“I promise.” “I swear to you it’ll never happen again.” “I give you my word.” “Honestly. Believe me.” Sure, I trust. Why not? I teach English composition at a private college. With a certain excitement and intensity. I read my students’ essays, hoping to find the person behind the pen. As 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 buying a paper from a peer. Writers have styles like fingerprints and after several assignments, I can match a student’s work with his or her name even if it’s missing from the upper left-hand corner.
Why is learning less important than a higher grade-point average（GPA）? When 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 homecoming game I’ll….” Once the situation is behind us, so are the promises. Human nature? Perhaps, but we do use that cliché（陈词滥调）to get us out of uncomfortable bargains. Divine interference during distress is asked; gratitude is unpaid. After all, few fulfill the contract, so why should anyone be the exception. Why not ?
Six years ago, I took a student before the dean. He had turned in an essay with the vocabulary and sentence structure of PhD thesis. Up until that time, both his out-of-class and in-class work were borderline passing.
I questioned the person regarding his essay and he swore it 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. He sat one hour, then turned in part of a page of unskilled writing and faulty logic. I confronted him with both essays. “I promise…., I’m not lying. I swear to you that I wrote the essay. I’m just nervous today.”
The head of the English department agreed with my finding, and the meeting with the dean had the boy’s parents present. 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. His 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.
1.According to the author, students commit plagiarism mainly for（ ）.
2.The sentence “Once the situation is behind us, so are the promises” implies that
（ ）.
3.The “borderline passing”（ Line 3，Para. 3） probably means
（ ）.
4.The boy’s parents thought their son should be excused mainly because
（ ）.
5.Which of the following might serve as the title of this passage?
第 1 问
A. money
B. degree
C. higher GPA
D. reputation
第 2 问
A. students usually keep their promises
B. some students tend to break their promises
C. the promises are always behind the situation
D. we cannot judge the situation in advance, as we do to the promises
第 3 问
A. fairly good
B. extremely poor
C. above average
D. below average
第 4 问
A. teachers should be compassionate
B. he was only a child
C. instructors were wiser
D. he was threatened
第 5 问
A. Human Nature
B. Conditional Promises
C. How to Detect Cheating
D. The Sadness of Plagiarism
compensate
A. n. 仗势欺人者；横行霸道者；v. 恐吓；伤害；胁迫
B. n. （一）捆，包，扎；一批（同类事物或出售的货品）；风趣的人;笑料；v. 匆匆送走；推搡；赶；匆忙赶往；额外免费提供；赠送（软件）
C. n. 重担，负担；重担；重负；v. 负担；负重
D. v. 补偿；弥补；给（某人）赔偿（或赔款）
enhance
A. v. 使感到悲惨；使感到凄凉；使悲伤绝望
B. v. 提高；加强；增加
C. v. 绝望，失去希望，丧失信心
D. v. 派遣，调遣，派出；发出，发送（邮件、包裹、信息）；迅速处理，迅速办妥，迅速完成；杀死，处决
crucial
A. adj. 常见的，通常的，普遍的；共有的，共享的，共同的；普通的，平常的，寻常的，平凡的；粗俗的，庸俗的
B. n. 公共用地，公地；学生公共食堂
C. adj. 至关重要的；关键性的
D. adj. 平凡的；普通的；普遍的
knot
A. adj. 好的，优质的，符合标准的，可接受的；令人愉快的，令人满意的；合情理的，有说服力的，有充分根据的；赞同的，赢得赞许的，令人尊敬的；能干的，精通的，娴熟的，擅长于……的；灵巧的，精明的，善于应付……的；符合道德的，正派的，高尚的；循规蹈矩的，守规矩的；助人为乐的，心地善良的，好心的；温顺的，乖的，有礼貌的；健康的，强健的，健壮的；（对……）有用，有好处；合适的，适宜的，恰当的，适合……的；（数量或程度）相当大的，相当多的；不少于，稍多于；彻底的，完全的；有趣的，逗笑的；（精力、健康、力量等）足以维持……的，能持续……的；有效的；能提供……的
B. n. （用绳索等打的）结；发髻；节子，节疤；一小群人；（由紧张、恼怒等引起的胃、喉等的）痉挛，郁结，哽咽，哽塞；节（船和飞行器的速度计量单位，每小时一海里）；v. 把……打成结（或扎牢）；缠结；打发髻；（因害怕、激动等而）痉挛，紧缩，使痉挛
C. n. 善良，优良，美德；（尤指有益健康的）精华，营养，养分
D. n. 商品，货品；动产，私人财产；（铁路或公路）运载的货物
rate
A. n. 线，线条；界线，（尤指运动场地的）场地线，场界；皱纹，褶子；分界线，边界线；（思想或行为等的）界限，界线；边线，轮廓线，形体，形状；排，行，列；（人）队伍，行列；生产线，流水线；按时间顺序排列的人（或物、事件），家系，家族；一系列按重要性排列的人；字行，便条，留言条，歌词，诗行；台词，对白；话，言语；一段绳（或索、线等）；管道，线路；电话线路，电话号码；轨道，铁道，（铁路的）段，线路；（行进的）方向，路线，方位；路线，路径，渠道；（尤指公开表明的）态度，看法；方法，方式；行业，活动的范围；种类，类型；运输公司，航运公司；防线，前线，战线
B. n. 速度，进度；比率，率；价格，费用；（英国地方政府征收的）房地产税，房产税；v. 评估，评价，估价；认为……是好的，看好；划分等级，分等；值得，配得上（某种对待）；对（电影或录像片）分级
C. adj. 文学的，文学上的；适于文学作品的，有典型文学作品特征的；爱好文学的，从事文学研究（或写作）的
D. n. 文学，文学作品；（某学科的）文献，著作，资料
excess
A. n. 超过，超额；过度，过量；无节制；adj. 额外的，过量的；附加的
B. v. 分发，分配；分销；使散开，使分布，分散
C. n. 地区，区域；区，管区，行政区
D. v. 打扰，干扰，妨碍；搅乱，弄乱，搞乱；使焦虑，使不安，使烦恼
fashion
A. n. 时尚；时装；样式；方式；时髦人物；v. 使用；改变；做成……的形状
B. v. 使迟钝；使阴暗；adj. 钝的；迟钝的
C. n. 副本；复制品；v. 复制；使加倍；adj. 复制的；二重的
D. adj. 偶然（发生）的；（损失、责任等）附带的；n. 代表团