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Ever thought about cheating on a test? Of course not. But some students are i
曾想到過在考試中作弊嗎？當然沒有。可是有些學生并不那么誠實……
Honesty: Is It Going out of Style?
誠實：難道它正在變得不合時宜？
Stacia Robbins
斯泰茜婭·羅賓斯
According to a recent poll, 61 percent of American high school students have admitted to cheating on exams at least once. It can be argued such a response may not mean much. After all, most students have been faced with the temptation to peek at a neighbor's test paper. And students can be hard on themselves in judging such behavior. However, there are other indications that high school cheating may be on the rise.
根據最近的一次民意測驗，百分之六十一的美國中學生承認曾在考試中至少作過一次弊。人們可以爭論說，這樣一種回答也許沒有多大意義。畢竟大多數學生都曾受到過偷看鄰座考卷的誘惑。而學生們在評價這類行為時有時對自己過于嚴格。不過，還有別的一些跡象也表明，中學里的作弊現象可能是在上升。
More and more states are requiring students to pass competency tests in order to receive their high school diplomas. And many educators fear that an increase in the use of state exams will lead to a corresponding rise in cheating. A case in point is students in New York State who faced criminal misdemeanor charges for possessing and selling advance copies of state Regents examinations.
越來越多的州要求學生通過能力測試以取得中學畢業文憑。很多教育學家擔心，更多地利用州級考試將會導致作弊的相應增加。一個明顯的例子就是紐約州的一些學生，他們因擁有并出售州教育董事會的考卷樣本而受到刑事輕罪指控。
Cheating is now considered to be a major problem in colleges and universities. Several professors say they've dropped the traditional term paper requirement because many students buy prewritten term papers, and they can't track down all the cheaters anymore.
現在作弊也被看作是大學的一大問題了。一些教授說他們已經放棄了傳統的學期論文這一要求，因為很多學生買來預先寫好的各種學期論文，教授們再也查不出所有的作弊者了。
Colleges and universities across the nation have decided to do more than talk about the rise in student cheating. For instance, the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland launched a campaign to stop one form of cheating. As 409 students filed out of their exam, they found all but one exit blocked. Proctors asked each student to produce an ID card with an attached photo. Students who said they'd left theirs in the dorm or at home had a mug shot taken. The purpose of the campaign was to catch "ringers," students who take tests for other students.
除了談論學生作弊的上升外，全國各地的大學已決定采取一切措施。例如，馬里蘭大學心理系就開展了一場制止某種作弊形式的運動。當409名學生考完試魚貫離開教室時，他們發現除了一個出口外，所有的出口都堵住了。監考人員要求每個學生出示貼有照片的身份證。那些說把身份證留在宿舍或家中的學生都被拍了面部照。這一運動的目的是捉拿“冒名頂替者”，即幫別人代考的學生。
