6．Cheating is when a person misleads，deceives or acts dishonestly on purpose．（36）E．If a basketball team is for kids under 8，it's cheating for a 9-year-old play on the team．At school，in addition to cheating on a test，a kid might cheat by stealing someone else's idea for a science project．（37）G．This kind of cheating is called plagiarizing （抄襲）．
（38）B．Jeff is doing it by sneaking（暗中的） answers to a test．And it's also cheating to break the rules of a game or contest or to pretend something is yours when it isn't．When people cheat，it's not fair to other people．It's tempting（誘惑人的） to cheat because it makes difficult things seem easy，like getting all the right answers on the test．（39）C，and it won't help on the next test unless the person cheats again．
（40）A．They want to get good grades but hate hard work．Other kids might feel like they can't pass the test without cheating．Even though there seems to be a"good reason"for cheating，cheating isn't a good idea．
A．For kids，cheating may happen at school，at home，or while playing a sport．
B．Some kids cheat once and feel so bad that they never do it again．
C．Some kids cheat because they're lazy．
D．Kids may also cheat by copying a book report off the Internet and handing it in as it's his or her original work．
E．Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways．
F．But it doesn't solve the problem of not knowing the material（材料）．
G．There are plenty of reasons why a kid shouldn't cheat，but some kids have already cheated．
分析 文章講述的是關于cheating發生的情況，方式，后果和原因．
解答 36．E 考查信息提取．根據后面的at school，at work等可知作弊的發生后很多的途徑和方式，所以答案與E相符．
37．G考查上下文聯系． 根據后面的This kind of cheating is called plagiarizing （抄襲），可知此處講的是關于抄襲別人的報告或者作品的情況，與G相符．
38．B 考查句意理解．根據Jeff is doing it by sneaking answers to a test．杰夫這樣做是為了逃避考試． 可知此處講述的是cheating的方式，與B相符．
39．C 考查上下文聯系．根據后面的And it won't help on the next test-unless the person cheats again．如果沒有人再作弊，下一次考試也不會有幫助．可知，與C講的內容相符．
40．A 考查上下文聯系．根據后面的內容They want to get good grades but hate hard work．Other kids might feel like they can't pass the test without cheating他們想取得好成績，但討厭努力學習，其他孩子可能覺得他們如果不作弊不能通過考試．可知，此處是對作弊的原因進行分析，與A相符
點評 "七選五"這樣的題型，主要目的在于"考查考生對文章的整體內容和結構以及上下文邏輯意義的理解和掌握．解題時最主要的兩個步驟就是1．理清文章的邏輯和結構，2．在所給的原文中找出關鍵詞或者說是線索詞．文章的整體思路能幫助你在答案中篩選出符合邏輯的選項，關鍵詞則能幫助你確定更多的細節，排除相近的選項．這些技巧多練練就能孰能生巧．
