56. According to the author, students commit plagiarism mainly for__________.
A. money无中生有                     B. degree无中生有             

C. higher GPA较高的平均分                         D. reputation无中生有

With a certain excitement and intensity, I read my students’ essays, hoping to find the person behind the pen. 56As each semester progresses, plagiarism（剽窃）appears.

带着某种兴奋感和强烈感（极大的热情）阅读学生们的文章，希望通过文字发现有文采的学生。随着每个学期的推进，剽窃出现了。

56Why is learning less important than a higher grade-point average（GPA）?

为什么学习不如一个较高的平均分那么重要了呢？

57.The sentence “Once the situation is behind us, so are the promises’ implies that__________.（句意理解）
A. students usually keep their promises学生通常会信守诺言；推断相反
B. some students tend to break their promises原文的正确推断；换个说法；学生只有在考试时候，才会发誓怎样；一旦问题不存在了，誓言也就不存在了，说明学生经常食言; 符合上下文含义

C. the promises are always behind the situation（誓言总是事过境迁；偷换概念不是situation而是us）
D. we cannot judge the situation in advance, as we do to the promises（正如我们不能预知诺言一样，我们也不能提前判断形势；推得太远）

Why is learning less important than a higher grade-point average（GPA）? 57When we’re threatened or sick, we make conditional promises. “If you let me pass math I will ….” “Lord, if you get me over this before the big homecominggame I’ll….” 57Once the situation is behind us, so are the promises.

为什么学习不如一个较高的平均分那么重要了呢？当我们受到威胁或者感到不舒服时，我们就会做出有条件的承诺。“如果你让我通过数学考试，我就…” “老师，如果在返校节之前你让我通过，我就…”。一旦事过境迁，承诺也就成了空话（承诺也就事过境迁）。

58.The “borderline passing”（Line 3,Para.3）probably means__________.
A. fairly good相当好；极端            B. extremely poor 相当差；极端
C. above average 在平均水平之上     D. below average在平均水平之下；上下文

58I questioned the person regarding his essay and he swore it was his own work. I gave him the identical assignment and told him to write it in class, and that I’d understand this copy would not have the time and attention an out-of-class paper is given, but he had already a finished piece so he understood what was asked. 58He sat one hour, then turned in part of a page of unskilled writing and faulty logic.

我就他的论文向他提问，他发誓这是他自己写的文章。我给他布置了完全一样的作业并要求他在课上完成，我知道这次布置的作业不具备课外作业所给予的时间和精力，但是他已经写过一次了，所以他能理解我的提问。他坐了一个小时，然后交了一篇不到一页的毫无技巧并且有逻辑错误的文章。我拿着这两篇文章面对着他。

59. The boy’s parents thought their son should be excused mainly because__________.
A. teachers should be compassionate （老师应该具有同情心，是作者的观点）
B. he was only a child（他只是个孩子；这是学生家长认为孩子被原谅的理由）
C. instructors were wiser （教育者更为聪慧，是作者的观点）
D. he was threatened （他受到了威胁；无中生有）

After an hour of discussion, touching on eight of the boy’s previous essays and his grade-point average, which indicated he was already on academic probation（留校察看）, the dean agreed that the student had plagiarized. 59His parents protested, “He’s only a child” and we instructors are wiser and should be compassionate. College people are not really children and most times would resent being labeled as such…. Except in this uncomfortable circumstance.

经过一个小时的谈话后，又简单地谈到了这个男孩以前的8篇文章和他的平均分，这些已经表明他在留校察看，主任同意这个学生之前剽窃了。他的父母抗议说：“他只是个孩子”，我们老师们当然更加聪慧，也应该富有同情心。大学生真不再是孩子，而且大多数情况下他们也不喜欢被贴上这样的标签….除了这种让人不舒服的情况之外。

60. Which of the following might serve as the title of this passage?
A. Human Nature （第二段出现的细节）                                     

B. Conditional Promises（第二段出现的细节）         
C. How to Detect Cheating（如何抓获作弊；脱离主题）                              

D. The Sadness of Plagiarism（剽窃的悲哀；紧扣主题）

56/60As each semester progresses, plagiarism（剽窃）appears. Not only is my intelligence insulted as one assumes I won’t detect a polished piece of prose from an otherwise-average writer, but I feel a sadness that a student has resorted to（诉诸；求助于） buying a paper from a peer.