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."
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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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