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1、大学英语精读第二册unit8UNIT8TEXTEverthoughtaboutcheatingonatest?Ofcoursenot.Butsomestudentsarenotquitesohonest…Honesty:IsItGoingOutofStyle?StaciaRobbinsAccordingtoarecentpoll,61percentofAmericanhighschoolstudentshaveadmittedtocheatingonexamsatleastonce.Itcanbearguedsucharesponsemynotmeanmuch.Afterall,mo
2、ststudentshavebeenfacedwiththetemptationtopeekataneighbor'stestpaper.Andstudentscanbehardonthemselvesinjudgingsuchbehavior.However,thereareotherindicationsthathighschoolcheatingmaybeontherise.Moreandmorestatesarerequiringstudentstopasscompetencytestsinordertoreceivetheirhighschooldiplomas.Andma
3、nyeducatorsfearthatanincreaseintheuseofstateexamswillleadtoacorrespondingriseincheating.AcaseinpointisstudentsinNewYorkStatewhofacedcriminalmisdemeanorchargesforpossessingandsellingadvancecopiesofstateRegentsexaminations.Cheatingisnowconsideredtobeamajorproblemincollegesanduniversities.Severalp
4、rofessorssaythey'vedroppedthetraditionaltermpaperrequirementbecausemanystudentsbuyprewrittentermpapers,andtheycan'ttrackdownallthecheatersanymore.Collegesanduniversitiesacrossthenationhavedecidedtodomorethantalkabouttheriseinstudentcheating.Forinstance,theDepartmentofPsychologyattheUniversityof
5、Marylandlaunchedacampaigntostoponeformofcheating.As409studentsfiledoutoftheirexam,theyfoundallbutoneexitblocked.ProctorsaskedeachstudenttoproduceanIDcardwithanattachedphoto.Studentswhosaidthey'dlefttheirsinthedormorathomehadamugshottaken.Thepurposeofthecampaignwastocatch"ringers,"studentswhotak
6、etestsforotherstudents.ThemajorityofstudentsattheUniversityofMarylandapplaudedthecampaign.Thecampusnewspapereditorialsaid,"Likepolicearrestingspeeders,theintentisnottocatcheveryonebutrathertocatchenoughtospreadtheword."Wefrequentlyhearabout"thegoodolddays",whenAmericanswerebetter,happier,andmor
7、ehonest.Butweretheymorehonest?Maybeyes,alongtimeagowhenlifewasverydifferentfromwhatitistoday.SchoolchildrenusedtoknowthestoryofhowAbrahamLincolnwalkedfivemilestoreturnapennyhe'doverchargedacustomer.It'sthekindofstorywethinkofasmyt
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