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2014届高三英语二轮复习：阅读理解 1.Just before midnight, six University of Cincinnati students were watching TV in an on-campus apartment when three men burst through the door. While one of the intruders pointed a gun at the group, the other two scooped up $4,400 worth of laptops, cell phones, video games and cash. Once they had what they wanted, the trio fled into the night. Furious, the students chased down and tackled one of the burglars -- the one with the gun. In the struggle, it went off, and a bullet grazed a students leg. His friends piled on the gunman and held him until police showed up. By the next day, the injured young man was back in his apartment, and the suspect was in jail, charged with burglary, felonious assault and receiving stolen property. But how did the men manage to storm into an on-campus residence that November night in the first place? Simple: Students told police the buildings main doors hadnt latched properly for days. As parents confront ballooning college costs and shrinking acceptance rates, they are finding themselves with an even bigger, more basic problem: Which campuses are safe? Colleges seem like idyllic and secure places, and for the most part, they are. But ivy-covered walls cant keep out every bad element. This countrys 6,000 colleges and universities report some 40,000 burglaries, 3,700 forcible sex offenses, 7,000 aggravated assaults and 48 murders a year. Other hazards -- fires, binge-drinking, mental-health problems -- are also on the rise. Of course, thats not what parents and students see on Americas serene campuses. Theres a false sense of security, says Harry Nolan, a safety consultant in New York City. Students see guards patrolling at night or a video camera monitoring the dorm entrance and think, nothing bad can happen to me, he explains. People dont know that safety controls are often very lax. 56. What did the students do after the burglars fled into the night? A. They stood there in surprise. B. They ran after the burg