EAP 2 Timed Reading Quiz Reading, Cheating and 'Rithmetic Part Two

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Instructions: Click the grey box following the questions, and choose the best answer to the question. When you are finished, check your number correct on the first try, found in the small box in the top right corner of the page.

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Part 2 Comprehension Questions

Why do some universities not check for plagiarism?
select answer It is too expensive. It takes too much time. It might hurt the feelings of the students. It is dumb.
Sandra Johnson, associate dean of student affairs at Columbia University, believes students plagiarize because
select answer they are lazy. they cannot think of their own ideas. they do not know that it is wrong to plagiarize. they have other problems in their lives.
What does Rebecca Moore Howard, the director of the writing program at Syracuse University, feel is the most important?
select answer the relationship between the professor and the students catching plagiarists being a police officer having mentors
What does Darcy Jones, a student at San Jose State, feel is the most important?
select answer the right to choose to plagiarize catching plagiarists getting good grades using antiplagiarism software
How does the author feel?
select answer Professors should encourage their students to cheat. Students should have the right to cheat. Professors are ultimately the ones to blame for plagiarism. Plagiarism is a crime that cannot be controlled.

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