IV. 阅读理解(共20分,每小题1分) 阅读下列短文，选出一个最佳答案。

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Neighborhood yentas are well—known women. They spend most of their time watching people around them. The yentas have this title for this. “Yenta” is a Yiddish word. It means a trouble maker or a talkative person. Nobody in the street is safe from their eyes or tongue.

Yentas certainly are not bad people. They pass on messages and advice. They give up-to-the-minute weather reports. They know who i s doing what. They see，hear，and know all and usually repeat it. They have called themselves reporters.

Some of the yentas’ neighbors think them so interested in others’ things that they forget their own. Sometimes, however ,a child has to be found，or a robbery has to be reported. Then what yentas do are helpful. Every neighborhood appreciates its yentas very much. It doesn’t matter what their color，belief or accent is.

31. From the passage we kn ow that a yenta___________ .

A. is famous for watching people walking      B.1ikes talking about others

C. can be either a man or a woman            D. is not a help at all

32.If you live near a yenta，you_________.

A. will not be safe                      B. can’t stop yourself from being watched

C. will be stopped when you pass by       D. have to pay for their help

33.When you are in trouble，yentas_____________ .

A. will make a joke on you               B. will watch you all the time

C. can sometimes give you a hand         D. will report that to the police

34.The word “up-to-the-minute” means________ .  A. oldest  B. best  C. latest  D. worst

35.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. We can get weather reports from yentas.

B. You can learn things about neighbors from yentas.

C.Yentas are sometimes a help to others.

D. Yentas care more about themselves than about others.