Passage 1
　　Cheating: The income tax deadline approaches and some taxpayer's thoughts turn to it. Test time approaches and some students' thoughts turn to it.

　　"You want something you can't get by behaving within the rules, and if you want it badly enough you’ll do it regardless of any guilt or deep regret, and you’re willing to run the risk of being caught." That's how Ladd Wheeler, psychology professor at the University of Rochester in New York, defines cheating.

　　Many experts believe cheating is on the rise. "We' re suffering a moral breakdown." Pinkard says. "We're seeing more of the kind of person who regards the world as a series of things to be dealt with. Whether to cheat depends on whether it's the person’s interest." He does, however, see less cheating among the youngest students.
Richard Diensbier, psychology professor at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, believes that society’s attitudes account for much of the increase in cheating.

　　"Twenty years ago, if a person cheated in college, society said: that is extremely serious, you will be dropped for a term if not kicked out permanently," he says. Nowadays, at the University of Nebraska, for example, it is the stated policy of the College of Arts and Sciences that if a student cheats on an exam, the student must receive an 'F' on what he cheated on. That's nothing. If you're going to flunk anyway, why not cheat?"

　　"Cheating is most likely in situations where the vital interests are high and the chances of getting caught are low," says social psychologist, Lynn Kahle of the University of Oregon in Eugene.

1．The passage centers on ______.
A．convincing the reader that cheating is immoral
B．discussing the reasons for cheating
C．describing how students cheat in exams
D．discussing how to control cheating

2．Cheating tends to occur when ______
A．one wants something badly
B．one can't get something in a right way
C．it is not very likely to be revealed
D．a series of things has to be dealt with

3．Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．It is forgivable to cheat unless money is involved.
B．There has been a quick increase in cheating.
C．Most cheaters are college students.
D．Cheaters do not feel guilty and regretful.

4．What can be inferred from the passage?
A．Cheating is widespread because society is too tolerant.
B．Cheating is the result of intense pressure.
C．Cheating is the result in a test or on any other occasions.
D．Cheating comes together with civilization.

5．The word "flunk" in paragraph 5 could best be replaced by which of the following?
A．fear
B．fail
C．be pleased
D．succeed

答案：Passage 1 ：B A B A B