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Like his subjects, Fiegerman found that his own early setbackwasn't permanent. landeda He new job in journalism, and today he works at the tech news website Mashable, covering, appropriatelyenough, start-up businesses. While he has less time for the blog, he hopes his collection of origin storieswill help other young peoplerealizeit's OK to fail. 69. Steve JobsandBob Dylan arementioned showthat to A. success hardto achievefor most ordinarypeople is peopleshare B. successful certaingoodqualities C. a goodbeginning important a successful is for career D. setbacks nothinsunusual successful are in careers 70. The underlinedword"takeaway" (Para.2) probablymeans" A. a point to be remembered B. a threatto your good health C. somefood to be eaten elsewhere D. a barrier to a successful career 71. Fiegerman became inter

ested the origin stories in A. while he wasworking for a magazine B. after he was laid off by a magazine C. afterhe setup a newswebsite D. whenhe wascreating blog his 72. Accordingto Fiegerman, which of the followingis criticalto success?A. Patience.

B. Intelligence.

C. Persistence

D. Opportunity.

73. Fiegerman's purpose creating blog is to in the A. introducenew strategies dealwith setbacks to people seefailurein perspective B. encourage to peopleon how to startnew businesses C. advise D. share success the stories famouspeople of 74. Which is probably besttitle for the passage? the A. Tips for A Successful Career B. Success Not Everything Is C. All Roads Leadto Rome D. FailureIs theMother of SuccessB-13

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Passage Five The scandalat Harvard University in which authorities are investigating whether nearly half of a class of 279 studentscheated on a take-home final exam raises a number of cuestions. includine this: Does everybody cheat? Dozens of Harvard University students may have wrongly shared answers on a final exam, an"unprecedented" case of suspected academic dishonesty. Sanctions for students found guilty of cheating include leaving Harvard for a year. Harvard, like most U.S. colleges and universities,has never had an honor code, dthough the Associated Pressreportsthat it is giving"renewedconsideration" the idea as a result of the scandal. to So, doeseverybodycheat? Not quite, but studies show that most studentscheat at one time or another. A survey of 40,000 high school students found that more than half of teenagers said they had cheatedon a test in the previous year, and 34 percent said they had done it more than twice. One-third of the studentssaid that they had plagiarized an assignmentwith the help of the Internet. The consequencesfor the country may be significant. A 2009 study about the relationship between high school attitudes and behavior and later adult conduct found that people who cheated on exams in high school two or more times are more likely to be dishonest later in life than those who never cheated high school. in Meanwhile,we've seensuccessive scandals involving cheatingby the adultsin school- teachers and principals - as a result of the growing importance of standardizedtests. As the stakesassociated with the scores have risen the testsare usedto gaugenot only studentachievement, aiso teacher but more people have taken desperatemeasures to ensure effectiveness, school and district quality -

just an explanation. better scores. Not an excuse, Modern technology makes cheating much easier. Cheating caseshave been documented in 30 statesover the past three academicyears.Somestudents, including thoseat virtual schools,sometimes put entire quizzeson the Internet, and the sameexams are usedrepeatedlyby teachers. Back at Harvard, a culture of cheating persists."There's a lot of pressureinternally and externally to succeedat Harvard, and when kids who are not used to failing feel these things, it can really bend their et

hicsin ways I didn't expectto see,"authorEric Kestertold ABC News. 75. The word"unprecedented"is used in ParagraphTwo to emphasizethat A. the causes thesecasesof cheatinghad remaineda mystery of B. suchlarge-scale cheatingwas something unheardof at Harvard C. there had never been any cheating at Harvard befbre D. such casesof cheating had been left unreportedby the media

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76. An honor code is probably A. a seriesofcodes for various test papersat a school B. a role model well-known for his honesty and diligence C. a person who decideson the penalty to an offender D. a set of rules or principles to deter academicdishonesty 7'7. The survey of 40,000 high school studentsfound that A. one in three studentshad cheatedon only one test B. the majority of these teenagers had cheatedon many tests C. at least half of these studentshad committed cheating D. all theseteenagershad cheatedwith the help of the Internet 78. According to the 2009 study, cheating on a test in high school A. is no longer regardedas shamefulin adulthood B. leavesone prone to major crimes in adulthood C. has no effect on one's behavior in adulthood D. increasesthe chance of dishonestyin later life

79. Which of the following is true about teachersand principals according to this passage? A. They can benefit from high scoresof students. B. They are reluctant to becomemore effective. C. They have never used standardized tests. D. They seldom punish the offenderson a test.

80. The central idea of this passage that _. is A. cheatinghas negativeimpact on one's career B. cheatingis quite universaland commonplace C. high schoolsand collegesencourage cheating D. studentsat Harvard are under great pressure

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