A student walks into his first class and realizes he forgot all about the midterm exam. He knows he needs to bring his grades up, and getting a zero will make it nearly impossible. He quickly jots down some notes and shoves them under his lap hoping it will help him pass. Cheating is a major concern in all academic environments. Students are creating new and more outrageous(令人吃惊的) ways of cheating every day; some claim that certain accounts of cheating can be justified, but overall it can always be prevented.
Cheating has been around forever, and millions of ways to cheat have been fashioned. Copying homework and cheat sheets are some of the most basic ways students in all education levels have cheated. Some students think nothing about writing a few answers on their hand, in a gum wrapper, or boldly using a study guide to cheat. Desperate students have even gone as far as to steal the test or scan in bottle wrappers and put answers into the nutrition label. The internet has now become available in almost every location. Computers can be accessed at school, at home, and now even on cell phones. This opens a doorway for even more methods of cheating to be born.
There are countless opinions on whether or not cheating can be justified. The truth is this behavior will always be a matter of opinion with each scenario of cheating. Students often rationalize their cheating by claiming they forgot to look over the material or did not understand what the teacher or professor was saying. Some may counter these arguments by saying that the student could have set reminders or asked the teacher to explain the material before the day of the test. Some other reasons students believe cheating is justified are their heavy workloads and trying to find time for school, sports, friends, and family. This may be true in certain instances, however, all students have these problems, and it is unfair to the students refrain(制止) from cheating when the student who is dishonest receives a better grade. The majority of students who think cheating is acceptable may believe the reason for this is that sometimes students are unaware they are cheating, there is not enough time given for assignments, or that the information is too much for the course.
It may be difficult to accomplish, but cheating can be prevented. Teachers and professors have tried many options to stop cheating. These options can range anywhere from simply spreading test-takers out in a room, to expelling(驱逐) a student, which will most likely hindertheir plans of getting into another college. One simple way to fix the problem is to scold the student when caught. They may be so scared or embarrassed that they never do it again. This is a risky way to prevent cheating in some cases, however, because it can possibly damage self-esteem. Another simple way to avoid cheating is to create many different kinds of the same test. This prohibits students from getting the answers off of a neighbor's test, but students still have the option of using other cheating tactics.
There may be a million ways to cheat and get away with it, but there are few times, if any, that it is justified. Cheating never has to be a necessity and is never worth compromising morals and losing years worth of working towards a degree. This problem is spreading throughout America; with everyone's help, it can be stopped.
【小题1】Which is the best title of this passage?

A .Office Systems Technology

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B. Chemical Engineering at Cambridge

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Contact details: admissions@ceb.cam.ac.uk or www. ceb. cam. ac. uk

C. English Learning at Cambridge

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Duration: 3 years

Colleges: Available at all colleges

Related courses: Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic

Classes: History, Linguistics, Modern and Medieval Languages, Theology and Religious Studies

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Teaches you the fundamentals of teaching English to speakers of other languages

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以下是相关人物信息，请将相关的人物信息与他们需要的课程匹配起来。

1.Eva will become an English teacher in September this year. Before working as a teacher, she wants to get some training and learn some modem teaching methods.

2.Joe lives with his mother near Fircroft College. His mother is too poor to afford his education. So he intends to find a course which offers free accommodation, meals and tuition.

3.Linda who majors in English plans to write a thesis about Anglo-Saxon people, including their life and history. Recently she has been collecting information about them.

4.Li Lei is going to finish his senior middle school and plans to study biochemical engineering at a world-famous college. So he decides to learn more about it during the summer vacation.

5. Wang Li is a reporter. She is asked to write a passage about Asia and Middle East. Because she isn’t familiar with them at all, she has to learn about them.

A. Office Systems Technology

Courses: Keyboarding, Introduction to Information Systems, Records & Data Base Management, Business English, Document Formatting &Word Processing, Medical Terminology

Total Credit Hours: 18

Certificates: Data Entry Receptionist, Medical Admissions Clerk

Contact Information: Wilma Clapp一Project Coordinator Bldg A, Room，119 Leestown Campus 164 Opportunity Way, Lexington, KY 40511 Tel: (859)246-6821

B. Chemical Engineering at Cambridge

Our course concentrates on the scientific principles that underpin modern chemical and biochemical engineering. The aim is to produce graduates that meet the needs of today’s process industries by providing technical competence, training in transferable skills, and a thorough understanding of the subject. We have strong links with industry. The course is supported by a consortium of 10 industrial companies. These links also mean that there are opportunities for vacation placements with some of the world’s top companies.

Contact details: admissions@ceb.cam.ac.uk or www. ceb. cam. ac. uk

C. English Learning at Cambridge

UCAS code: Q300 BA/E

Duration: 3 years

Colleges: Available at all colleges

Related courses: Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic

Classes: History, Linguistics, Modern and Medieval Languages, Theology and Religious Studies

Contact details: english-faculty@lists.cam.ue or ukculty@Iists.cam.ack.uk or www. english. cam. ac. uk

D. The SIT TESOL, Certificate Course

Teaches you the fundamentals of teaching English to speakers of other languages.

Gives you hands-on, trainer-observed teaching practice and includes workshop sessions and supported lesson planning by experienced trainers.

Provides you with modern teaching methods that help you to connect effectively with learners’ individual needs and motivations.

Mailing Address: PO，Box 676, 1 Kipling Road, Brattleboro, VT 05302 USA

E. Skills for Life (English and Maths)

Skills for Life courses give you the English and maths skills you need to manage your life at home, at work and in all aspects of your life.

Skills for Life courses can also be a stepping stone to other courses, such as Skills for Learning. All of these courses are at Entry 3/Level I.

These courses are FREE of charge including all accommodation, meals, tuition and learning resources.

If you have any questions then please contact Yvonne Godwin at Fircroft College on 0121 472 0116.

F. Human, Social, and Political Sciences

UCAS code: L000 BA/HSPS

Duration: 3 years

Colleges: Available at all colleges except Peterhouse

Related courses: Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Classes: Geography, History, Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, Theology and Religious Studies

Contact details: enquiries@hsps.cam.ac.uk or www. hsps.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate

以下是相关人物信息，请将相关的人物信息与他们需要的课程匹配起来。

61. Eva will become an English teacher in September this year. Before working as a teacher, she wants to get some training and learn some modern teaching methods.

62. Joe lives with his mother near Fircroft College. His mother is too poor to afford his education. So he intends to find a course which offers free accommodation, meals and tuition.

63. Linda who majors in English plans to write a thesis about Anglo-Saxon people, including their life and history. Recently she has been collecting information about them.

64. Li Lei is going to finish his senior middle school and plans to study biochemical engineering at a world-famous college. So he decides to learn more about it during the summer vacation.

65. Wang Li is a reporter. She is asked to write a passage about Asia and Middle East. Because she isn’t familiar with them at all, she has to learn about them.

I have a strong faith that families are not only relatives，but sometimes people who turn up and love you when no one else will.

  In May l987, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate l0 in Houston. My dad and I 31 a room with two double beds and a bathroom. It was too 32 for a 15-year-old girl and her father．Dad’s second marriage was 33 and my stepmother had 34 us both out of the house．Dad had no 35 what to do with me．And that was when my other family 36 .

Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home37 their only daughter, Su，my best friend，asked them to. I 38 with them for the next seven years．

   Barbara washed my skirts just as she did Su’s. She 39 I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments，help with homework and nightly hugs．Barbara and Roland Beach attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders．40 I could tell，for the Beaches there was no 41 between Su and me；I was their daughter, too.

  When Su and I 42 college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barbara presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay for 23 years．

   The Beaches knew 43 about me when they took me in：They had heard the whole story from Su．When I was seven，my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to 44 his kids. Before the time I went to live with the Beaches I believed that life was entirely 45 and that love was shaky and untrustworthy，I believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.

   46 the Beaches，I would have become a bitter, cynical(愤世嫉俗的)woman．They gave me a(n) 47 that allowed me to grow and change．They kept me from being paralyzed by my 48 and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.

  I 49 the family．For me，it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was 50 ，but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10.

31．A．lived       B．shared     C．possessed  D．bought

32．A．cheap      B．noisy      C．small      D．limited

33．A．in trouble   B．in sight    C．in place    D．in parts

34．A．struck      B．removed   C．kicked     D．knocked

35．A．plan        B．choice    C．chance     D．idea

36．A．look after    B．showed up C．turned over  D．came across

37．A．so          B．because   C．until        D．while

38．A．worked      B．traveled   C．lived       D．learned

39．A．worked  out  B．called up  C．watched out  D．made sure

40．A．As long as    B．As far as   C．As soon as   D．As much as

41．A．change       B．problem   C．conflict     D．difference

42．A．set off        B．1eft for    C．entered into  D．admitted into

43．A．all           B．little      C．something   D．nothing

44．A．supply        B．teach     C．encourage   D．raise

45．A．different       B．unfair     C．stressful     D．hopeful

46．A．Thanks to      B．In spite of  C．Except for   D．But for

47．A．home         B．house      C．ability      D．1esson

48．A．choice         B．failure     C．past        D．present

49．A．doubt about    B．care about   C．center on    D．believe in

50．A．born          B．accepted    C．educated    D．deserted

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in (旁听生）   for another l8 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unmarried college graduate student, and she decided to, put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course. " My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers, She only gave in a few months later when my parents promised that would someday go to college.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I artlessly chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and ail of my working class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the $ 5 deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.

1.From the passage we know that the author           .

A. was adopted by a lawyer and his wife

B. dropped out when he was 17 years old

C. The author was admitted to Stanford

D. valued his dropping out

2.The author dropped out mainly because           .

A. His academic performance was very poor.

B. He did not want to waste his parents' money.

C. His parents were too poor to afford the college tuition.

D. He didn't think university could help him to get a well-paid job

3.Why did the author think dropping out was a good decision?

A. He could transfer to Stanford.

B. He could follow his passion.

C. He didn't have to attend classes any more.

D. He could spend more time in Hare Krishna temple.

4.What can be inferred from this passage ?

A. The author was taking a risk when he made the decision of dropping out.

B. The author enjoyed the comfort and pleasure of life after he dropped out.

C. The author's parents were very angry at his decision.

D. The author was a very curious person.