Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter, Maureen. With a checklist of criteria (衡量標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，尺度) in hand, the Dallas family looked around the country visiting half a dozen schools. They looked for a university that offered the teenager’s intended major (主修科目), one located near a large city, and a campus (大學(xué)校園) where their daughter would be safe.
“The safety issue (問題) 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 (擔(dān)心), and the same question was always  asked: What about crime? But when college officials al ways gave the same answer---“That’s not a problem here.” ---Mahoney began to feel uneasy.
“No crime whatsoever?” comments (評論) 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 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 (統(tǒng)計數(shù)字)  by law, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity (名聲), 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 (監(jiān)視) 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.
小題1: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
小題2: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
小題3:The underlined word “buy” in the third paragraph means “_________”.
A．mindB．takeC．believeD．expect
小題4: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.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了許多人為了孩子的安全去考查想要去的大學(xué)。但是獲得真實的信息是不容易的。根據(jù)法律大學(xué)要上報發(fā)生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。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一句話,The Mahoneys 去參觀幾所大學(xué)是為了女兒的安全考慮，故選 B
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段Colleges must report crime statistics (統(tǒng)計數(shù)字)  by law, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity (名聲), leaving the honest ones looking dangerous.學(xué)校必須按照法律報道犯罪統(tǒng)計數(shù)字,但是由于害怕宣傳造成的不好的聲譽(yù),有些學(xué)校阻止對一些犯罪的統(tǒng)計.故選C
小題3:詞意猜測題。根據(jù)上文的No crime whatsoever,"沒有絲毫的犯罪,這太絕對.因此我不相信.故選C  
小題4:歸納理解題。根據(jù)短文的主旨大意,父母為了孩子,到處去看學(xué)校的情況,故選 D
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