Just before midnight, six University of Cincinnati
students were watching TV in an on-campus apartment when three men burst
through the door. While one of the intruders pointed a gun at the group, the
other two scooped up $4,400 worth of laptops, cell phones, video games and
cash. Once they had what they wanted, the trio fled into the night.
Furious, the students chased down and tackled one of
the burglars -- the one with the gun. In the struggle, it went off, and a
bullet grazed a student's leg. His friends piled on the gunman and held him
until police showed up.
By the next day, the injured young man was back in his
apartment, and the suspect was in jail, charged with burglary, felonious
assault and receiving stolen property. But how did the men manage to storm into
an on-campus residence that November night in the first place? Simple: Students
told police the building's main doors hadn't latched properly for days.
As parents confront ballooning college costs and
shrinking acceptance rates, they are finding themselves with an even bigger,
more basic problem: Which campuses are safe? Colleges seem like idyllic and
secure places, and for the most part, they are. But ivy-covered walls can't
keep out every bad element. This country's 6,000 colleges and universities
report some 40,000 burglaries, 3,700 forcible sex offenses, 7,000 aggravated
assaults and 48 murders a year. Other hazards -- fires, binge-drinking,
mental-health problems -- are also on the rise.
Of course, that's not what parents and students see on
America's serene campuses. There's a false sense of security, says Harry Nolan,
a safety consultant in New York City. "Students see guards patrolling at
night or a video camera monitoring the dorm entrance and think, nothing bad can
happen to me," he explains. "People don't know that safety controls
are often very lax."
1.What did the students do after the burglars fled
into the night?
A. They stood there in surprise.
B. They ran after the burglars at once.
C. They waited for the police.
D. They phoned their teacher.
2.What does the underlined word “l(fā)atched” in the third
paragraph probably mean?
A. watched B.
fixed C.
locked D.
kept
3.What worries parents most except ballooning college costs
and shrinking acceptance rates?
A. Their children’s grades in the universities or
colleges.
B. Their children’s safety in the universities or
colleges.
C. Their children’s behavior in the universities or
colleges.
D. Their children’s relationship with classmates in
the universities or colleges.
4.Which is right according to the passage?
A. Their children’s grades in are high.
B. Their children’s safety in the universities or
colleges will be mornitored well.
C. The universities or colleges don’t pay much
attention to the children.
D. The universities or colleges are not key
educational departments in the local area.
