to keep burglars away from your house. ●Keep lights on around your house in the evenings. Light is a natural fright for burglars. ●Invest in a security alarm, particularly if your house is located in a remote spot. Security systems can often bring down the cost of your homeowner’s insurance premiums(費用) . ●Make sure that all windows and doors are locked and the security alarm turned on before you sleep at night or go out of the house. Avoid keeping house keys in obvious places, such as under the lamp or top of the doorframe. ●Adding an additional lock will provide extra security when you are home. The deadlock, sometimes called an “exitonly deadbolt” is an deadbolt that doesn’t have an external(外部的) key. It’s clearly visible on the door from the outside, but can’t be broken into without destroying the door, frame, or lock itself. While the security won’t help directly when you aren’t home, the visibility may discourage an intruder from trying the door. ●Your door itself should be made of strong materials, such as oneinch thick solid hardwood or heavy metal. 4. The advice given by the writer in the passage focuses on __________. A. how to make your house safer from burglars B. what to do when your house is broken into C. how to improve social security in the United States D. how to run a home business 5. Some homebased entrepreneurs don’t invite clients to their home ___________. A. to enjoy convenience outside their home B. for reasons of their property safety C. not to let others know their business D. in order to avoid being seen by burglars 6. All of the following are part of the writer’s advice except that the homeowner ________. A. buy a security alarm and turn it on in the evening B. fix an extra lock on the door from inside C. have the doors made of solid hardwood or heavy metal D. keep lights on in all rooms to threaten burglars 7. What does the underlined word “intruder” most probably mean in this passage? A. Someone who is invited to visit. B. Someone who illegally enters the home. C. Someone who pays regular visits to the home. D. Someone who tries to destroy the lock. C 第 3頁 共 7頁 After successfully serving their term for 4 years, military service men and women are given the choice to stay in the military or return to civilian life. For some, having to readjust to civilian life is one of the mist challenging assignments our returning soldiers and marines(水兵) will ever to undertake. While people may think readjusting should be simple, they must take into consideration of all