Taking exams in a large group setting can be stressful for students and for the staff members who are watching over them. When classrooms are crowded and desks are close together, cheating might be tempting.
One university in Thailand came up with an anti-cheating hat that makes it almost impossible for students to see other students’ papers. A photo of the students wearing the anti-cheating hats made its way to the internet, and the university was criticized for making students wear those ridiculous looking homemade hats. The hats were made by stapling two pieces of paper onto a headband, one to each side of the head.
After being criticized, senior academic staff at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand, released a statement saying that the hats idea came from students. They said that in a bid to prevent cheating they asked the students for ideas on how to prevent cheating in the upcoming exam, which was being taken by almost one hundred students. Students came up with different ideas, then the paper hat idea was selected by them as the most fit. The university claims that no-one was forced to use the hat, but they all chose to do so. “When wearing the hat during the exam, students felt more relaxed,” Nattadon Rungruangkitkrai, a lecturer at the university said.“It was not meant to indicate that Kasetsart students often cheat on exams. I apologize if the photo makes other people look at my students in a negative way,’ Rungruangkitkrai added.
小題1:Why was the university criticized on the Internet?
A．The homemade anti-cheating hat looked too simple.
B．Wearing the anti-cheating hat made students look ridiculous.
C．Wearing the anti-cheating hats couldn’t prevent students from cheating in the exam.
D．The university forced students to wear the anti-cheating hat.
小題2:What’s most of the Kasetsart University students’ attitude towards the cheating hat?
A．skepticalB．supportiveC．objectiveD．negative
小題3:It can be inferred from the passage that_______.
A．It’s useless wearing the anti-cheating hat in the exam.
B．Kasetsart students are often caught cheating in the exam.
C．Wearing the anti-cheating hat is effective in some degree.
D．Some students are forced to wear the anti-cheating hat.

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:C

試題分析：
【文章大意】本文是一篇新聞報道。文章講述了泰國的Kasetsart University大學(xué)為了防止學(xué)生考試作弊，向?qū)W生征集方法，結(jié)果，戴紙帽子防止作弊的方法被選中。
小題1:B考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第二段中的the university was criticized for making students wear those ridiculous looking homemade hats.可知，大學(xué)受到批評是因?yàn)樽寣W(xué)生戴上那些可笑的看起來像家做的帽子。故選B。
小題2:B考查推理判斷。根據(jù)文章第三段中的Students came up with different ideas, then the paper hat idea was selected by them as the most fit. The university claims that no-one was forced to use the hat, but they all chose to do so. “When wearing the hat during the exam, students felt more relaxed,”可知，學(xué)生們自己想出的主意，沒有人強(qiáng)迫他們戴帽子。他們考試時戴上這種帽子感到很舒服。由此推斷他們對這種做法表示支持。故選B。
小題3:C考查推理判斷。根據(jù)文章第三段中的Students came up with different ideas, then the paper hat idea was selected by them as the most fit.可以推知，學(xué)生提出的戴紙帽的方式，是最適合的防止作弊的方法。故選C。
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