2017年下半年公共英語PETS二級閱讀理解練習題（十二）

　　閱讀下列短文,回答題目.

　　According to statistics，in 2007 more than 6，000 children were expulsed(開除)from US schools for bringing guns and bombs to school.

　　The US Department of Education gave a report to the expulsions as saying handguns accounted for 58 percent of the 6，093 expulsions in 21003-2004，against 7 percent for rifles(步槍)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(嚴懲)on students who bring guns to school，”Education Secretary Richard Riley said in a statement.“We need to be strong—minded about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keep our children safe.”In March 2004，an 11 years old boy and l3 years old boy using handguns and rifles shot dead four children and a teacher at a school in Jonesboro，Arkansas.In October，two were killed and seven were wounded in a shooting at a Mississippi sch001.Two months later，a l4 years 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 l3.34 percent were from junior high schools and 9 percent were from elementary schools，the report said.

　　1.From the first paragraph we can infer that in the US schools__________.

　　A.students enjoy shooting

　　B.students are eager to be Soldiers

　　C.safety is a problem

　　D.students Can make guns

　　參考答案：C

　　答案及解析：C【解析】推理判斷題。題干意為“從文章的第一段我們可以知道美國的學校里怎么樣�！蔽恼碌囊婚_始說美國學校開除了很多學生，因為他們帶著槍等危險武器進校園，由此我們可以知道，在美國的校園內(nèi)，學生的安全是個問題。所以本題的正確答案為C。

　　2.The main idea of the second paragraph shows us__________.

　　A.Some examoles of shooting in US schools

　　B.the American’s feeling

　　C.Some famous schools

　　D.that Some teachers were killed by students

　　參考答案：A

　　參考解析：A【解析】事實細節(jié)題。題干意為“文章第二段主要說明了什么。”從文章的第二段我們可以發(fā)現(xiàn)作者通過幾個斑腥的例子向讀者證明了由于槍支的管制不嚴，所引起的嚴重后果。所以本題的正確答案為A。

　　3.From this passage we know that__________.

　　A.every American cannot have guns

　　B.only Soldiers and police can have guns

　　C.every American citizen can own guns

　　D.teachers have no money to buy guns

　　參考答案：C

　　參考解析：C【解析】推理判斷題。題干意為“從文章中我們可以知道什么�！蔽恼抡f的是由于對槍支的管制不嚴，導致了學生能隨便攜帶槍支進學校，進而發(fā)生了很多暴力事件，所以我們可以推斷，在美國公民是可以持有手槍的。所以本題的正確答案為C。