Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-ol

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Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter, Maureen. With a checklist of criteria (衡量标准，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 (大学校园) where their daughter would be safe.
“The safety issue (问题) 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 (担心), 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 (评论) 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 (统计数字) by law, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity (名声), 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 (监视) 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.
小题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

小题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

小题3:The underlined word “buy” in the third paragraph means “_________”.

A．mind

B．take

C．believe

D．expect

小题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.

答案

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:D

解析

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了许多人为了孩子的安全去考查想要去的大学。但是获得真实的信息是不容易的。根据法律大学要上报发生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。
小题1:细节理解题。根据短文第一句话,The Mahoneys 去参观几所大学是为了女儿的安全考虑，故选 B
小题2:细节理解题。根据第四段Colleges must report crime statistics (统计数字) by law, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity (名声), leaving the honest ones looking dangerous.学校必须按照法律报道犯罪统计数字,但是由于害怕宣传造成的不好的声誉,有些学校阻止对一些犯罪的统计.故选C
小题3:词意猜测题。根据上文的No crime whatsoever,"没有丝毫的犯罪,这太绝对.因此我不相信.故选C
小题4:归纳理解题。根据短文的主旨大意,父母为了孩子,到处去看学校的情况,故选 D

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I am Alice. I like We chat. It is fst, convenient and fashionable. And you can use it for free. It can be used in my mobile phone. It has hold-to-talk voice messaging function. I am a fan of Leehom Wang. Through We chat, Leehom Wang often says something to me. It’s amazing.

I am David. I love Micro blog. I update my Micro blog when I am free. We can share instant（即时的）messages with each other. I often look through Yao Chen’s Micro blog. She has many followers. I make many friends with them. I often write something on my Micro blog, for example, “I’m in blue today. I didn’t pass the exam.” Then many friends comfort me. I share my birthday party, my new phone, my new coat, etc. with my friends. It is fun.

I’m Lily. I don’t like We chat or Micro blog. I don’t believe them. There are so many crimes on We chat. Many people are cheated because they believe in other people they meet on We chat easily. It is not a real world. As to Micro blog, I don’t think it is a good way to make friends. And you should write something no more than 140 words. I like keeping diaries. I don’t want my secrets known by others. I am a low-key(低调的）girl.

小题1:Who loves Micro blog?

A．Alice.

B．David.

C．Lily.

D．Leehom Wang.

小题2:What does Alice think about We chat?

A．It’s fast and convenient.	B．It’s fashionable but slow.
C．It’s safe and useful.	D．It’s fun but expensive.

小题3:Why doesn’t Lily believe We chat?

A．Because many people are cheated on We chat easily.

B．Because she doesn’t like to say anything to her friends.

C．Because she doesn’t think it is a good way to make friends.

D．Because she prefers keeping diaries to showing secrets to others.

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Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother"s Camp. There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family?
Some women say they need time to be alone.

At Mother"s Camp a woman has room to herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No children will ask, "Mom, what"s for dinner?" No husband will say, "Oh, dear, I can"t find any clean socks." In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work full-time and then come home to a second job - taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.
In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework. Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can"t find the pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.
Some women go to Mother"s Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don"t cook, they don"t clean, and they don"t look after their children and husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother"s Camp !
小题1:Why would some mothers like to be alone?

A．Because they have too many friends.

B．Because they can"t get along well with others.

C．Because they are too busy to relax themselves.

D．Because they have no time to do some shopping.

小题2:Which of the following is NOT true about Mother"s Camp?

A．There are no husbands or children.	B．Women spend two days with their families.
C．Women can sleep, read or watch TV.	D．Women enjoy walking, swimming or boating.

小题3: is one of the biggest problems for working wives in the United States.

A．Doing chores at home	B．Working outside the house
C．When to take a vacation	D．Looking after their children

小题4:From this passage we can see in the United States.

A．almost all the women work outside the home

B．husbands do as much housework as their wives at home

C．women hate to stay at home with their husbands and children

D．working wives do so much housework that they want to get a rest

小题5:What is the best title(标题 ) for this passage?

A．How busy working mothers are.

B．How to buy special gifts for mothers.

C．Mothers relax away from home.

D．Spending a vacation with mothers.

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A green life sometimes just needs a good idea like sharing cars共车. It’s a new way of thinking. You can use a car but you don’t need to own it. Now the idea of “car sharing” has become       in many countries.
As we know, most cars are parked in garages for much time. In fact, we drive our own cars as long as one or two     a day on average. When we don’t use them, we have to pay for parking and      things. That coats too much money. To save money, some people come up with the idea of “car sharing”. If we share a car, we’ll only         when we use it.
Now many people are starting to do car sharing. In Switzerland, almost 40.000 people have joined it. Japan is also trying to make     popular around the country.
小题1:A popular         B. interesting        C. funny
小题2:A. hour           B. hours            C. minutes
小题3:A. other          B. others            C. another
小题4:A. spend          B. cost            C. pay
小题5:A. time saving      B. money saving     C. car sharing

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Many students have already had clear ideas about what jobs they would like to have in the future. We believe boys’ choices are different from girls’. To find out how different their choices are, we made a survey in Green High School. The following diagram shows the results of the survey.

小题1:About 45% of the girls would like to be ________ in the future.

A．bank clerks

B．reporters

C．scientists

D．teachers

小题2:About ________ of the boys want to be teachers as well.

A．5%

B．15%

C．28%

D．38%

小题3:Which job do the girls like least?

A．Bank clerks

B．Reporters

C．Managers

D．Scientists

小题4:What does the diagram show us?

A．Boys’ abilities of jobs are the same as girls’.

B．Boys’ abilities of jobs are different from girls’.

C．Boys’ choices of jobs are the same as girls’.

D．Boys’ choices of jobs are different from girls’.

小题5:Which of the following statements is RIGHT?

A．More girls would like to be reporters than boys.

B．More boys would like to be bank clerks than girls.

C．Boys would like to be reporters most.

D．Girls would like to be managers most.

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Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to cheat? When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out (略去) important information that should be inside, he can give you a false picture.
For example, someone might say, “I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery(彩票). It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!”
This guy is a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought $ 200 worth of tickets, and only one was a winner. He’s really a big loser!
He didn’t say anything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose. That’s called a half-truth. Half truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest.
Some politicians (政客) often use this trick. Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and got three million jobs. Then she tries to get another term. One of her opponents (竞争对手) says, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” That’s true. However, an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had increased two million jobs.’’
Advertisers will sometimes use half–truths. It’s against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth. An advertisement might say, “Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache.” It fails to say that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company.
This kind of cheating happens too often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
小题1:We may infer that the author believes people should ________.

A．buy lottery tickets if possible

B．make use of half–truths

C．be careful about what they are told

D．not trust the Yucky Company

小题2:How many examples does the writer give to show how the truth is used to cheat?

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Using half truths is against the law.

B．Technically, half truths are in fact lies.

C．Yucky Pills is a very good medicine for toothache.

D．Governor Smith did a good job during her last term.

小题4:Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?

A．He’s really a big loser!

B．Sometimes the truth can lie as well.

C．Advertisers will sometimes use half truths.

D．It’s against the law to make false statements.

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