- 阅读理解A
题干：“Ipromise.”“Isweartoyouit，11neverhappenagain.”“Igiveyoumyword.”“Honestly.Believeme.”Sure,Itrust.Whynot?IteachEnglishcompositionataprivatecollege.Withacertainexcitementandintensity，Ireadmystudents，essays,hopingtofindthepersonbehindthepen.Aseachsemesterprogresses,plagiarism(剽窃)appears.NotonlyismyintelligenceinsultedasoneassumesIwon'tdetectapolishedpieceofprosefromanotherwise-averagewriter,butIfeelasadnessthatastudenthasresortedtobuyingapaperfromapeer.Writershavestyleslikefingerprintsandafterseveralassignments,Icanmatchastudent'sworkwithhisorhernameevenifit’smissingfromtheupperleft-handcorner.Whyislearninglessimportantthanahighergrade-pointaverage(GPA)？Whenwe’rethreatenedorsick，wemakeconditionalpromises.“IfyouletmepassmathIwill…”“Lord，ifyougetmeoverthisbeforethebighomecominggameI’11…”Oncethesituationisbehindus，soarethepromises.Humannature?Perhaps,butwedousethatcliche(陈词滥调)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.
题目：According to the author，students commit plagiarism mainly for_____. - A 、money
- B 、degree
- C 、higher GPA
- D 、reputation
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参考答案【正确答案：C】
细节题。根据题干中的信号词plagiarism定位到第一段后半部分。但是这一部分主要谈论了学生的剽窃现象以及作者的态度，并没有分析学生们剽窃的原因。第二段第一句作者提出：为什么学习没有高分重要呢？由此可见，作者认为学生之所以剽窃，是因为想获得更高的分数, 因此C选项为正确答案。
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