MONTREAL (Reuters) – Crossing the US-Canada border（边界）to go to church on a Sunday cost a US citizen ＄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 right on the Canadian border. Like the other half-dozen people of Township 15, crossing the border is a daily occurrence for Albert. 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 be 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 be had been caught on carnera crossing the border illegally（非法）.
Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 US citizens 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.
【小题1】We learn from the text that Richard Albert is .A．an American living in Township 15B．a Canadian living in a Quebec villageC．a Canadian working in a customs stationD．an American working in a Canadian church【小题2】Albert was fined because he .A．failed to obey traffic rulesB．broke the American security rulesC．worked in St. Pamphile without a passD．damaged the gate of the customs office【小题3】The underlined word “detour” in paragraph 5 means .A．a drive through the townB．a race across the fieldsC．a roundabout way of travellingD．a journey in the mountain area【小题4】What would be the best title for the text?A．A Cross-country TripB．A Special Border PassC．An Unguarded BorderD．An Expensive Church VisitA
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解析：
【小题1】这是一道细节题。第二段“Like the other halfdozen people of Township 15，crossing the border is a daily occurrence for Albert.”告诉我们Richard Albert是一位住在Township 15的美国人。
【小题2】这是一道细节题。根据第四段“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.”可判断出Albert受罚的原因是他违反了美国安全条例。
【小题3】这是一道猜测词义题。根据这段的内容可判断出由于美国停止了Ottawa使用的方法，使得人们不得不迂回200英里通过山回家。
【小题4】这是一道主旨题。这篇短文讲述了一位美国人为了去教堂而违反了美国安全法，而被罚款$10 000美元。所以An Expensive Church Visit是最佳题目。