New York City schoolchildren can’t use cellphones at school because of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s ban on cellphones in schools. Many parents are opposed to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s ban on cellphones in schools by e-mail messages.
There was a 13-year-old student who was shot with a gun after school, unable to call his mother for help. There was a high school student robbed three times last year, twice in her school building. There was a girl who got a piece of glass placed in her eye during school and was saved from a possible cornea transplant (角膜移植) only because, having disobeyed the cellphone ban, she was able to call her mother and get an operation on time.
The ban has been on for years, but it set off a widespread parental outcry only in April, after some headmasters sent home letters reminding parents that cellphones are not allowed to be brought into school.
Mr Bloomberg has defended the ban, saying that cellphones are bad and often used to cheat or call in friends for fights. If something is important, he says, parents can call schools directly.
On the other hand, many of the e-mail messages from parents described the ban as “cruel and heartless”, “absurdly(荒谬地) wrong-headed”, “anti-parent”, “ridiculous”.
“We respect the fears that parents have,” David Cantor, a spokesman for Schools Minister Joel I. Klein said, “but after all the fact is that having phones in schools always leads to more problems.”
【小题1】A 13-year-old student was shot with a gun after school, unable to call his mother for help, because .A．his mother had no cellphoneB．his mother wasn’t at home C．he didn’t take a cellphone with himD．he was too frightened to call【小题2】From the fifth paragraph we can see many parents the ban.A．agreed toB．thought highly ofC．supportedD．were opposed to【小题3】According to what the spokesman said, the school might .A．call off the banB．continue the banC．thank the parentsD．allow some students to use cellphones at schoolC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文介绍了纽约市的学校禁止学生在校带手机，而此举也带来负面的问题，同时遭到父母的强烈反对。
【小题1】推理题：从第二段举的女孩的例子，可知女孩因为手机得到及时救治，而这个13岁的学生因为没有手机不能打电话。选C
【小题2】细节题：从第五段的句子：many of the e-mail messages from parents described the ban as “cruel and heartless”, “absurdly(荒谬地) wrong-headed”, “anti-parent”, “ridiculous”.可知父母是反对这种禁令的。选D。
【小题3】推理题：从文章最后一句话but after all the fact is that having phones in schools always leads to more problems.”可知政府还是会继续这个禁令的。选B。