PassageThree(31~35)LastAugust,JoeandMaryMahoneybeganlookingatcollegesfortheir17-year-olddaughter,Maureen.Withachecklistofcriteriainhand,theDallasfamilylookedaroundthecountr yvisitinghalfadozenschools.Theysoughtauniversitythatofferedtheteenager’sintendedmajor,onelocatednearalargecity,andacampuswheretheirdaughterwouldbesafe。
“Thesafetyissueisabigone,”saysJoeMahoney,whoquicklydiscoveredhewasn’taloneinhisworries.Oncampustoursotherparentsvoicedsimilarconcerns,andthesamequestionwasalwaysasked:whataboutcrime?Butwhencollegeofficialsalwaysgavethesameanswer-“That’snotaproblemhere,”Mahoneybegantofeeluneasy。
“Nocrimewhatsoever?”commentsMahoneytoday.“Ijustd on’tbuyit.”Norshouldhe:in1999theU.S.DepartmentofEducationhadreportsofnearly400,000seriouscrimesonoraroundourcampuses.“Parentsneedtounderstandthattimeshavechangedsincetheywenttocollege,”saysDavidNichols,authorofCreatingaSafeCampus.“Campuscrimemirrorstherestofthenation.”
Butgettingaccurateinformationisn’teasy.Collegesmustr eportcrimestatisticsbylaw,butsomeholdbackforfearofbadpublicity,leavingthehonestoneslookingdangerous.“Thetr uthmaynotalwaysbeobvious,”warnsS.DanielCarterofSecurityonCampus,Inc,thenation’sleadingcampussafetywatchdoggroup。
Tohelpconcernedparents,Carterpromisedtovisitcampusesandtalktoexpertsaroundthecountr ytofindoutmajorcrimeissuesandeffectivesolutions。
第31题：TheMahoneysvisitedquiteafewcollegeslastAugust。
A.toexpresstheopinionsofmanyparents
B.tochoosearightonefortheirdaughter
C.tocheckthecostofcollegeeducation
D.tofindarightonenearalargecity
正确答案：B从文章首段首句LastAugust,JoeandMaryMahoneybeganlookingatcollegesfortheir17-year-olddaughter可以看出正确答案。
