Question

Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter, Maureen. With a checklist of criteria in hand, the Dallas family looked around the country visiting half a dozen schools. They sought a university that offered the teenager’s 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 whatsoever?” comments Mahoney today.  “I just don’t buy it.”  Nor should he: in 1999 the U.S. Department of Education had reports of nearly 400,000 serious crimes on or around our campuses. “Parents need to understand that times have changed since they went to colleges,” 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 （统计数字) by law, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity, leaving the honest ones looking dangerous. “The truth may not always be obvious,” 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.

The Mahoneys visited quite a few colleges last August ______.

A. to express the opinions of many parents

B. to choose a right one for their daughter

C. to check the cost of college education   

D. to find a right one near a large city

It is often difficult to get correct information on campus crime because some colleges

______.

A. receive too many visitors                              B. mirror the rest of the nation

C. hide the truth of campus crime                      D. have too many watchdog groups

The underlined word “buy” in the third paragraph means ______.

A. mind                       B. admit                       C. believe                     D. expect

We learn from the text that  “the honest ones” in the fourth paragraph most probably

refers to colleges ______.

A. that are protected by campus security             B. that report campus crimes by law

C. that are free from campus crime                           D. the enjoy very good publicity

What is the text mainly about?   

A. Exact campus crime statistics.                       B. Crimes on or around campuses.

C. Effective solutions to campus crime.                     D. concerns about kids’ campus safety.

Answer 1

【小题1】B

【小题2】C

【小题3】C

【小题4】B

【小题5】D

解析:

【小题1】本题考查理解细节信息的能力。由第一段中的最后一句话“…a campus where their daughter would be safe”判断可知，The Mahoneys 夫妇花很长时间考察了很多学校的目的主要是为女儿的安全考虑的。故正确答案为B。

【小题2】本题考查理解细节信息的能力。由倒数第二段中的“…but some hold back for fear of bad publicity leaving the honest ones looking dangerous.”得知一些大学因为害怕毁了自己的公众形象，就故意隐瞒了一些事实。hold back 意为“隐瞒、保留……”。

【小题3】本题考查根据上下文猜测词义的能力。根据第二段后面的“But when college officials always gave the same answer”—“That’s not a problem here.”和第三段中的“In 1999 the U.S. Department of Education had reports of nearly 400,000 serious crimes on or around our campuses”可知，大学里的领导都说他们的大学里无犯罪，但在1999年美国教育部就公布了在大学内外就发生了近400,000起严重犯罪，两句内容前后矛盾，故猜出buy 的意思是believe (相信)。  

【小题4】本题考查根据文章细节进行推理判断的能力。根据倒数第二段中的“Colleges must report crime statistics by law, but some hold back for fear bad publicity, leaving the honest ones looking dangerous”可得知，根据法律大学要上报发现在他们校园里的犯罪行为，但一些大学因为害怕自己的公众形象被毁，就故意隐瞒不报，只剩下了一些老老实实的大学把发生在自己的校园的犯罪上报。故正确答案为B。

【小题5】本题考查概括主旨大意的能力。整篇文章都在围绕一个“concern”来写。从第二段的“The safely issue is a big one”和最后一段中的“…to help concerned parents”都可判断出正确答案为D。