[单选题]请阅读Passage2,完成第小题。
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ResultsshowedthatatleastatenthoftheHarvardfirst-yearundergraduatespolledadmittedtohavingcheatedonanexampriortostartingattheuniversity,whilealmosthalfadmittedtocheatingontheirhomework.AnanonymoussurveybyHarvard'snewspaperhasrevealedasurprisingpatternofacademicdishonestyamongstudentsenteringtheUSuniversities.
ThesurveybyTheHarvardCrimsonwasemailedtotheincomingfirstyearundergraduates;1,600studentsresponded.Resultsshowedthatatleastatenthofthestudentspolledadmittedtohavingcheatedonanexampriortostartingattheuniversity,whilealmosthalfadmittedtocheatingontheirhomework.
Athleteswereapparentlythemostpronetocheating.20percentofstudentswhoplayedauniversitysportadmittedtocheatingonanexamcomparedto9percentofstudentswhodidnot.
Thesurveyalsorevealedthatmenwerenotonlymorelikelytocheatbutwerealsomorelikelytoadmittoit.
Theresults,comparedtoaprevioussurveydoneontheclassof2013,suggestedthatcheatingmaybebecomingmorecommonplace.Oftheoutgoingseniorsonly7percentadmittedtocheatinginanexamandanother7percentsaidtheyhadbeendishonestonatake-hometest.32percentoftheseniorssaidtheyhadcheatedonhomeworkduringtheirundergraduateyears..
Thesurveyscomeinthewakeofacheatingscandalattheuniversitywhichsaw120studentsinvestigatedforsharinganswersonanexamin2012.Onerecentgraduatestated:"CheatingwascommonplacewhenIwasatHarvard,especiallywithstudentsintheirfirstyearortwo.Iwouldsayasmanyas60percentofstudentstooknotesintosomeexams.Noonereallycaredthefaculty,wellsomeofthematleast,seemedtorecognizeandyetignoretheproblem."
InanemailtoNBCNews,JeffNeal,aHarvardrepresentative,explainedthatacommittee,madeupoffaculty,staffandstudentshadbeenestablishedtotacklecheating,which"isanationalprobleminAmericaneducation".
Headded:"WhilethevastmajorityofHarvardandotherstudentsdotheirworkhonestly,beginningthisyearHarvardCollegehasimplementedanew,morerobuststrategyofcommunicatingwithallstudents,particularlyfirst-yearstudents,abouttheimportance--andthewaystoachieve--academicintegrity."
Inarebufftocriticswhosayuniversityhasbecomelittlemorethananexpensiveparty,84percentoftherespondingundergraduatesfullyexpectedtoprioritizetheiracademicsoverextracurricularactivities,sport,employmentandtheirsociallives.Notasinglestudentputacademicsatthebottomoftheirlist.Notcontentwithconfiningthemselvestotheirdegreesubject,59percentofincomingstudentsexpressedadesiretopursueasecondaryfieldofstudy,and36
percenthopedtolearnalanguage.
Whatdidtheresultsshowaccordingtothefirsttwoparagraphs?
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A
Most American students cheat in exams before they enter universities.
B
Most American students entering the universities admit they have cheated.
C
Half of students entering the universities admit to cheating on their homework.
D
There is academic dishonesty among students entering the US University.
正确答案:D
题目解析
文章开头提到,据哈佛大学的报纸进行的一项匿名调查揭示了一个出人意料的事实,那就是进人美国大学的学生中存在学术上不诚实的行为。接着.作者在文章第二段引用具体数据来说明这一主题。选项中,D项意为“进入美国大学的学生中存在学术上不诚实的行为”.这与前两段的中心旬意思一致,因此.正确答案是D。
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