单选题   Cheating in GCSE and A-Levels by pupils, teachers and even school exam centres rose markedly last year, with ever more sophisticated electronic gadgets being smuggled into exam halls. The number of teenagers found guilty of cheating rose by 6.2% to 4,415 during last summer's exams. But not only pupils were at it—the number of teachers disciplined for test 'malpractice' was 30% higher than the year before.
    A breakdown of figures from the Office of the Qualifications and Exams Regulator (Ofqual) showed that the most common form of cheating was 'bringing a mobile phone or other electronic gadget' into the room. Some candidates were caught with concealed earpieces, described as 'exam cheat equipment' on some of the websites that sell them, which could receive information from outside an exam hall. Exam bosses admitted that these were more difficult to detect, although many schools now use mobile tracking devices to detect whether a signal is being sent from anywhere in the room. The second most common cause of malpractice was plagiarism (剽窃) or copying other students' work, which accounted for 1084 cases. Disruptive behavior in the exam room, including swearing (讲脏话), rose from 514 cases in 2008 to 539 last year. Candidates were also docked marks for including offensive and obscene comments in their exam papers.
    In total, 2,155 students lost marks after being found guilty, 644 failed their exams and 1,616 escaped with warnings. 'Candidates who bring a mobile phone into an exam room but do not have the phone at their desk might receive a warning, whereas candidates found using a mobile phone during an exam might be disqualified from the unit or qualification in the current exam series a spokesman for Ofqual explained.
    The number of teachers disciplined rose from 68 to 88, and 17 were suspended from invigilating (监考) in exams. Their crimes include leaving the exam hall unsupervised and helping candidates to answer questions.
    Ofqual stressed that the figures confirmed that only 0.03% of pupils cheated in exams taken last summer. However, Jim Sinclair, director of the Joint Council for Qualifications, the organization which represents the examination boards, said it took a 'zero tolerance' approach to all forms of cheating, including the possession of unauthorized items such as mobile phones, iPods and other digital music players.
    Mick Brookes, of the National Association of Head Teachers, said he did not condone cheating but pointed out that children knew some exams were 'extremely high stakes' and schools were under more pressure to succeed. 'Young people are in a highly pressurized environment, partly due to the jobs market being more difficult than it was, and university entrance being restricted,' he added.
单选题     According to exam bosses, what have schools done to tackle high-tech cheating?
 
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】根据题干中的exam bosses和tackle high-tech cheating定位到第二段第三句。 事实细节题。文章第二段列举了考试中的不端行为，指出尽管很多学校现在使用无线跟踪设备，但还是越来越难以发现这些耳机。因此答案为C。 A“隐藏学生经常会使用到的工具”、B“封锁卖作弊设备的网络”、D“切断考场外的移动信号”都不属于学校采取的相关措施，故排除。
单选题     What might happen to the student with a mobile phone in his pocket during the exam?
 
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据题干中的mobile phone定位到第三段第二句。 细节辨析题。文章第三段举例介绍了对考试违规者的处罚措施，如对于把手机带进考场，但是没有把手机放在桌子上(使用)这种情况给予当事人警告处罚。因此A为正确答案。 B“取消考试资格”和C“扣除考试分数”是文中提及的因为使用手机导致的两种结果，并不是因为携带手机；D“老师会搜他的隐藏式耳机”在文中并未提及，故排除。
单选题     Based on the released data, Ofqual emphasized the fact that ______.
 
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据题干中的data和Ofqual定位到第五段第一句。 细节推断题。定位句表明，Ofqual强调说数据证明只有0.03%的学生在去年夏天的考试中作弊。由此可知A“只有很低比例的考生涉及考试作弊”为正确答案。题干中的data，emphasized分别是对文中figures和stressed的同义转述。 B“由不负责任的老师造成的作弊行为是不能容忍的”、C“高科技作弊设备可以在一些网站买到”、D“被发现有作弊愧疚心理的比例很高”都与Ofqual发布的数据想要表明的结果无关，故排除。
单选题     What does Jim Sinclair suggest concerning cheating on the exam?
 
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据题干中的Jim Sinclair定位到第五段第二句。 细节推断题。定位句介绍了Jim Sinclair对作弊的态度，即对一切形式的作弊行为采取“零容忍”，包括在考场中持有未经授权许可的物品，如手机、iPods和其他电子音乐播放器。由此推断D“未经许可的电子设备不准被带入考场”为正确答案。 A“任何一台电子设备的购入都需要资格联合理事会的批准”，在文中未提及，故排除；B“如果采取有效的措施应对作弊，那么最后的作弊案件数量将为零”，文中也并未提及，故排除；C“对于任何一个考试作弊的学生来说，试卷上的分数都会被扣到‘零分’”文中只是提到说作弊可能会被扣分，并未说是“零分”，故排除。
单选题     What can we learn from the last paragraph?
 
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据题干中的last paragraph定位到最后一段。 综合判断题。最后一段作者借Mick Brookes之口，指出了作弊行为增加的深层次的社会原因。由此可见B“拥挤的就业市场和有限的大学录取是作弊行为增加的深层原因”为正确答案。 A“作弊在某种程度上来说是可以理解的，而且并不是什么大事”，文中提到考试委员会对作弊行为采取的是零容忍的态度，故排除；C“孩子们并没有意识到考试的重要性，不能承受考试的重大压力”，最后一段提到，孩子们也清楚有些考试“事关重大，不容失败”，故排除；D“学校比之前承担着更大的压力，因此他们没有足够的有资历的教师”，文中并没有提及足够的有资历的教师与学校承担的压力之间的因果关系，故排除。