2014年同等学力申硕考试英语真题与答案（卷一文字版)

　　Passage Two

　　Cheating is nothing new,But today,educators and administrators are finding that

　　instances of academic dishonesty on the part of students have become more frequent -and are less likely to be punished - than in the past . Cheating appears to have gainedacceptance among good and poor students alike .

　　Why is student cheating on the rise? No one really knows .Some blame the trend on a general loosening of moral values among today's youth. Others have attributedincreased cheating to the fact that today's youth are far more pragmatic(实用主义的)than their more idealistic predecessors.Whereas in the late sixties and early seventies，students were filled with visions about changing the world，today’s students feel greatpressure to conform and succeed. In interviews with students at high schools andcolleges around the country, both young men and women said that cheating had becomeeasy. Some suggested they did it out of spite for teachers they did not respect. Others looked at it as a game. Only if they were caught, some said, would they feel guilty."People are competitive," said a second-yearcollege student named Anna, fromChicago. There's an underlying fear. If you don't do well, your life is going to be ruined.The pressure is not only form parents and friends but from oneself .To achieve .To succeed .It’s almost as though we have to outdo other people to achieve our own goals,

　　Edward Wynne , a magazine editor ,blames the rise in academic dishonesty on the schools. He claims that administrators and teachers have been too hesitant to take action .Dwight Huber ,chairman of the English department at Amarillo .sees the matterdifferently, blaming the rise in cheating on the way students are evaluated. "I wouldcheat if I felt I was being cheated," Mr. Huber said. He feels that as long as teachers gives short-answer testsrather than essay questions and rate students by the number of facts they can memorize rather than by how well they can put information together,students will try to beat the system. "The concept of cheating is based on the false assumption that the system is legitimate and there is something wrong withthe individual who are doing it," he said. "That's too easy an answer. We've got to start looking at the system."

　　26. Educators are finding that students who cheat_______.

　　A. are not only those academically weak

　　B. tend to be dishonest in later years

　　C.are more likely to be punished than before

　　D. have poor academic records

　　27. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

　　A. Reform in the testing system will eliminate cheating.

　　B. Punishment is an effective method to stop cheating . .

　　C. Students' cheating has deep social roots.

　　D. Students do not cheat on essay tests.

　　28. Which of the following points of view would Mr. Huberagree with ?

　　A. Cheating would be reduced through an educational reform.

　　B. Students who cheat should be expelled from school.

　　C. Punishment for cheaters should be severe in this country.

　　D. Parents must take responsibility for the rise in cheating.

　　29. The expression "the individuals" (the last paragraph) refers to ________

　　A. school administrators

　　B. students who cheat

　　C. parents

　　D. teachers

　　30. The passage mainly discusses_______

　　A: ways to eliminate academic dishonesty

　　B: factors leading to academic dishonesty

　　C: the decline of moral standards of today's youth

　　D: people's tolerance of students' cheating