Fifty–eight percent of the teachers interviewed in the Association of Teachers and Lecturers(ATL)questionnaire had come across copying among their pupils．Gill Bullen from Itchen College in Southampton, for example, said, "Pieces handed in by two students were identical and significantly better than either of them could have done．Not only that, the essays handed in didn't quite answer the title question I had set"．A teacher from Leeds said, "I had one piece of work so bravely cut and pasted that it still contained ads from the web page．"
Connie Robinson from Stockton Riverside College said, "With less able students it is easy to spot copying as the writing style changes in the middle of the assignment, but with more able students it is sometimes necessary for tutors to carry out Internet research to identify the source of the copy．"
Mary Bousted, general secretary of the ATL, said," Teachers are struggling under a mountain of cut-and-pasting to spot whether work was the student's own or copy．" She called for policies to stop copying, and asked for help from exam boards and the government in providing resources and techniques to detect cheats．
But there was another side．"I have found once students clearly understand what copying is, its consequences and how to reference correctly so they can draw on published works, copying becomes less of a problem," said Diana Baker from Emmanuel College, Durham．
"I think the majority of students who engage in copying do it more out of ignorance than the desire to cheat．They really want to succeed on their own．"
(1)
The passage mainly wants to tell us ________．
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A．
the benefits of the Internet for students
B．
web copying is a serious problem in the UK
C．
the ways to find web copying for teachers
D．
how we can use the Internet to do homework
(2)
The underlined word “identical”(Paragraph 1)probably means ________．
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A．
excellent
B．
contrasting
C．
the same
D．
complex
(3)
What is TRUE according to Connie Robinson?
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A．
It's not easy to find the less able students copy from the Internet
B．
It's difficult to find whether the more able students have copied．
C．
The less able student will not change their writing style when copying．
D．
The more able students needn't copy from the Internet．
“I'm seventy years old, ”says the gray-haired lady proudly to the entertainer at her Community Club dinner．
“Did you hear that, everyone?”says the entertainer．“This lovely lady is just seventy years young!And she doesn't look a day over fifty．”
He has been careful not to use the word“old”．In a society where youth is so admired, old age is often seen as something sad, something to fight against．Americans prefer not to say“old”people．They use the expression“senior citizens”．They do not talk about“old people's”homes, but“retirement”homes．
In fact, the entertainer is not so wrong．Seventy is not very old these days．People in the US are living longer and longer．In 1980, 12 percent of Americans were over sixty-five years old．By 2030,21 percent will be over sixty-five．One reason for this is that families are getting smaller．The average couple now has only 1.8 children．At the same time, improved medical care means that people are living longer．
This change in the age of Americans is going to have serious results．For one thing, medical costs are rising．The government is unable to pay the elderly people's medical bills that have gone up very much．Some old people have to leave hospital“sicker and quicker”than they should, before they are really better．
More fortunate senior citizens, though, who still have good health, want new laws to be passed to allow them to stay at work．In the past, the retirement age was sixty-five, but that is changing now．Older people are stronger and more energetic than ever before．Many of them refuse to stop working just because they have reached a certain age．
There is a change, too, in the way in which elderly people see themselves．Many are no longer happy to accept the gray hair, bald heads, and boring clothes of their own parents．They like to wear younger-looking clothes and bright makeup(化妆品)．American women spend millions of dollars a year on operations to lift their faces and make those ugly wrinkles disappear．Men are prepared to spend even more on operations to plant new hair on their bald spots．It's worth any money to look younger．
(1)
In America people try to avoid using the word“old”because ________．
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A．
the old age is seen as something that isn't admired
B．
it is now believed to bring bad luck to elderly people
C．
the standard of getting old has changed
D．
the change in the age has caused a healthy problem
(2)
According to the passage, which of the following does NOT describe the American society correctly?
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A．
People live longer because of improved medical care．
B．
The government finds it difficult to afford the medical bills of the elderly．
C．
People use polite expressions when talking about old age．
D．
The old patients' time in hospital is strictly limited．
(3)
Which of the following is not the result of the changing in the age of Americans?
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A．
Medical costs are rising．
B．
The family becomes smaller．
C．
The retirement age needs changing．
D．
Elderly people spend a lot on keeping young．
(4)
The underlined word“Many”in the last paragraph refers to ________．
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A．
American adults
B．
American old people
C．
young Americans
D．
American women
(5)
This passage is most probably taken from ________．
Milk was one of the main foods of people long before history was written．It will probably keep on being one as long as there are animals that give milk．
Even the word “milk”is very old．It comes from Sanskrit(梵文),one of the oldest languages known to man．A very old picture of milking has been found．It was drawn more than five thousand years ago．
In the years long ago, people got their milk from their own animals．But later new inventions made the milk industry a big business．In 1851 Gail Borden found a way to take some of the water out of milk．This made it keep much longer．Four years later, Louis Pasteur introduced a way to kill the bacteria(细菌)in milk．Next, a special milk bottle was made．This was followed by the invention of machines that could fill bottles with milk．
These discoveries had a great effect on the milk industry．They meant that milk could be stored longer．
Some people believe that milk drinking will become less popular than it has been．But remember how long milk has been an important food and think of many ways in which it is useful．It seems safe to say that milk industry will always be important．
(1)
Milk is probably(most possibly)to be a food of ours ________．
[ ]
A．
when there are animals that can give milk
B．
where there are animals that can give milk
C．
if there are animals and people in the world
D．
if we want to eat every day
(2)
The word“milk”comes from ________．
[ ]
A．
China
B．
India
C．
England
D．
Japan
(3)
People got their milk mainly from their own animals ________．
[ ]
A．
a hundred years ago．
B．
fifty years ago
C．
one hundred and forty years ago
D．
before a number of inventions were made
(4)
Milk industry will be always an important one because ________．
[ ]
A．
milk drinking is very popular in the world
B．
milk has been an important food for a long time and is widely used
C．
milk is a food of good taste and there are many cows
D．
milk can be stored(kept)longer and carried to other countries
