Question

(2013·高考廣東卷，D)While Jennifer was at home taking an online exam for her business law class，a monitor(監控器)a few hundred miles away was watching her every move.

Using a web camera equipped in Jennifer’s Los Angeles apartment，the monitor in Phoenix tracked how frequently her eyes moved from the computer screen and listened for the secret sounds of a possible helper in the room.Her Internet access was locked－remotely－to prevent Internet searches，and her typing style was analyzed to make sure she was who she said she was：Did she enter her student number at the same speed as she had in the past? Or was she slowing down?

In the battle against cheating，this is the cutting_edge and a key to encourage honesty in the booming field of online education.The technology gives trust to the entire system，to the institution and to online education in general.Only with solid measures against cheating，experts say，can Internet universities show that their exams and diplomas are valid—that students haven’t just searched the Internet to get the right answers.

Although online classes have existed for more than a decade，the concern over cheating has become sharper in the last year with the growth of“open online courses.”Private colleges，public universities and corporations are jumping into the online education field.spending millions of dollars to attract potential students，while also taking steps to help guarantee honesty at a distance.

Aside from the web cameras，a number of other high?tech methods are becoming increasingly popular.Among them are programs that check students’ identities using personal information，such as the telephone numbers they once used.

Other programs can produce unique exams by drawing on a large list of questions and can recognize possible cheaters by analyzing whether difficult test questions are answered at the same speed as easy ones.As in many university classes，term papers are scanned against some large Internet data banks for cheating.

1.Why was Jennifer watched in an online exam?

A．To correct her typing mistakes.

B．To find her secrets in the room.

C．To prevent her from slowing down.

D．To keep her from dishonest behaviors.

2.The underlined expression cutting edge in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to________.

A．advanced technique

B．sharpening tool

C．effective rule

D．dividing line

3.For Internet universities，exams and diplomas will be valid if________.

A．they can attract potential students

B．they can defeat academic cheating

C．they offer students online help

D．they offer many online courses

4.Some programs can find out possible cheaters by________.

A．checking the question answering speed

B．producing a large number of questions

C．scanning the Internet test questions

D．giving difficult test questions

5.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A．The Advantages of Online Exams

B．The High?tech Methods in Online Courses

C．The Fight against Cheating in Online Education

D．The War against the Booming of Online Education

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】本文為說明文。網絡教育越來越受歡迎，但是在考試時如何防止考生作弊呢？網絡教育文憑的可信度與考試防作弊程序的有效性密切相關。核實考生個人信息的程序以及監控分析考生答題速度的程序都可以遏制網絡考試中出現的作弊現象。

1.

2.2】解析：選A。詞義猜測題。根據上文可知，網絡遠程監控設備是在蓬勃發展的網絡教育領域中鼓勵誠實的前沿科技，也是關鍵所在。由下一句中的The technology也可推測出cutting edge是一種“尖端科技”，故A項正確。

3.3】解析：選B。細節理解題。根據第三段的Only with solid measures against cheating， experts say，can Internet universities show that their exams and diplomas are valid...可知，只有通過強有力的手段來杜絕作弊，網絡大學的考試和文憑才有效，B項與之意思一致。

4.4】解析：選A。細節理解題。除了遠程監控手段外，文章在最后兩段還介紹了兩種防止作弊的方法，一種是核實考生的個人信息，另一種則是分析考生的答題速度，A項與文章最后一段內容一致。

5.5】解析：選C。主旨大意題。概括全文可知，文章主要介紹了幾種防止遠程網絡考試作弊的技術，故C項正確。“防止作弊”為關鍵詞，其余選項均未涉及，故排除。