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   Please be advised that Nairobi like any other large city has a security and crime problem. However, if you observe the following simple guidelines you will have a trouble-free stay here: 1. Do not wear a money belt. This makes you an instant target. 2. Cameras of all kinds are a favourite with snatchers. Feel free to use them within the Starehe Campus and the hotel grounds but not in the streets. 3. Ladies’ handbags are also a regular snatch. Avoid carrying one, and if you must, be alert and hold on to it tightly. 4. Jewellery and even glasses with valuable frames are also often target9、A few years ago I was shopping with a friend and his 12-year-old daughter in downtown San Francisco. A street musician, whom my friend happened to know from his own musician day, was playing the saxophone on a street corner. His name was Clifford, and he had attracted a large crowd with his performance. After he finished, my friend introduced him to me and his daughter. Clifford asked his daughter if she played any instruments. When she replied that she was taking trumpet(小号) lessons and played in her junior high school band(乐队), he said, “That’s fine, little lady. Learn  your instrument well and you can play anything.” Somehow these simple yet wise words struck me as appropriate not only for a trumpet player but also for a reader. If you learn to read well, you can read anything you want－not just newspapers and magazines, but more difficult material like philosophy, film criticism, military history－whatever interests you as your confidence grows. You would not be limited in any way. If you have the vocabulary－or at least a good dictionary near at hand－you can pick up a book, concentrate on it, and make sense of the author’s words. In the United States, reading instruction often ends at elementary school, so students sometimes have difficulty as they progress through school. They must take their assignment armed only with their elementary school reading skills. The result, too often, is frustration(挫折) and loss of confidence. And the assigned reading in your college courses will be even greater than they were in high school. Developing Reading Skills is designed to accomplish several tasks: to show you the skills that will enable you to read with greater comprehension, to help you cope with reading assignment with confidence, and to teach you to become an active reader. 1．The talk between the girl and Clifford serves as an introduction to ___________.        A．the importance of reading        B．the connection between playing instruments and reading        C．the necessity of learning to play an instrument        D．the variety of reading materials 2．It can be inferred from the story that ___________.        A．Clifford was good at playing the saxophone        B．the author’s friend was once a street musician        C．the 12-year-old girl played the trumpet very poorly        D．Clifford was a good music teacher 3．We can infer from the last paragraph that Developing Reading Skills __________.        A．is directed to elementary school students        B．centers around vocabulary building skills        C．aims at helping students read better        D．offers elementary reading skills 4．The underlined word “struck” in paragraph 2 most probably means __________.        A．impressed            B．influenced            C．proved                D．awakened 5．With good reading skills, you can ________.        A．understand anything you read without difficulty        B．work out the author’s meaning if only you concentrate on the book        C．understand what you read with the help of a good dictionary        D．concentrate on whatever you read