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.admit
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 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了父母们为孩子寻找学校与校园犯罪,提醒孩子的校园安全问题.
解答 9.C.细节理解题.根据第一行Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking for their 17-year-old daughter.可知目的是为他们的17岁的女儿挑看大学. 结果在一座大城市附近挑选了一所大学.而D项是"在一座大城市附近发现了一所大学".故此题选C.
10.B.细节理解题.根据最后一段but some hold back for fear of bad publicity可知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;故选B为最佳答案.
11.B.词义推断题.根据第三段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.可知没有校园犯罪是难以置信的.故选B.
12.A.主旨大意题.从第二段的"The safely issue is a big one"和最后一段中的"…to help concerned parents"可知文章主要谈的是父母们为孩子寻找学校与校园犯罪.可知关心孩子的校园安全问题.故选A.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.