题目内容
7. The guests were (震惊) by the boy's foul language.
7. shocked
Cheating is nothing new. But today,the Administrative Department for Education finds that examples 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 gained acceptance 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 attributed (归因于) increased cheating to the fact that today’s youth are far more practical than their idealistic ancestors. Whereas in the late sixties and early seventies,students were filled with visions about changing the world,today’s students feel great pressure to survive and succeed. In interviews with students at high schools and colleges around the country,both young men and women said that cheating had become easy. Some suggested they did it out of hate for teachers they didn’t respect. Others looked at it as a game. Only if they were caught,some said,would they feel guilty. “People are com-petitive ,” said a second-year college student named Anna,from Chicago. “There is a potential fear. If you don’t do well,your life is going to be ruined. The pressure is not only from parents and friends but from yourself. To achieve. To succeed. It’s almost as though we have to surpass people to achieve our own goals. ”
Edward Wynne,editor of a magazine blames the rise in academic dishonesty in 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 matter differently,blaming the rise in cheating on the way students evaluated. “I would cheat if I felt I was being cheated ,” Mr Huber said. He feels that as long as teachers give short-answer tests rather than essay questions and rate students by the number of facts they can memorize rather than by how well they can combine and process information,students will try to beat the system. “The concept of cheating is based on the false belief that the system is legal and there is something wrong with the individuals who’re doing it ,”he said, “that’s too easy an answer. We’ve got to start looking at the system. ”
( ) 1. Educators are finding that students who cheat
A. have poor academic records
B. use the information in late years
C. can be academically weak or strong
D. are more likely to be punished than before
( ) 2. Which of the following statements reflects the in formation in the passage?
A. The pressure students faced with is partly the reason causing the student cheating.
B. Only the educational system and administrators are to blame for the rise in the cheating.
C. The 1960s’ visions of changing the world helped students never make mistakes.
D. Punishment for cheaters has always been severe in this country.
( ) 3. The underlined words “the individuals”in the last paragraph refer to
A. students who practise cheating
B. parents who put pressure on their children
C. school administrators who approve of short-answer tests
D. teachers who are too hesitant to take action against cheating
( ) 4. The author probably would agree with the point of view that .
A. students who cheat should be driven out of school
B. parents alone must take responsibility for the rise in student cheating
C. the educational system is sound,and students must follow every rule
D. the educational system in this country would benefit from a thorough evaluation
How to pass an important test Whether it’s a first grade science test or College Entrance Exam,all tests have one thing in common： you have to pass.
1. Stuck in a situation where you don’t know what to do? This article can help.
Tips
★ 1. Once you get the study guide,make plans right away to study as soon as possible. No excuses!Killing time with friends isn’t worth it,since you can always hang out with them any other day.
★ 2. Get plenty of rest.
2. If you walk into the classroom sleepily,you’ll most likely not finish the test because you are so tired.
★ 3. Eat a good meal for breakfast.
3. Some healthy breakfast suggestions are oatmeal (燕麦片) ，high fibre food,and grapefruit with the fresh fruit salad.
★ 4. Bring all necessary materials.
4. Bring pencils,pens,pencil sharpeners,snacks (if allowed) , erasers,the calculator (if allowed) and anything else you’ll need for the test.
★ 5. 5. Showing up late cuts back the time you’ll have to take for the test if it’s already testing hours. You’ll probably miss any important information needed in completing the test. In some tests,late comers are not allowed to take the test.
A. The exam tests vocabulary,reading and maths skills.
B. One piece of cheese probably won’t last until test time.
C. Don’t forget to set your alarm clock and show up on the test day on time.
D. Studies show that if you get enough sleep,your brain will be much more efficient.
E. Showing up without something as simple as a pencil can make a big effect on your test.
F. Failing the test won’t help you in the long run,so it’s important to know how to prepare to pass that big test.
G. This test is a challenging one and every year many students are unable to qualify it just because of lack of guidance.
When you are little,it’s not hard to believe you can change the world. I remember my 1 when,at the age of 12,I 2 delegates at the Rio Earth Summit. “I am only a child,” I told them. “Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on 3 poverty and finding environmental answers,4________ a wonderful place this would be. In school you teach us not to 5 others,to work things out,to respect others,to clean up our mess,not to hurt other creatures,to 6________,not to be greedy. Then why do you go out and do the thing you tell us not to do? You grown-ups say you love us,but I 7 you,please,to make your 8 reflect your words. ”
I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation (长时间的喝彩) • Some of the delegates 9 cried. I thought that maybe I had 10 some of them,that my speech might actually spur (激励) action. Now,a decade from Rio,after I’ve sat through many more conferences,I'm not sure what has been accomplished. My confidence in the people in power and in the power of an individual’s voice to reach them has been deeply shaken.
When I was little,the world was simple. But as a young adult,I’m learning that as we have to make 11________education,career,lifestyle—life gets more and more 12________. We are beginning to feel 13 to produce and be successful. We are taught that economic growth is 14________,but aren’t taught how to 15________ a happy,healthy or sustainable (可持续的) way of living. And we are learning that what we wanted for the future when we were 12 was ideal and 16________.
Today I’m no longer a child,but I'm worried about what kind of 17________ my children will grow up in. I know change is 18________,because I am changing,still figuring out what I think. I am still deciding how to live my life. The challenges are great,19 if we accept individual responsibility and make sustainable choices,we will rise to the challenges,and we will become part of the 20 tide of change.
( ) 1. A. feeling B. pleasure
C. enthusiasm D. disappointment
( ) 2. A. addressed B. argued
C. instructed D. informed
( ) 3. A. helping B. ending
C. destroying D. changing
( ) 4. A. which B. that
C. what D. how
( ) 5. A. fight with B. compete with
C. compare with D. argue with
( ) 6. A. gain B. share
C. save D. enjoy
( ) 7. A. challenge B. respond
C. forgive D. force
( ) 8. A. emotion B. actions
C. inspiration D. deeds
( ) 9. A. even B. ever
C. still D. already
( ) 10. A. satisfied B. reached
C. emphasized D. disturbed
( ) 11. A. money B. friends
C. living D. choices I
( ) 12. A. necessary B. comfortable
C. interesting D. complicated j
( ) 13. A. happiness B. promise
C. pressure D. depression
( ) 14. A. in relief B. in peace
C. in progress D. in danger
( ) 15. A. lead B. ignore
C. find D. pursue
( ) 16. A. romantic B. beautiful
C. innocent D. puzzling
( ) 17. A. environment B. house
C. land D. condition
( ) 18. A. hard B. possible
C. flexible D. fragile
( ) 19. A. though B. however
C. and D. but
( ) 20. A. positive B. passive
C. important D. independent
4. 向这个小小的岛国宣战，看起来像是一个懦弱之国的行为。
looks like the action of a cowardly nation.
with hard work， pick up， declare war on， company， condemn
1. Kitty a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls.
2. Some of the president's advisers feared Hitler might theUnited States.
3. We are now moving to the point when lack of computer knowledge will many people to a life of low-skill and low-paid labour.
4. Sorry,I didn't realize you had in your house with you.
5. Only can you expect to get a pay rise.
2. Forty-eight people have (淹死) after their boat capsized during a storm.
2. Scientists have (取得突破) in their treatment of that disease.
3. (face) with so many challenges,Yang Guang,a blind young fel- low,didn't give up;he made great efforts to win success.
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