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  3. Cheating is nothing new. But today, educators and administrators are finding that instances of academic【C1】______on the part of

Cheating is nothing new. But today, educators and administrators are finding that instances of academic【C1】______on the part of

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问题     Cheating is nothing new. But today, educators and administrators are finding that instances of academic【C1】______on the part of students have become more frequent—and are【C2】______likely to be punished than in the past. Cheating appears to have gained【C3】______among good and poor students alike.
    Why is student cheating on the rise? No one really knows. Some blame the【C4】______on a general loosening of moral values among today’s youth. Others have attributed increased cheating【C5】______the fact that today’s youth are far more pragmatic than their idealistic predecessors. 【C6】______in the late sixties and early seventies, students are filled with visions about【C7】______the world, today’s students feel great pressure to conform and succeed. In interviews【C8】______students at high schools and colleges around the country, both young men and women said that cheating【C9】______become easy. Some suggested they did it out of【C10】______for teachers they did not respect. Others looked at it as a game. Only【C11】______they were caught, some said, would they feel guilty. "People are competitive," said a second-year college student named Anna, from Chicago. There’s an【C12】______fear. If you don’t do well, your life is going to be【C13】______The pressure is not only from parents and friends but also from yourself. To achieve. To succeed. It’s almost as though we have to【C14】______other people to【C15】______our own goals.
    Edward Wynne, editor of a magazine blames the rise in academic dishonesty on the schools. He claims that administrators and teachers have been too【C16】______to take action. Dwight Huber, chairman of the English department at Amarillo sees the matter【C17】______blaming the rise in cheating on the way students are evaluated. " I would cheat if I felt I was being cheated," Mr. Huber said. He feels that【C18】______teachers give short-answer tests rather than essay questions and rate students by the number of facts they can memorize【C19】______by how the false assumption【C20】______the system is legitimate and there is something wrong with the individual who’s doing it." He said. "That’s too easy an answer. We’ve got to start looking at the system."
【C14】
选项 A、conquer
B、beat
C、defeat
D、outdo
答案D
解析 动词辨析题。conquer是“征服”的意思；beat是“敲、打、打败”的意思：defeat是“战胜”的意思；outdo是“胜过别人，优于”的意思。句子的意思是“我们必须得胜过别人来达到自己的目标”，所以用outdo。
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