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 （統(tǒng)計數(shù)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

【小題1】B

【小題2】C

【小題3】C

【小題4】B

【小題5】D

解析:

【小題1】本題考查理解細(xì)節(jié)信息的能力。由第一段中的最后一句話“…a campus where their daughter would be safe”判斷可知，The Mahoneys 夫婦花很長時間考察了很多學(xué)校的目的主要是為女兒的安全考慮的。故正確答案為B。

【小題2】本題考查理解細(xì)節(jié)信息的能力。由倒數(shù)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。hold back 意為“隱瞞、保留……”。

【小題3】本題考查根據(jù)上下文猜測詞義的能力。根據(jù)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，大學(xué)里的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)都說他們的大學(xué)里無犯罪，但在1999年美國教育部就公布了在大學(xué)內(nèi)外就發(fā)生了近400,000起嚴(yán)重犯罪，兩句內(nèi)容前后矛盾，故猜出buy 的意思是believe (相信)。  

【小題4】本題考查根據(jù)文章細(xì)節(jié)進(jìn)行推理判斷的能力。根據(jù)倒數(shù)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，根據(jù)法律大學(xué)要上報發(fā)現(xiàn)在他們校園里的犯罪行為，但一些大學(xué)因為害怕自己的公眾形象被毀，就故意隱瞞不報，只剩下了一些老老實實的大學(xué)把發(fā)生在自己的校園的犯罪上報。故正確答案為B。

【小題5】本題考查概括主旨大意的能力。整篇文章都在圍繞一個“concern”來寫。從第二段的“The safely issue is a big one”和最后一段中的“…to help concerned parents”都可判斷出正確答案為D。