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 2008 the U. S. Department of Education had reports of nearly 600,000 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(jì)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.

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. 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.

64. B  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(zhǎng)時(shí)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。

65. C  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?yàn)楹ε職Я俗约旱墓娦蜗�，就故意隱瞞了一些事實(shí)。hold back 意為“隱瞞、保留……”。

66. B  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(bào)發(fā)現(xiàn)在他們校園里的犯罪行為，但一些大學(xué)因?yàn)楹ε伦约旱墓娦蜗蟊粴В凸室怆[瞞不報(bào)，只剩下了一些老老實(shí)實(shí)的大學(xué)把發(fā)生在自己的校園的犯罪上報(bào)。故答案為B。

67. D  整篇文章都在圍繞一個(gè)“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。

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