2009年12月英语四级考试巅峰阅读训练(24)

　　4. What does “the system” (para 3) refer to?

　　A. The education system.

　　B. The school system.

　　C. The system by which schools punish cheating.

　　D. The system by which students are evaluated.

　　5. Which of the following would Dwight Huber probably agree with?

　　A. The educational system is sound, and students must follow every rule.

　　B. Parents alone must take responsibility for the rise in student cheating.

　　C. There should be some change in the examination and rating system.

　　D. Students who cheat should be expelled from school.

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　　But today, educators and administrators are finding that instances of academic dishonesty on the part of students have become more frequent and are less likely to be punished than in the past.

　　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 synthesize information, students will try to beat the system.

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　　CAADC

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　　1. 文章第一段最后一句提到,学生不论成绩优劣,似乎都认可作弊行为,因此选C, “成绩优或劣的学生”符合原文意思.

　　2. 第二段第四句是题干的出处.第5句话是对前面一句的说明,早先的学生立志于为世界服务，而现如今的学生希望的是自己获得成功.所以答案是A。B是对原文的误解。CD都是结果不是原因。

　　3 文中提到了多种学生方面的作弊原因。只有A的表达与原文相符，可以回答题干的问题。B是文中提到的内容，但不是原因。学生们恐惧的是失败，不是竞争，不选C。作弊受惩罚可能性小了不是没有，所以不选D。

　　4 语义理解题。原文说HUBER将作弊现象增多的原因归咎于评估学生的方式，后面引用他的话来说明他的观点，学生们如果觉得考题和评分标准不合理，他们就会设法击败该制度。考题和评分标准正是学生评估体系的内容。

　　5 第三段中将作弊现象增加的原因归咎于评估学生的方式，最后说应该对这个体系加以审视。可以推测C正确。根据原文考试和评分体系正是评估体系的组成部分。