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Directions: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 1-5 Last month, upon hearing that a neighbor had been burgled, my husband voiced a desire to beef up our home security. I was largely unresponsive. The previous owners of our house installed a burglar alarm system, but we never got it switched on, because, quoting Ed, I apparently care more about the $29 monthly fee than I do about our home security. In the end, I gave in.The alarm company sent over a sales representative, a well-coiffed professional in a suit and heels. She recommended adding some infrared motion sensors. I was not wild about this. I like to keep things simple. My idea of home security is to hire cheap, disreputable painters who can be counted upon to paint the windows shut. Besides, cant the motion sensors be set off by a pet? I said.Ed leaned in close to the sales rep. We dont have any pets, he whispered. We dont have a pet now I said. But we might someday. I knew this to be a lie. Ed is a dog person, and Im a cat person. We cancel each other out.I pointed out that every now and then, the neighbors cat, Sprinkles, will sneak into the house when the back door is open. The alarm woman started talking about pet resistance. This was a feature of the motion sensor whereby it was set to cover the room from the waist up only. Though of course..., she hesitated, the cat would have to stay on the ground at all times.We got the sensors, and we got the system switched on. We never got a pet, each of us practicing his or her own particular brand of pet resistance, but we did, after many years of cost-based bickering, get a housecleaner. Eve