【Cheatingisnothingnew.Buttoday,educationandadministrationsarefindingthatexamplesofacademicdishonestyonthepartofstudentshavebecomemorefrequent---andarelesslikelytobepunished---thaninthepast.Cheatingappearstohav】

　　Cheatingisnothingnew.Buttoday,educationandadministrationsarefindingthatexamplesofacademicdishonestyonthepartofstudentshavebecomemorefrequent---andarelesslikelytobepunished---thaninthe

　　past.Cheatingappearstohavegainedacceptanceamonggoodandpoorstudentsalike.

　　Whyisstudentcheatingontherise?Noonereallyknows.Someblamethetrendonagenerallooseningofmoralvaluesamongtoday’syouth.Othershaveattributed(归因于)increasedcheatingtothefactthattoday’syoutharefarmorepracticalthantheiridealisticancestors.Whereasinthelatesixtiesandearlyseventies,studentswerefilledwithvisionsaboutchangingtheword,today’sstudentsfeelgreatpressuretosurviveandsucceed.Ininterviewswithstudentsathighschoolsandcollegesaroundthecountry,bothyoungmenandwomensaidthatcheatinghadbecomeeasy.Somesuggestedtheydiditoutofhateforteacherstheydidn’trespect.Otherslookedatitasagame.Onlyiftheywerecaught,somesaid,wouldtheyfeelguilty.“Peoplearecompetitive,”saidasecond-yearcollegestudentnamedAnna,fromChicago.“Thereisanpotentialfear.Ifyoudon’tdowell,yourlifeisgoingtoberuined.Thepressureisnotonlyfromparentsandfriendsbutfromyourself.Toachieve.Tosucceed.It’salmostasthoughwehavetosurpasspeopletoachieveourowngoals.

　　EdwardWynne,editorofamagazineblamestheriseinacademicdishonestyintheschools.Heclaimsthatadministratorsandteachershavebeentoohesitanttotakeaction.DwightHuber,chairmanoftheEnglishDepartmentatAmarilloseesthematterdifferently,blamingtheriseincheatingonthewaystudentsevaluated.“IwouldcheatifIfeltIwasbeingcheated,”Mr.Hubersaid.Hefeelsthataslongasteachersgiveshort-answertestsratherthanessayquestionsandratestudentsbythenumberoffactstheycanmemorizeratherthanbyhowwelltheycancombineandprocessinformation,studentswilltrytobeatthesystem.“Theconceptofcheatingisbasedonthefalsebeliefthatthesystemislegalandthereissomethingwrongwiththeindividualwho’redoingit,”hesaid,“That’stooeasyananswer.We’vegottostartlookingatthesystem.”

　　小题1:Educatorsarefindingthatstudentswhocheat________.A．havepooracademicre