More than 6,000 children were expelled (开除) from US school last year for bringing guns and bombs to school, the US Department of Education said on May 8.

The department gave a report to the expulsions (开除) as saying handguns accounted for 58 percent of the 6,093 expulsions in 1996—1997, against 7 percent for rifles (步枪) or shotguns and 35 percent for other types of firearms.

“The report is a clear sign that our nation’s public schools are cracking down (严惩) on students who bring guns to school,” Education Secretary Richard Riley said in a statement. “We need to be tough-minded about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keep our children safe.”

In March 1997, an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy using handguns and rifles shot dead four children and a teacher at a school in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In October, two students were killed and seven wounded in a shooting at a Mississippi school. Two months later, a 14-year-old boy killed three high school students and wounded five in Dasucah, Kentucky.

Most of the expulsions, 56 percent, were from high schools, which have students from about age 13. 34 percent were from junior high schools and 9 percent were from elementary schools, the report said.

1. From the passage we can infer that in the US schools ______.

　 A. most of students like shooting　　　　　

　 B. the students are not expected to be soldiers

　 C. safety is actually a serious problem 　　　　

　 D. students can freely take guns into their classrooms

2. It can be known from the report of the US Department of Education that ______.

　 A. guns are out of control in US schools

　 B. American children don’t have the right to go to school

C. the number of the expulsions in the USA is smaller than that in other countries

　 D. expelling students is the best way to control guns

3. The main idea of paragraph 4 shows us ______.

　 A. children should stay at home instead of going to school

　 B. some examples of shoot in US schools

　 C. the Americans’ strong feelings about guns

　 D. some famous schools in the US

4. How many students mentioned in paragraph 4 were shot dead in 1997 in US schools?

　 A. Nine. 　B. Ten. 　 　　 C. Twelve.　　　 D. Twenty-two.

5. From this passage we know that _______.

　 A. it breaks the laws for Americans to have guns

　 B. only soldiers and the police can have guns

　 C. every American citizen can own guns 　　

　 D. the US sets a good example in controlling guns