MONTREAL (Reuters) – Crossing the US-Canada border to go to church on a Sunday cost an American ＄10,000 for breaking Washington’s strict new security（安全）rules.
The expensive trip to church was a surprise for Richard Albert, who lives on the Canadian border. Albert often crosses the border like the other half-dozen people of Township 15. The nearby Quebec village of St. Pamphile is where they shop, eat and go to church. There are many such situations in these areas along the largely unguarded 5,530-mile border between Canada and the US, which in some cases actually runs down the middle of streets or through buildings.
As a result, Albert says he did not expect any problems three weeks ago when he returned home to the US after attending church in Canada as usual. The US customs（海关）station in this area is closed on Sundays, so he just drove around the locked gate, as he had done every weekend since the gate appeared last May, following a tightening of border security. Two days later, Albert was told to go to the customs office, where an officer told him he had been caught on camera crossing the border illegally（非法）.
Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 Americans in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian customs stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home through another border checkpoint.
Albert has requested that the customs office change their decisions on the fine, but he has not attended a Sunday church since. “I feel like I’m living in a prison,” he said.
1.We learn from the text that Richard Albert is .
A．an American working in a Canadian church
B．a Canadian living in a Quebec village
C．a Canadian working in a customs station
D．an American living in Township 15
2.Albert was fined because he .
A. broke the American security rules
B．failed to obey traffic rules
C．worked in St. Pamphile without a pass
D．damaged the gate of the customs office
3.According to paragraph 4, how can Americans in that area get home ?
A．They have to drive through the town.
B．They have to race across the fields.
C．They have to drive to the mountain area.
D．They have to drive in a roundabout(绕道的) way.
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A．A Cross-country Trip B．An Expensive Church Visit
C．An Unguarded Border D．A Special Border Pass
阅读下面的短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项
A man came home from work late again, tired and annoyed, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door. "Daddy, may I ask you a question?" "Yeah, sure, what is it?" replied the man. "Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?" "That's 1of your business. What makes you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily. "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?" "If you 2know, I make $20.00 an hour." "Oh," the little boy replied, head bowed. Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I 3$10.00 please?" The father was angry. "If the only reason you wanted to know how much money I make is that you can borrow some to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, 4you go straight to your room and 5. Think about why you're being so selfish. I work long, hard hours everyday and don't have time for such 6games."
The little boy 7went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even 8about the little boy's questioning. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money. After an hour or so, the man had 9down, and started to think he may have been a little 10on his son. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.00 and 11, he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the 12of the little boy's room and opened it.
"Are you 13, son?" he asked. "No, daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.
"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the man.
"It's been a long day and I took my anger out on you. Here's that $10.00 you asked for."
The little boy sat straight up, "Oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled (大声喊) .
Then, reaching under his pillow, he 14out some more crumpled up (皱的) bills. The man,15that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at the man. "Why did you want 16money if you already had some? " the father complained.
"Because I didn't have 17, but now I do," the little boy replied.
"Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I 18an hour of your time?"
19$20.00 worth of time with someone you love...just a short reminder to all of us working so hard for our living. 20, let us not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some quality time with those who really matter to us.
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the dinosaurs disappeared still remains a mystery.
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Jack would like to go to the cinema with dad, but the film is for adults only.
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