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In a disaster such as an earthquake or terrorist attack, nearly two-thirds of U. S. parents would disregard orders to evacuate a

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问题     In a disaster such as an earthquake or terrorist attack, nearly two-thirds of U. S. parents would disregard orders to evacuate and would rush to pick up their kids from school, according to a new survey. The survey found that 63% of parents would ignore orders to evacuate and instead attempt to reunite with their children, possibly hindering rescue efforts by adding to traffic congestion.
    The authors of the study, released Thursday on the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks , said that despite years of government efforts to enhance disaster preparedness, schools need to do more to plan for disasters and parents need to be made aware of the plans. The report was commissioned by the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and the Children’s Health Fund. Among parents of school-age children, 45 percent said they do not know the location where their children would be evacuated as part of the school’s disaster plan. "There should be an outcry from parents to push their schools and their school districts to develop a plan that makes sense," said Irwin Redlener, president of the Children’s Health Fund.
    The federal Department of Homeland Security has allocated billions of dollars to help state and local governments set up disaster contingency plans. But just 44% of the U. S. residents surveyed this year said they have all or some of the basic elements of a disaster preparedness plan, including food, water, a flashlight with extra batteries and a meeting place in case of evacuation. The survey has been administered annually since 2002 by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. The telephone survey of 1,579 adults was conducted between July 25 and Aug. 9. The margin of error for the entire survey was 2. 5% points. The margin of error for the subset of households with children was 4% points.
    Parents said Thursday they were not surprised by the finding that most of them would disregard evacuation orders and pick up their children. Diana Ennen, of Margate, Fla. , is the author of The Home Office Recovery Plan-. Disaster Preparedness for Your Home-Based Business and a mother of three. "As a mom, you wouldn’t be able to keep me away from picking up my children," she said in an e-mail. "My first instinct would be to get them at all costs. I would literally run the entire distance to get them. I believe most parents would feel the same. "
Which of the following is true according to the first two paragraphs?
选项 A、The U. S. schools don’t want the parents know their plans for disasters.
B、Parents should push schools to make reasonable plans for disasters.
C、The U. S. schools have done too little to prepare for disasters.
D、Most U. S. parents do not know the disaster preparedness plan of their children’s schools.
答案B
解析 事实细节题。由第二段最后一句可知，家长们应该促使学校制定合理的备灾计划，故正确选项为[B]。[A]“美国学校不希望家长们了解其备灾计划”，文章说美国学校与家长之间缺乏该方面的交流沟通，并非有意不让家长们了解，故排除[A]；[C]“美国学校在备灾方面的工作做得太少”，文章说美国学校在备灾方面需更多地与家长们沟通，但并无指责其做得太少之意，故排除；[D]“大部分美国家长都不知道其学校的备灾计划”，文中只提到45％的家长表示不知道他们孩子的撤离地点，人数并未过半，因此也可以排除。
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