unit 8 Honesty Is It Going Out of Style

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1、Everthoughtaboutcheatingonatest?Ofcoursenot.Butsomestudentsarenotquitesohonest…Honesty:IsItGoingOutofStyle?AtaciaRobbinsAccordingtoarecentpoll【民意调查】,61percentofAmericanhighschoolstudentshaveadmittedtocheatingonexamsatleastonce.Itcanbearguedsucharesponsemaynotmeanmuc

2、h.Afterall,moststudentshavebeenfacedwiththetemptation【诱惑】topeek【偷看】ataneighbor'stestpaper.Andstudentscanbehardonthemselvesinjudgingsuchbehavior.However,thereareotherindications【迹象】thathighschoolcheatingmaybeontherise.Moreandmorestatesarerequiringstudentstopasscompet

3、ency【能力】testsinordertoreceivetheirhighschooldiplomas【证书】.Andmanyeducatorsfearthatanincreaseintheuseofstateexamswillleadtoacorresponding【相应的】riseincheating.Acase【例子】inpointisstudentsinNewYorkStatewhofacedcriminal【犯罪的】misdemeanor【不法行为】chargesforpossessing【拥有】andsellin

4、gadvancecopies【复制品】ofstateRegentsexaminations【州摄政考试】.  Cheatingisconsideredtobe【被看做是】amajorproblemincollegesanduniversities.Severalprofessorssaythey'vedroppedthetraditionaltermpaperrequirementbecausemanystudentsbuyprewritten【事先写好的】termpapers【试卷】,andtheycan'ttrackdow

5、n【追踪，调查】allthecheaters【作弊者】anymore.Collegesanduniversitiesacrossthenationhavedecidedtodomorethan【不仅仅是】talkabouttheriseinstudentcheating.Forinstance【比如】,theDepartmentofPsychologyattheUniversityofMarylandlaunched【开展】acampaign【运动】tostoponeformofcheating.As409studentsfi

6、ledoutof【排成纵队离开】exam,theyfoundallbutoneexit【出口】blocked【被锁住了】.Proctors【监考人】askedeachstudenttoproduceanIDcardwithanattachedphoto.Studentswhosaidthey'dlefttheirsinthedormorathomehadamugshot【嫌疑人照片】taken.Thepurposeofthecampaignwastocatch"ringers"【代考者】，studentswhotaketest

7、sforotherstudents.ThemajorityofstudentsattheUniversityofMarylandapplauded【赞许】thecampaign.Thecampusnewspapereditorialsaid,"Likepolicearrestingspeeders,theintent【意图】isnottocatcheveryonebutrathertocatchenoughtospreadtheword【扩散消息】."Wefrequently【频繁地】hearabout"thegoodoldd

8、ays",whenAmericanswerebetter,happier,andmorehonest.Butweretheymorehonest?Maybeyes,alongtimeagowhenlifewasverydifferentfromwhatitistoday.