28. The writer mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been returned” to show 。

　　A. how easily people get fooled by criminals

　　B. what Chen thinks might be correct

　　C. the thief is extremely clever

　　D. the money paid is too little

　　29. The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to 。

　　A. criminals        B. pigeons

　　C. the stolen cars   D. demands for money

　　30. We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because 。

　　A. he reads the ads in the newspaper 

　　B. he lives in the same neighborhood

　　C. he has seen the car owners in the park

　　D. he has trained the pigeons to follow them

　　Passage Three

　　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 college,” 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 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。

　　31. 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

　　32. 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

　　33. The underlined word “buy” in the third paragraph means 。

　　A. mind         B. admit

　　C. believe      D. expect

　　34. 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 crime by law

　　C. that are free from campus crime

　　D. that enjoy very good publicity

　　35. 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。

　　Passage Four

　　One of Britain’s bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected (可疑的) police killer David Bieber—and was thanked with flowers by the police. It was also said that she could be in line for a share of up to the ￡30,000 reward money。

　　Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in ending the nationwide manhunt. Vicki, who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years, told of her terrible experience when she had to steal into Bieber’s bedroom and to watch him secretly. Then she waited alone for three hours while armed police prepared to storm the building。

　　She said: “I was very nervous. But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policemen lined up in the car park I was so glad they were there. ”

　　The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious (怀疑) of the guest who checked in at 3 pm the day before New Year’s Eve with little luggage and wearing sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face. She said: “He didn’t seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact (接触). ” Vicki, the only employee on duty, called her boss Margaret, 64, and husband Stan McKale, 65, who phoned the police at 11 pm。

　　Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gateshead, at about 11:30 pm to make sure that this was the wanted man. Then they kept in touch by phoning Vicki every 15 minutes。

　　“It was about ten past two in the morning when the phone went again and a policeman said ’Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?’ My heart missed a beat. ”

　　Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases to the top floor room and handed over the key。

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