Crime
Khusniddin Sarsenbaev
Crime in the cities has had more publicity 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 sponsored by the National Sheriffs' 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. Statistics show that this system works quite well.
VOCABULARY > DEFINITIONS
Crime: jinoyat
To have publicity: taniqli bo’lmoq
Prevention: oldini olish
Aid: ko’mak, yordam
Suburb: shahar tashqarisi
To sponsor: qo’llab quvvatlamoq
To watch out for: ehtiyot bo’lmoq
Alert: e’tiborli
EXERCISES
Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the words defined above.
1. Please ........... anything suspicious and report to us immediately.
2. The conservationists mounted a .... campaign to save the wild life.
3. We should get someone .......the beauty contest, and organize our own system of rewards.
4. The government proceeded to declare a state of military ..... on almost all the bases.
5. Moscow is keen to reduce and restructure its ...... to Nicaragua, and to put it on a more commercial footing.
READING COMPREHENSION
1. According to the passage crime rates in the suburbs ............
A) are constantly decreasing.
B) are not as dangerous as those in the cities.
C) are getting higher and higher.
D) have always been ridiculous when compared to the crime rates in the suburbs.
E) don't need to be prevented.
2. The purpose of the Neighborhood Watch Program is
A) to replace the sheriff's and policemen's duties.
B) to make people suspicious of their neighbors.
C) to decrease the neighborhood crime rate.
D) to get the neighbors banded together so they can become better friends.
E) to increase the rate of gossiping.
3. It is clear in the passage that the Neighborhood Watch Program
A) is to work in cooperation with the sheriff's and police department
B) is started to watch out what the neighbors are doing
C) has no advantage in decreasing the crime rate
D) given way to increase crime rates
E) has no known affect on the crime rates