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6. I was _ intrigued_ by the report about a new plagiarism detection software.

7. The taxis in this small town have no meters so it is essential to _ negotiate_ the fare before setting off.

8. The organization aims to support projects which _ address_ the issue of campus integrity.

9. You need to _ designate_ someone to take over your affairs while you are in hospital.

10. Using another person‘s phrases or sentences without putting quotation marks around them is considered _ plagiarism_.

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Students are getting better and better at cheating, and it‘s time for college faculty and

administrators to do something about it. The latest scandal to rock the academic world happened last month at the University of Maryland, where 12 students in the undergraduate business school were 1)_accused_ of using their cell phones and PDAs to cheat on an exam.

Academic cheating has been around ever 2) _since_ the first time a student successfully

stole an answer key, or took someone else‘s intellectual 3) _property_ and put their own name on it. What‘s new is how easily students are exploiting 4) _technology_ to get the right answers –– or produce the perfect essay –– without their professors 5)_suspecting_ a thing.

Whether or not it is always 6)_acknowledged_ , students and professors often stand on

7)_opposite_ sides of a digital divide. The current generation of college kids has grown up on

8)_instant_ communication in the form of computers, the Internet and cell phones. They 9)_adapt_ quickly to new technology. Most professors, however, are constantly playing a 10)_catch-up_ game when it comes to technological gadgets.

Sending signals with pencil-tapping or hand gestures used to be the most 11)_sophisticated_ way students could cheat on exams in the classroom. They could also steal answer keys and

memorize them in 12)_advance_, or write 13)_answers_ on small pieces of paper and sneak them into the exam room. Now, students have many more 14) _options_ , thanks to the explosion of technology in the past 15)_decade_. Students can 16)_store_ information on their calculators and

17)_access_ them discreetly during tests –– making it more 18)_difficult_ for watchful exam proctors to detect cheating.

The creation of committees to 19)_prevent_ 19 hi-tech academic fraud would help make professors aware of such cheating tools and help college campuses 20) _bridge_ the digital divide between faculty and students. In the meantime, professors and students should work hard to prevent a repeat of what happened at the University of Maryland.