Question

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(荒謬地) 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.”
小題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 cellphone

B．his mother wasn’t at home

C．he didn’t take a cellphone with him

D．he was too frightened to call

小題2:From the fifth paragraph we can see many parents _________ the ban.

A．agreed to	B．thought highly of
C．supported	D．were opposed to

小題3:According to what the spokesman said, the school might _______.

A．call off the ban

B．continue the ban

C．thank the parents

D．allow some students to use cellphones at school

Answer 1

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B 

試題分析：本文介紹了紐約市的學校禁止學生在校帶手機，而此舉也帶來負面的問題，同時遭到父母的強烈反對。
小題1:推理題：從第二段舉的女孩的例子，可知女孩因為手機得到及時救治，而這個13歲的學生因為沒有手機不能打電話。選C
小題2:細節題：從第五段的句子：many of the e-mail messages from parents described the ban as “cruel and heartless”, “absurdly(荒謬地) wrong-headed”, “anti-parent”, “ridiculous”.可知父母是反對這種禁令的。選D。
小題3:推理題：從文章最后一句話but after all the fact is that having phones in schools always leads to more problems.”可知政府還是會繼續這個禁令的。選B。
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