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6．Cheating is when a person misleads，deceives or acts dishonestly on purpose．（36）E．If a basketball team is for kids under 8，it's cheating for a 9-year-old play on the team．At school，in addition to cheating on a test，a kid might cheat by stealing someone else's idea for a science project．（37）G．This kind of cheating is called plagiarizing （抄袭）．
（38）B．Jeff is doing it by sneaking（暗中的） answers to a test．And it's also cheating to break the rules of a game or contest or to pretend something is yours when it isn't．When people cheat，it's not fair to other people．It's tempting（诱惑人的） to cheat because it makes difficult things seem easy，like getting all the right answers on the test．（39）C，and it won't help on the next test unless the person cheats again．
（40）A．They want to get good grades but hate hard work．Other kids might feel like they can't pass the test without cheating．Even though there seems to be a"good reason"for cheating，cheating isn't a good idea．

A．For kids，cheating may happen at school，at home，or while playing a sport．
B．Some kids cheat once and feel so bad that they never do it again．
C．Some kids cheat because they're lazy．
D．Kids may also cheat by copying a book report off the Internet and handing it in as it's his or her original work．
E．Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways．
F．But it doesn't solve the problem of not knowing the material（材料）．
G．There are plenty of reasons why a kid shouldn't cheat，but some kids have already cheated．

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分析 文章讲述的是关于cheating发生的情况，方式，后果和原因．

解答 36．E 考查信息提取．根据后面的at school，at work等可知作弊的发生后很多的途径和方式，所以答案与E相符．
37．G考查上下文联系． 根据后面的This kind of cheating is called plagiarizing （抄袭），可知此处讲的是关于抄袭别人的报告或者作品的情况，与G相符．
38．B 考查句意理解．根据Jeff is doing it by sneaking answers to a test．杰夫这样做是为了逃避考试． 可知此处讲述的是cheating的方式，与B相符．
39．C 考查上下文联系．根据后面的And it won't help on the next test-unless the person cheats again．如果没有人再作弊，下一次考试也不会有帮助．可知，与C讲的内容相符．
40．A 考查上下文联系．根据后面的内容They want to get good grades but hate hard work．Other kids might feel like they can't pass the test without cheating他们想取得好成绩，但讨厌努力学习，其他孩子可能觉得他们如果不作弊不能通过考试．可知，此处是对作弊的原因进行分析，与A相符

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