Cheating on exams is popular in colleges and statistics show that it has risen dramatically during the past score years. Students don’t feel ashamed to cheat on exams. Most of them don’t care about cheating on exams.

Cheating on exams takes shape in various ways. Some students scribbled notes on small pieces of paper on which they had prepared for the exam, some took out their textbooks or reference books to copy, and still some adopted mobile phones as a way to cheat on exams. For instance, at the University of Nevada, students photographed test questions with their cell phone cameras, then sent them to classmates outside the exam room and got the answers back in text message. However, downloading other people’s writing on the Internet for plagiarism(剽窃) was found the easiest way.

Mr. Dapremont said technology had made cheating easier, but added that pressure to succeed sometimes clouded everything and made students do things that they shouldn’t do. Students today feel more pressure to do well in order to graduate from school and land jobs.

Whatever the reasons for cheating are, college officials say we must stop it. First, people will not be interested in studying any more with cheating. Second, they think studying isn’t meaningful. Third, others may be influenced negatively by people cheating on exams. Thus, we must ban cheating on exams. We should reduce opportunity of cheating on exams.

Most Americans still believe that honesty is an important part of American character. For that reason, there are numerous watchdog committees at all levels of society. Although signs of dishonesty in school, business, and government seem much more numerous in recent years than in the past, could it be that we are getting better at uncovering such dishonesty?

Many educators feel that as students gain confidence in themselves and their abilities, they are less likely to cheat.

Title: Cheating on exams

I. 71. __________

◇being popular in colleges

◇arising dramatically

◇students 72. __________

◇students not caring about it

II. Means of cheating

◇scribbling notes

◇copying textbooks or reference books

◇73. __________

◇surfing the Internet

III.74. __________

◇the latest technology making one cheat 75. __________

◇great pressure forcing students to do well to ensure 76. __________

IV. Consequences

◇cheating causing people not to be interested in studying

◇people thinking studying doesn’t 77. __________

◇people who 78. __________ influence others negatively

V.79. __________

◇encouraging people 80. __________

◇letting students believe in themselves and their abilities

 

STRANGERS parties go wild these days. The main idea of them is to never let the people know who their matches are until the last minute. These are some popular practices that are storming the world’s youth on this V-day.

Speed dating

It’s exactly what the name implies. Complete with a timer, a whistle and 50 willing singles, speed dating is not the traditional dinner and a movie type of first date. Singles pay US $35 for three minutes with more than two dozen future dates. They ask questions and try to get to know each other. At the sound of a whistle, they do the same thing all over again―25 times in all.

Lock and key party

Women are given a lock and men are given a key, upon arriving at the party. Each key and lock has several matches. One can hunt for his/her later-to-be sweetheart in various groups, and try out the key or lock. Each time a lock and key match the pair are entered into a ballot (票数） for top prizes!

Dinner in the dark

Waiters wearing night vision glasses guide the guests through the pitch-black dining room. They are seated at the table and familiarized with the wine glass and plate. Food is handled with the fingers. People will not see the food they are eating or the guests at their table until the dessert course. At that moment, dining partners will appear.

Message party

Have A Cocktail, Leave A Message! When you arrive, you get a tag with a number and a pad of post-it notes. If you see someone you like, write a message on the message board. But wait… You’ve got a message… Go and collect it! You can make new friends and win lots of gifts. The more messages you leave on the bulletin board, the more chances you have of winning prizes.

1.What do you think the similarities of these parties are?

   A. All the parties have very strict rules for their members.

   B. If you want to go to any of the parties, you have to buy a ticket.

   C. All the parties are aimed at strangers who want to be lovers.

   D. All the parties are suitable not only for the young but for the old.

2.In which party does a participant have to be careful with the time?

A. Speed dating.                          B. Lock and key party.    

C. Dinner in the dark.                    D. Message party.

3.If you go to the Dinner in the dark, ____________.

   A. you have to wear night vision glasses    

B. you have to eat with your hands

   C. guests eat all the courses in the darkness

   D. your dining partners will help you choose the food

4. How many of the parties offer gifts or prizes?

   A. 1.                  B. 2.              C. 3.              D. 4.

 

 

STRANGERS parties go wild these days. The main idea of them is to never let the people know who their matches are until the last minute. These are some popular practices that are storming the world’s youth on this V-day.

Speed dating

It’s exactly what the name implies. Complete with a timer, a whistle and 50 willing singles, speed dating is not the traditional dinner and a movie type of first date. Singles pay US $35 for three minutes with more than two dozen future dates. They ask questions and try to get to know each other. At the sound of a whistle, they do the same thing all over again―25 times in all.

Lock and key party

Women are given a lock and men are given a key, upon arriving at the party. Each key and lock has several matches. One can hunt for his/her later-to-be sweetheart in various groups, and try out the key or lock. Each time a lock and key match the pair are entered into a ballot (票数） for top prizes!

Dinner in the dark

Waiters wearing night vision glasses guide the guests through the pitch-black dining room. They are seated at the table and familiarized with the wine glass and plate. Food is handled with the fingers. People will not see the food they are eating or the guests at their table until the dessert course. At that moment, dining partners will appear.

Message party

Have A Cocktail, Leave A Message! When you arrive, you get a tag with a number and a pad of post-it notes. If you see someone you like, write a message on the message board. But wait… You’ve got a message… Go and collect it! You can make new friends and win lots of gifts. The more messages you leave on the bulletin board, the more chances you have of winning prizes.

1.What do you think the similarities of these parties are?

   A. All the parties have very strict rules for their members.

   B. If you want to go to any of the parties, you have to buy a ticket.

   C. All the parties are aimed at strangers who want to be lovers.

   D. All the parties are suitable not only for the young but for the old.

2.In which party does a participant have to be careful with the time?

A. Speed dating.          B. Lock and key party.    

C. Dinner in the dark.    D. Message party.

3.If you go to the Dinner in the dark, ____________.

        A. you have to wear night vision glasses                  

         B. you have to eat with your hands

        C. guests eat all the courses in the darkness

        D. your dining partners will help you choose the food

4. How many of the parties offer gifts or prizes?

   A. 1.                  B. 2.        C. 3.                             D. 4.

 

根据首字母或中文提示，补全单词。（20分）

1.That kind of electronic dictionaries is well designed, and it is especially s______ for high school students learning English.

2.“Are famous film stars always getting leading roles in movies?” “Not n________.”

3.With the development of economy, a lot of companies have s______up in the industrial area.

4.Going the shopping mall, you will see T-shirts in a wide v______ of colors intended for all kinds of people.

5.The electric products produced in our company have good quality and usually a three-year g________.

6.Professor Tudor is leaving for New York to attend an important international medical c________ next week.

7.At the exhibition we saw a kind of record player, which had to be w________ up by hand and could only play for two minutes.

8.This small electronic device is used to control an e_______ current passing through the machine.

9.I’ve got two tickets for tonight’s concert given by the Russian artists. Would you like to a__________ me to go and enjoy it, Amy?

10.I have total f_______in my best friends and believe that they are honest in this case.

11.Their company bought the __________（专利） and applied the technology to create the new type of car.

12.It is considered that digital TV is ___________(优越的) to satellite TV because it allows the same services to be delivered with clearer pictures.

13.All of them said they didn’t like the design, but p________(就个人而言 ) I thought it was very fashionable.

14.Five years after the International standards for digital TV were established ________（消费者）could have access to more than 200 channels in the USA.

15.The Chinese __________（电信） industry is huge, and the amount of profit involved is unbelievably enormous.

16.The boy tried to work out the maths problem by drawing a __________（平行线） between the two sides.

17.I don’t think this program is practical and capable of calculating your_______（预算） for the year.

18.By that time, digital TV ________（信号）had been received by 55 percent of households in the European country.

19.With interactive TV programming, you can play along with game shows, respond to ________________（问卷） and chat to other viewers.

20.These measures to be taken soon will all bring great _________________（方便） and delight to the citizens’ lives.

 

Ants have a reputation for strength,organization and teamwork.But researchers have now discovered that a key secret to the success of ants is their ability to identify the importance of age in the work place.

A study of Gentral American leaf-cutter ants has shown that the younger and stronger members are give the toughest job of cutting therough the leaves they harvest.Their sharp youn teeth do this job effectively,but as they get older their teeth become relatively worn and blunt.

But rather than being retired or abandoned by the group,the ageing ants are given a new role more suyted to their physical abilities.They become carriers and teansport the leaves back to the kingdom where they are harvested for food.

The findings by researchers from the University of Oregon and the Oregong State University support previous research showin the survival of a leaf-cutter kingdom depends on the efficiency(效率）of is workers.

“Cuting leaves is hard work,”said Dr.Robert Schofield,who led the research team.“Much of the cutting is done with a V-shaped blade(刀片）between teeth on their jaws.This blade starts out as sharp as the sharpest razor blade that humans have developed.”But over rime the teeth become blunter and the cutting job slows down.The team estimated that,because of this age-related wear,a colony(蚁群)spent twice the energy cutting leaves than it would if all the ants had sharp blades.Its findings support the idea that wear and break can be significant problems for insects as well as largre animals.

Like humans,leaf-cuttre ant recognize that older members of the group can still make a worhwhile contribution to society.“This study shows an advantage of social living that we are familiar with,”said Dr.Schofield.

1.The younger and stronger ants do the toughest job because      .

A．they can teansport the leaves effectively

B．they have a sharp blade to cut leaves

C．other members are busy with other work

D．they can finish the job in a better organized way

2.The undrelined word“blunt”in the second paragraph can be replaced by      .

A．quite loose	B．less sharp
C．quite fragile	D．more dirty

3.What happens to the ants when they become old?

A．They no longer hve work to do.

B．They keep doing the same work.

C．They have to leave and live on themselves.

D．They are given a new worthwhile job.

4.It can be learned from the passage that       .

A．Dr.Schofield is the first to research leaf-cuttre ants

B．older ants are more powerful in carrying leaves

C．large animals can also suffer from some kind of wear

D．leaf-cutter ants are the most lever ants in the world

5.What can be the best title for the passage?

A．The key secret to the success of ants

B．The developed structure of ant colony

C．The most challenging job for leaf-cutter ants

D．No V-shaped blade,no success of ants