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Because most Japanese people don’t really like the idea of having a roommate, a lot of these young people end up living alone, including young women. While Tokyo is much safer than large cities in many other countries, crimes do happen, and criminals often consider young women who live alone to be easy targets.

To help address this problem, and also to put the minds of single female at ease, apartment management company Leo Palace 21 has developed what it calls the Man on the Curtain system.

Using a projector controlled by a smartphone, Man on the Curtain throws a shadow of a man onto your curtains so that when people outside look at your windows, there will appear to be a guy inside as if you are not living alone.

If you’re wondering how that’s better than just putting a cardboard cutout by your window, Man on the Curtain is full-motion, projecting videos of actual actors for a lifelike look. Currently, the system has 12 different choices, including such a boxer practicing, a martial artist going through a karate kata, a bodybuilder working out with dumbbells, and a sports fan swinging a baseball bat around.

More relaxed choices include a guy doing some cleaning, folding clothes, and doing yoga, which seems like it could double as a fitness video that you could do yourself with your shadowy protector.

Since it’d be easy to know that a short loop is a fake, each video is about 30 minutes long, with a variety of motions.

Granted, some of the choices, such as the man doing cleaning or playing the guitar, aren’t going to be as effective if a would-be criminal is close enough to the window to notice the lack of sound. But the images themselves are very convincing.

1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A Japanese like living alone.

B The criminal rate in Tokyo is high.

C There are more men victims than women victims.

D Crimes happen only to young women.

解析：选A。推理判断题。根据第一段第一句Because most Japanese people don’t really like the idea of having a roommate, a lot of these young people end up living alone, including young women.可知很多日本人不喜欢有室友，他们喜欢独居，故选A。

2.What does the underlined word “address” mean?

A Cause.

B Solve.

C Find.

D Promise.

解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据上文虽然东京相对安全但是确实也有犯罪的情况发生和后面的problem及提出的用剪影投影制造出家里有男性的假象吓走犯罪分子可知是“解决”问题，故选B。

3.How could the Man on the Curtain system help young women?

A By teaching them practicing boxing or martial.

B By scaring off the criminals with the shadow.

C By employing male servants doing housework for them.

D By offering better apartment management.

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据第三段Using a projector controlled by a smartphone, Man on the Curtain throws a shadow of a man onto your curtains, so that when people outside look at your windows, there will appear to be a guy inside, as if you are not living alone.可知这种产品是通过在窗帘上投下一个男性形象给外面的人造成家里有男性的假象，从而使得犯罪分子不敢靠近来保护单身女性的，故选B。

4.How did the system avoid its seeming fake?

A Offer different choices of the shadow.

B Match sounds according to the shadow.

C Make each loop of the video longer.

D Keep the criminal staying far away.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第六段Since it’d be easy to know that a short loop is a fake, each video is about 30 minutes long, with a variety of motions.可知为了避免很短的循环影像会看起来很假从而被犯罪分子识破，他们把影像视频加长了，从而使得它们不容易被识破，故选C。

5.What do you think of Man on the Curtain system?

A Useless and wasteful.

B Interesting and relaxing.

C Exciting and attractive.

D Useful and practical.

解析：选D。观点态度题。根据文章主要内容：窗帘上的男友使得犯罪分子不敢靠近可知这一发明是有用的，故选D。