- 閱讀理解A
題干：“Ipromise.”“Isweartoyouit，11neverhappenagain.”“Igiveyoumyword.”“Honestly.Believeme.”Sure,Itrust.Whynot?IteachEnglishcompositionataprivatecollege.Withacertainexcitementandintensity，Ireadmystudents，essays,hopingtofindthepersonbehindthepen.Aseachsemesterprogresses,plagiarism(剽竊)appears.NotonlyismyintelligenceinsultedasoneassumesIwon'tdetectapolishedpieceofprosefromanotherwise-averagewriter,butIfeelasadnessthatastudenthasresortedtobuyingapaperfromapeer.Writershavestyleslikefingerprintsandafterseveralassignments,Icanmatchastudent'sworkwithhisorhernameevenifit’smissingfromtheupperleft-handcorner.Whyislearninglessimportantthanahighergrade-pointaverage(GPA)？Whenwe’rethreatenedorsick，wemakeconditionalpromises.“IfyouletmepassmathIwill…”“Lord，ifyougetmeoverthisbeforethebighomecominggameI’11…”O(jiān)ncethesituationisbehindus，soarethepromises.Humannature?Perhaps,butwedousethatcliche(陳詞濫調(diào))togetusoutofuncomfortablebargains.Divineinterferenceduringdistressisasked；gratitudeisunpaid.Afterall,fewfulfillthecontract,sowhyshouldanyonebetheexception.Whynot?Sixyearsago,Itookastudentbeforethedean.HehadturnedinanessaywiththevocabularyandsentencestructureofPhDthesis.Upuntilthattime，bothhisout-of-classandin-classworkwereborderlinepassing.Iquestionedthepersonregardinghisessayandhesworeitwashisownwork.Igavehimtheidenticalassignmentandtoldhimtowriteinclass，andthatI，dunderstandthiscopywouldnothavethetimeandattentionanout-of-classpaperisgiven,buthehadalreadyafinishedpiecesoheunderstoodwhatwasasked.Hesatonehour,thenturnedinpartofapageofunskilledwritingandfaultylogic.Iconfrontedhimwithbothessays.“Ipromise…,I’mnotlying.IsweartoyouthatIwrotetheessay.I’mjustnervoustoday.”TheheadoftheEnglishdepartmentagreedwithmyfinding，andthemeetingwiththedeanhadtheboy’sparentspresent.Afteranhourofdiscussion,touchingoneightoftheboy,spreviousessaysandhisgrade-pointaverage,whichindicatedhewasalreadyonacademicprobation(留校察看)，thedeanagreedthatthestudenthadplagiarized.Hisparentsprotested,“He'sonlyachild”andweinstructorsarewiserandshouldbecompassionate.Collegepeoplearenotreallychildrenandmosttimeswouldresentbeinglabeledassuch…exceptinthisuncomfortablecircumstance.
題目：Which of the following might serve as the title of this passage? - A 、Human Nature
- B 、Conditional Promises
- C 、How to Detect Cheating
- D 、The Sadness of Plagiarism
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參考答案【正確答案：D】
主旨題。本文主要圍繞學(xué)生的剽竊問(wèn)題展開(kāi)討論。plagiarism為全文的中心主旨詞，應(yīng)該在標(biāo)題中有所體現(xiàn)，四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中只有D選項(xiàng)有該詞, 因此為正確答案。
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