刘文勇GRE写作Argument题库 Day 22

Day 22 According to a recent report, cheating among college and university is on the rise

According to a recent report, cheating among college and university students is on the rise. However, Groveton College has successfully reduced student cheating by adopting an honor code, which calls for students to agree not to cheat in their academic endeavors and to notify a faculty member if they suspect that others have cheated. Groveton's honor code replaced a system in which teachers closely monitored students; under that system, teachers reported an average of thirty cases of cheating per year. In the first year the honor code was in place, students reported twenty-one cases of cheating; five years later, this figure had dropped to fourteen. Moreover, in a recent survey, a majority of Groveton students said that they would be less likely to cheat with an honor code in place than without. Thus, all colleges and universities should adopt honor codes similar to Groveton's in order to decrease cheating among students.

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.

五问：

（1）“Thus, all colleges and universities should adopt honor codes similar to Groveton's in order to decrease cheating among students”是结论，其余部分是事实，值得反驳吗？

（2）适合特定大学的荣誉准则就一定适合其余所有大学吗？大学与大学之间可能有诸多不同，学生素质、教学环境乃至作弊会受到的处罚都可能是不相同的，这无疑将影响荣誉准则实行的效果。

（3）Groveton 大学的荣誉准则的实施效果事实上并不坚实。被上报的作弊案例减少，就意味着作弊案例减少了吗？你能说说其他的可能性吗？例如：学生碍于情面，即使发现同学作弊，也不向老师汇报。

（4）作弊案例从 21起降到 14起，这两个数字之间的差异是明显的吗？在没有学生总数可进行对比的前提之下，我们无从判定这两个数字之间的差异相较于学生总数来说是否明显。

（5）最近的调查仅仅代表了大部分人的观点，剩下少部分人的观点如何呢？他们是否认为这一准则更有利于作弊了呢？因为老师不再密切监督了。口头调查一定可信吗？是否有可能学生嘴上说一套，实际上做一套呢？