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Millions of American kids come home to or leave an empty house every day. However parents are increasingly using an existing technology — home security （安全） systems — to keep an eye on their “home-alone” children. In the early days of home security the systems were basically designed just to keep the bad guys out. Now many parents are also using them to make their children safe when they are at home alone. Below are some simple rules for adults to teach their children:

★Every child should memorize his or her own full name and address and home work and cellphone numbers of each parent. Also keep this information posted next to the phone at home. If your child is too young to memorize the information he or she may be too young to be home alone — for any time.

★Teach your child to observe things around him or her when he or she returns to the house. If a door or window is slightly open the child has any reason to suspect (怀疑) someone has been in the house that shouldn’t be have him or her call you then wait at a safe house a neighbor offers.

★Warn your child never to answer the doorbell or telephone when they are home alone. Besides set a rule that he or she must never play outside the house when no one else is at home.

★Be sure he or she knows how to disarm (解除) and arm your home security system. Program your control panel (控制板) to give you a message when your child enters or leaves the house and arms or disarms the system. If your child forgets to rearm the system you can call him or her with a personal reminder.

To learn more about home security systems that can help parents protect their “home-alone” children visit www.ProtectAmerica.com.

60.  According to the passage home security systems _____.

A. can help children all the time

B. are now used for protecting the children

C. were first designed to keep kids safe at home

D. are developed to spare parents more time for their work

61.  Home-alone children are advised to _____.

A. fight bravely with bad guys

B. memorize numbers they see

C. call the police when they are home alone

D. pay much attention when getting home alone

62.  Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Parents are taking less care of their children.

B. Children are easy to forget numbers recently.

C. Children and adults should work together to use the system.

D. People should know the dangers caused by their neighbors.

Answer 1

BDC