18.Joe and Mary Mahogany began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter,Maureen.With a checklist of criteria in hand,the family looked around the country visiting half a dozen schools.They sought a university that offered the teenagers intended major,one located near a large city,and a campus where their daughter would be safe.
"The safety issue is a big one,"says Joe Mahoney,who quickly discovered he wasn't alone in his worries.On campus tours other parents voiced similar concerns,and the same question was always asked:what about crime?But when college officials always gave the same answer-----"That's not a problem here,"-----Mahoney began to feel uneasy.
"No crime whatever?"comments Mahoney today."I just don't buy it."Nor should he:in 1999the U.S.Department of education had reports of nearly 400,000serious crimes on or around our campuses."Parents need to understand that times have changed since they went to college,"says David Nichols,author of Creating a Safe Campus."Campus crime mirrors the rest of the nation."
But getting accurate information isn't easy.Colleges must report crime statistics by law,but some hold back for fear of bad publicity,leaving the honest ones looking dangerous."The truth may not always be serious,"warns S.Daniel Carter of Security on Campus,Inc.,the nation's leading campus safety watchdog group.
To help concerned parents,Carter promised to visit campuses and talk to experts around the country to find out major crime issues and effective solutions.
9.The Mahoganys visited quite a few collegesC.
A.to express the opinions of many parents
B.to check the cost of college education
C.to choose a right one for their daughter
D.to find a right one near a large city
10.It is often different to get correct information on campus crime because some collegesB.
A.receive too many visitors
B.hide the truth of campus crime
C.mirror the rest of the nation
D.have too many watchdog groups
11.The underlined word"buy"in the third paragraph meansB.
A.mind
B.believe
C.a(chǎn)dmit
D.expect
12.What is the text mainly about?A.
A.Concerns about kids'campus safety
B.Crimes on or around campuscs
C.effective solutions to campus crime
D.Exact campus crime statistics.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了父母們?yōu)楹⒆訉ふ覍W(xué)校與校園犯罪,提醒孩子的校園安全問題.
解答 9.C.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一行Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking for their 17-year-old daughter.可知目的是為他們的17歲的女兒挑看大學(xué). 結(jié)果在一座大城市附近挑選了一所大學(xué).而D項是"在一座大城市附近發(fā)現(xiàn)了一所大學(xué)".故此題選C.
10.B.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)最后一段but some hold back for fear of bad publicity可知得知一些大學(xué)因為害怕毀了自己的公眾形象,就故意隱瞞了一些事實;故選B為最佳答案.
11.B.詞義推斷題.根據(jù)第三段No crime whatsoever?及in 1999 the U.S.Department of Education had reports of 400.000 serious crimes on or around our campus crimes.可知沒有校園犯罪是難以置信的.故選B.
12.A.主旨大意題.從第二段的"The safely issue is a big one"和最后一段中的"…to help concerned parents"可知文章主要談的是父母們?yōu)楹⒆訉ふ覍W(xué)校與校園犯罪.可知關(guān)心孩子的校園安全問題.故選A.
點評 考察學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.