A student walks into his first class and realizes he forgot all about the midterm exam. He knows he needs to bring his grades up, and getting a zero will make it nearly impossible. He quickly jots down some notes and shoves them under his lap hoping it will help him pass. Cheating is a major concern in all academic environments. Students are creating new and more outrageous(令人吃惊的) ways of cheating every day; some claim that certain accounts of cheating can be justified, but overall it can always be prevented.
Cheating has been around forever, and millions of ways to cheat have been fashioned. Copying homework and cheat sheets are some of the most basic ways students in all education levels have cheated. Some students think nothing about writing a few answers on their hand, in a gum wrapper, or boldly using a study guide to cheat. Desperate students have even gone as far as to steal the test or scan in bottle wrappers and put answers into the nutrition label. The internet has now bee available in almost every location. Computers can be accessed at school, at home, and now even on cell phones. This opens a doorway for even more methods of cheating to be born.
There are countless opinions on whether or not cheating can be justified. The truth is this behavior will always be a matter of opinion with each scenario of cheating. Students often rationalize their cheating by claiming they forgot to look over the material or did not understand what the teacher or professor was saying. Some may counter these arguments by saying that the student could have set reminders or asked the teacher to explain the material before the day of the test. Some other reasons students believe cheating is justified are their heavy workloads and trying to find time for school, sports, friends, and family. This may be true in certain instances, however, all students have these problems, and it is unfair to the students refrain(制止) from cheating when the student who is dishonest receives a better grade. The majority of students who think cheating is acceptable may believe the reason for this is that sometimes students are unaware they are cheating, there is not enough time given for assignments, or that the information is too much for the course.
It may be difficult to acplish, but cheating can be prevented. Teachers and professors have tried many options to stop cheating. These options can range anywhere from simply spreading test-takers out in a room, to expelling(驱逐) a student, which will most likely hindertheir plans of getting into another college. One simple way to fix the problem is to scold the student when caught. They may be so scared or embarrassed that they never do it again. This is a risky way to prevent cheating in some cases, however, because it can possibly damage self-esteem. Another simple way to avoid cheating is to create many different kinds of the same test. This prohibits students from getting the answers off of a neighbor's test, but students still have the option of using other cheating tactics.
There may be a million ways to cheat and get away with it, but there are few times, if any, that it is justified. Cheating never has to be a necessity and is never worth promising morals and losing years worth of working towards a degree. This problem is spreading throughout America; with everyone's help, it can be stopped.
【小题1】Which is the best title of this passage?A．To cheat or not to cheatB．Show your opinion on cheatingC．Debates on cheatingD．Different ways of cheating【小题2】The second paragraph mainly tells us that .A．cheating through the Internet is the most basic wayB．students who cheat in exams are clevererC．millions of ways to cheat have been fashionedD．students cheat in exams to score better grades【小题3】The reason that is given by most students who think cheating is understandable is that .A．they don’t understand their teachers’ wordsB．they bury themselves in a lot of homeworkC．they don’t have enough time to plete the study tasks D．they forget to look over the material【小题4】What is the disadvantage of scolding the cheating students according to the passage?A．They may continue to cheat next time.B．They may be hurt mentally.C．They may use other cheating tactics.D．They may get on badly with their teachers.【小题5】What is the author’s attitude towards cheating?A．It is reasonableB．It is necessaryC．it can be praisedD．It must be preventedA
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(答案→)A
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【小题1】这是标题归纳题。根据第一自然段可以看出一开始就提出作弊和不作弊的两个不同观点，故选A。
【小题2】这是段意归纳题。根据Cheating has been around forever, and millions of ways to cheat have been fashioned.这是中心句，故选C。
【小题3】这是细节理解题。根据The majority of students who think cheating is acceptable may believe the reason for this is that sometimes students are unaware they are cheating, there is not enough time given for assignments. 故选C。
【小题4】这是细节理解题。根据They may be so scared or embarrassed that they never do it again. This is a risky way to prevent cheating in some cases, however, because it can possibly damage self-esteem. 故选B。
【小题5】这是细节理解题。根据with everyone's help, it can be stopped. 故选D。