More than 6000 children were expelled(开除)from US schools last year for bringing guns and bombs to school, the US Department of Education said on May 8.
The department gave a report on the expulsions (开除)as saying handguns accounted for 58 percent of the 6093 expulsions in 2005—2006, against 7 percent for rifles(步枪)or shotguns and 35 percent for other types of firearms.
“the report is a dear sign that our nation’s public schools are cracking down” on students who bring guns to school, ” Education Secretary Richard Riey said in a statement. “We need to be tough-minded about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keep our children safe.”
In March 2006, a 1l-year-old boy and a 13-year-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 wounded in a shooting at a Mississippi school. Two months later, a 14-year-old boy killed three high school students and wounded five in Daducab, Kentucky.
“Most of the expulsions, 56 percent were from high schools, which have students from about age 13, 34 percent were from junior high schools and 9 percent were from elementary schools”, the report said.
【小题1】From the first paragraph we can infer that in the US schools .A．students enjoy shootingB．students are eager to be soldiersC．safety is a problemD．students can make guns【小题2】The report from the US Department of Education shows that .A．the number of the expulsions is not largeB．the number of the expulsions is wrongC．there are soldiers hiding among the studentsD．guns are out of control in US schools【小题3】The main idea of paragraph four shows us .A．some examples of shootings in US schoolB．the Americans’ feelingC．some famous schoolsD．that some teachers were killed by students【小题4】 How many students were shot dead in 2006 in US schools?A．10B．9C．12D．22【小题5】From this passage we know that .A．every American cannot have gunsB．only soldiers and police can have gunsC．every American citizen can own gunsD．teachers have no money to buy gunsC
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(答案→)C
解析：
【小题1】持枪械的学生使美国中小学校园无宁日，这是文章第一自然段的中心意思。
【小题2】第二自然段中指出，58％被开除学生持有手枪，7％被开除学生持有步枪，另外35％的被开除学生持有其他枪械。
【小题3】文章第四自然段通过列举发生在美国中小学校园内的血案，增强了文章的说服力和感染力。
【小题4】文章第四自然段中三起血案造成了至少9名学生死亡(不包括教职工)，多人受伤的惨剧。
【小题5】从文中列举美国中小学生(从小学到高中)持抢这一事实可以看出，美国政府允许公
民持枪。