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1、UNIT8Honesty:IsItGoingOutofStyle?StaciaRobbinsEverthoughtaboutcheatingonatest?Ofcoursenot.Butsomestudentsarenotquitesohonest…Accordingtoarecentpoll,61percentofAmericanhighschoolstudentshaveadmittedtocheatingonexamsatleastonce.Itcanbearguedsucharesponsemynotmeanmuch.Afterall,

2、moststudentshavebeenfacedwiththetemptationtopeekataneighbor'stestpaper.Andstudentscanbehardonthemselvesinjudgingsuchbehavior.However,thereareotherindicationsthathighschoolcheatingmaybeontherise.Moreandmorestatesarerequiringstudentstopasscompetencytestsinordertoreceivetheirhi

3、ghschooldiplomas.Andmanyeducatorsfearthatanincreaseintheuseofstateexamswillleadtoacorrespondingriseincheating.AcaseinpointisstudentsinNewYorkStatewhofacedcriminalmisdemeanorchargesforpossessingandsellingadvancecopiesofstateRegentsexaminations.Cheatingisnowconsideredtobeamajo

4、rproblemincollegesanduniversities.Severalprofessorssaythey'vedroppedthetraditionaltermpaperrequirementbecausemanystudentsbuyprewrittentermpapers,andtheycan'ttrackdownallthecheatersanymore.Collegesanduniversitiesacrossthenationhavedecidedtodomorethantalkabouttheriseinstudentc

5、heating.Forinstance,theDepartmentofPsychologyattheUniversityofMarylandlaunchedacampaigntostoponeformofcheating.As409studentsfiledoutoftheirexam,theyfoundallbutoneexitblocked.ProctorsaskedeachstudenttoproduceanIDcardwithanattachedphoto.Studentswhosaidthey'dlefttheirsinthedorm

6、orathomehadamugshottaken.Thepurposeofthecampaignwastocatch"ringers,"studentswhotaketestsforotherstudents.ThemajorityofstudentsattheUniversityofMarylandapplaudedthecampaign.Thecampusnewspapereditorialsaid,"Likepolicearrestingspeeders,theintentisnottocatcheveryonebutrathertoca

7、tchenoughtospreadtheword."Wefrequentlyhearabout"thegoodolddays",whenAmericanswerebetter,happier,andmorehonest.Butweretheymorehonest?Maybeyes,alongtimeagowhenlifewasverydifferentfromwhatitistoday.SchoolchildrenusedtoknowthestoryofhowAbrahamLincolnwalkedfivemilestoreturnapenny

8、he'doverchargedacustomer.It'sthekindofstorywethinkofasmyth.ButinthecaseofLi