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題干：“Ipromise.”“Isweartoyouit，11neverhappenagain.”“Igiveyoumyword.”“Honestly.Believeme.”Sure,Itrust.Whynot?IteachEnglishcompositionataprivatecollege.Withacertainexcitementandintensity，Ireadmystudents，essays,hopingtofindthepersonbehindthepen.Aseachsemesterprogresses,plagiarism(剽竊)appears.NotonlyismyintelligenceinsultedasoneassumesIwon'tdetectapolishedpieceofprosefromanotherwise-averagewriter,butIfeelasadnessthatastudenthasresortedtobuyingapaperfromapeer.Writershavestyleslikefingerprintsandafterseveralassignments,Icanmatchastudent'sworkwithhisorhernameevenifit’smissingfromtheupperleft-handcorner.Whyislearninglessimportantthanahighergrade-pointaverage(GPA)？Whenwe’rethreatenedorsick，wemakeconditionalpromises.“IfyouletmepassmathIwill…”“Lord，ifyougetmeoverthisbeforethebighomecominggameI’11…”O(jiān)ncethesituationisbehindus，soarethepromises.Humannature?Perhaps,butwedousethatcliche(陳詞濫調(diào))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.
題目：According to the author，students commit plagiarism mainly for_____. - A 、money
- B 、degree
- C 、higher GPA
- D 、reputation
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參考答案【正確答案：C】
細節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干中的信號詞plagiarism定位到第一段后半部分。但是這一部分主要談?wù)摿藢W(xué)生的剽竊現(xiàn)象以及作者的態(tài)度，并沒有分析學(xué)生們剽竊的原因。第二段第一句作者提出：為什么學(xué)習(xí)沒有高分重要呢？由此可見，作者認為學(xué)生之所以剽竊，是因為想獲得更高的分數(shù), 因此C選項為正確答案。
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