Passage 3

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

When Bill de Blasio ran for New York City mayor last year, he promised to end a controversial (有争议的), citywide cell-phone ban(禁令)in public schools, which is not equally enforced in all schools. Now, under his leadership, the city is preparing to end the ban. It will be replaced by a policy that allows phones inside schools but tells students to keep them packed away during class.

Many schools have a rule about enforcing the ban that says, “If we don't see it, we don’t know about it.” That means teachers are OK with students bringing in cell phones, as long as they stay out of sight and inside bags and pockets.

But at the 88 city schools with metal detectors, the ban has been strictly enforced. The detectors were installed to keep weapons out of schools，but the scanners(扫描器)can also detect cell phones. So students at these schools must leave their phones at home or pay someone to store it for them.

The ban was put into place in 2007 under mayor Michael Bloomberg. Ending the ban will also likely end an industry that has sprung up near dozens of the schools that enforce the ban. Workers in vans(厢式货车)that resemble food trucks store teens’ cell phones and Other devices for a dollar a day.

(79) Critics of the ban say cell phones are important safety devices for kids during an emergency. 该禁令的批评者们认为在紧急情况中手机对于孩子们来说是重要的安全设备。They also say that enforcement of the ban is uneven and discriminatory. Where the ban is enforced, it puts a disadvantage on students who can’t afford to pay to store their phones.

Before putting an official end to the cell-phone ban, city education officials are working on creating a new policy. (80) It will include rules about not using the phones during class or to cheat on tests. 它将包括禁止上课使用手机和在考试中禁止用手机作弊等相关规定。

11. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

A. New York City will give financial aid to poor students.

B. New York City plans to restrict cell phone use in libraries.

C. New York City plans to install metal detectors in all public schools.

D. New York City will soon end a ban on cell phones in schools.

12. Students pay ______ a day to leave their cell phones in a van parked near their school.

A. a dollar B. two dollars C. five dollars D. ten dollars

13. Metal detectors were installed in 88 city schools, mainly to keep _______ out of schools.

A. cell phones B. weapons C. alcohol D. drugs

14. The word discriminatory in Paragraph 5 probably means________.

A. necessary B. tough C. strict D. unfair

15. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. After the cell-phone ban is ended, students can use their phones during class.

B. The cell-phone ban is equally enforced in all public schools.

C. The cell-phone ban was put into place in 2008 under Mayor Bill de Blasio.

D. A phone-storage industry has appeared outside the 88 metal-detector campuses.

Part II Vocabulary and Structure (30%)

Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the Corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

16. A: Excuse me, sir. But can you tell me if there is hotel near here?

B: Eh…there is one at the street comer, two blocks away.

A: Thank you very much!

B: _________!

A. Nice to see you! B. Pardon me.

C. You’re welcome.不用谢 D. I agree.

17. It often takes some time for a new couple to________ to each other’s way of life.

A. refer 提到说到，查询B. listen 听C. amount 总计，共达D. adjust适应

18. Milk turns______ easily in the summer, so it is often kept in a refrigerator.

A. sour酸的 B. sweet 甜的C. bitter 苦的D. delicious美味的

19. The Prime Minister had to_________ because he was believed to have done something bad against his people.

A. release 释放;发布(新闻);发行B. resign 辞职C. reform改革D. regard考虑，注意

20. Last Sunday when Mr Wang was leaving Beijing for Canada, a number of his friends ______ at the airport.

A. found him out发现某人做坏事

B. put him up让人呆一段时间

Sally is putting me up for the weekend.

C. knocked him down

She was knocked down by a bus.

D. saw him off送行

My parents saw me off at the airport.

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