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 (统计数字) 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.

56.   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

57.   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

58.   The underlined word “buy” in the third paragraph means ______.

       A. mind                       B. admit                       C. believe                     D. expect

59.   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

60.   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.

短文写作(共1题,满分25分)

请先阅读下面的电子邮件:

Dear Li Hua,

I feel very happy to read your e – mail said really appreciate your English, Congratulations to you. Your English has really imposed a lot.

Oh, I have some good news to tell you. I’ve got a good chance to practice my Chinese as an exchange student to China. So, here I’d like to ask you for help – which school is the best one for me to attend in China. Tell me, and then I can tell my school to make contact with it.

Looking forward to your early reply and hope to meet you in China soon.

Yours friendly,

Mary

假设你是李华,请你根据下列要点,用英文给玛丽回一封电子邮件,建议她来你所在的学校。理由是:

1.你校每年都接纳交换生;

2.学校条件好,各种设施好,有图书馆,电子阅览室……;

3.课外活动丰富多彩;

4.你校学生英语水平好,易于交流;

5.特别是老师好,教法生动有趣

注意:

1.可根据要求加以必要发挥,但不要逐字翻译;

2.词数为120左右;

3.电子邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好(不计入你所写词数),但不得抄入答题卡。

参考词汇:设施:facility  电子阅览室:electro – reading – room

Hi Mary.

Nice to read your e – mail today. It’s very kind of you to give me encouragement, l owe a lot to you for your help.

As to which school is the best one for you to stay in, I should recommend                

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

Isn’t the intonation above enough for you to make a decision? If you come to my school, I think I can serve as a good link between you and other students as well as the teachers.

Hope you’ll like my school.

Li Hua

 

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