While Jennifer was at home taking an online exam for her business law class, a monitor(监控器)a few hundred miles away was watching her every move.
Using a web camera equipped in Jennifer’s Los Angeles apartment, the monitor in Phoenix tracked how frequently her eyes moved from the computer screen and listened for the secret sounds of a possible helper in the room. Her Internet access was locked - remotely - to prevent Internet searches , and her typing style was analyzed to make sure she was who she said she was: Did she enter her student number at the same speed as she had in the past? Or was she slowing down?
In the battle against cheating, this is the cutting edge and a key to encourage honesty in the booming field of online education. The technology gives trust to the entire system, to the institution and to online education in general. Only with solid measures against cheating, experts say, can Internet universities show that their exams and diplomas are valid - that students haven’t just searched the Internet to get the right answers.
Although online classes have existed for more than a decade, the concern over cheating has become sharper in the last year with the growth of "open online courses." Private colleges, public universities and corporations are jumping into the online education field, spending millions of dollars to attract potential students, while also taking steps to help guarantee honesty at a distance.
Aside from the web cameras, a number of other high-tech methods are becoming increasingly popular. Among them are programs that check students’ identities using personal information, such as the telephone number they once used.
Other programs can produce unique exam by drawing on a large list of questions and can recognize possible cheaters by analyzing whether difficult test question are answered at the same speed as easy ones. As in many university classes, term papers are scanned against some large Internet data banks for cheating.
【小题1】Why was Jennifer watched in an online exam?

A.To correct her typing mistakes.
B.To find her secrets in the room.
C.To prevent her from slowing down.
D.To keep her from dishonest behaviors.
【小题2】The underlined expression cutting edge in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to______.
A.advanced techniqueB.sharpening tool
C.effective ruleD.dividing line
【小题3】 For Internet universities, exams and diplomas will be valid if _____.
A.they can attract potential studentsB.they can defeat academic cheating
C.they offer students online helpD.they offer many online courses
【小题4】Some programs can find out possible cheaters by _____.
A.checking the question answering speed
B.producing a large number of question
C.scanning the Internet test question
D.giving difficult test question
【小题5】 Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A.The Advantages of Online Exams
B.The High-tech Methods in Online Courses
C.The Fight against Cheating in Online Education
D.The War against the Booming of Online Education

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  51  The goal here is to limit carbon dioxide and other green house gases, which are closely associated to the big problem of global-warming.

Strategy 1: Bring your own cup to Starbucks

You’ll get a 10 cent discount, and it’s one less paper cup to end up in a landfill.While you’re there, pick up some free bags of spent coffee grounds to use as  ‘‘green’’  fertilizer in your garden.

The payoff:   52 

Strategy2: Turn off your computer

When in standby mode, your PC is still using energy.  53 

The payoff: Turning off a monitor for 40 hours a week may only save $5 a month, but it reduces CO2 by 750 pounds

Strategy 3: Reuse plastic bags

Instead of throwing away 100 billion plastic bags a year, try and get a second, third, or tenth use out of them.Better yet, next time you shop, try a reusable bag.

The payoff:   54 The amount of oil it would take to make just 14 plastic bags would run your car for one mile.

Strategy4: Use recycled paper in the bathroom

Most of the toilet paper we use is made from trees found in forests previously untouched by humans.

The payoff: If every household replaced one roll of toilet paper with a recycled one, 424000 trees would still be standing.Look for eco paper towels too.

Strategy5: Buy energy-efficient appliances(电器)

Replace the old fridge with an Energy Star appliance and you’ll use 15 percent less energy.  55  

The payoff: If we all used one Energy Star appliance at home, it would be like planting 1.7 million acres of new trees.

A.You can be proud of yourselves, even if you can only make one or two of these green changes.

B.Adding green to your garden is beautiful and earth-pleasing.

C.It might be a little expensive to buy, but you’ll save money on your electricity bills and help the environment.

D.In fact, 75percent of electricity used in your home comes from electronics that are turned off.

E.The store won’t create more waste when they throw away a cup.

F.The store won’t create more waste when they throw away a cup.

G.Just one tree will help make cleaner air and save the environment from 5000 pounds of hot carbon dioxide each year.

 

One day I was doing an experiment in front of the classroom, wearing my favorite shirt. A voice came, “Nice shirt”. Then another   1   said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Jimmy’s mother works for my family. We meant to throw the shirt away, but gave   2   to her instead.” Hearing the words, I was embarrassed. It was Mike. Mom worked for his family.

In the evening, I told my mom what had happened. She was silent for a while and then called her employer, “I will   3   work for your family.” That night, she knew her life’s   4   was something greater. She decided to find a more meaningful job.

The next day she   5   with the headmaster of a local public school. She was told that she could not teach without a proper education. So Mom decided to   6   a university.

A year later, she went back to the headmaster. He said, “You are serious, aren’t you? I think I have a   7   for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with some mentally disabled children with little or   8   chance of learning.” Mom accepted the opportunity very   9  .

For almost three years, she saw many teachers give up on the children and   0  , feeling   upset. Then one day, the headmaster   11   in her classroom, saying, “We have watched how you  12   the children over the last three years and admire your hard-working spirit. We all agree that you should be the   13   of this class.”

My mom spent over 20 years there. I was proud of her   14   she never gave up and also showed me how to deal with   15   situations. During her career, she was chosen as “Teacher of the Year”.

1.

 A. shout         B. noise            C. sound        D. voice

2.

A. it            B. them             C. one          D. this

3.

A. even so        B. in reality           C. no longer    D. more than

4.

 A. goal         B. trick               C. problem      D. routine

5.

 A. ran           B. met              C. stayed           D. worked

6.

A. visit          B. design              C. attend       D. start

7.

A. condition      B. function         C. promotion        D. position

8.

A. no             B. much             C. big              D. great

9.

 A. angrily       B. bitterly        C. eagerly          D. strangely

10.

A. come           B. leave                C. return       D. succeed

11.

 A. went up       B. took up          C. handed up        D. turned up

12.

A. accuse         B. blame                C. treat        D. cheat

13.

A. monitor        B. teacher         C. headmaster       D. librarian

14.

A. because       B. once             C. unless           D. if

15.

A. pleasing       B. challenging      C. exciting        D. amazing

 

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