[originaltext] Cheating is academic dishonesty on the part of students. It is

Cheating is academic dishonesty on the part of students. It is on the rise and less likely to be punished than in the past. During a nationwide survey of 3, 600 American students, it was found that 60 percent admitted to cheating on tests and assignments. 900 college students in China were surveyed about their involvement in dishonest testing practices. The results indicated that 83 percent had cheated.
   No one really knows why cheating keeps rising. Possibly it’s due to a general decline of moral values among youth. Others have pointed to the fact that today’s youth have become more practical. In the 1960s, students were filled with visions about changing the world, but today’s students feel great pressure to succeed or excel. Some suggested they did it out of contempt for teachers they did not respect. Others looked at it as a game. They would not feel guilty unless they were caught. There’s a fear that if you don’t do well, your life is going to be ruined. The pressure to succeed is not only from parents and friends but from oneself.
   Some people blame the rise in cheating on the reluctance of schools to take action. Some mention the way students are evaluated. Teachers prefer to give short-answer tests instead of essay questions. They rate students by the number of facts they can memorize rather than by how well they can put information together, which is why students will try to beat the system. We might wonder if honesty and truthfulness, the two most important values to students, still count.
   Q13: What’s the percentage of students in China who admitted to cheating?
   Q14: What’s one possible reason for the rise in cheating among young students?
   Q15: Why are teachers considered responsible for the rise in cheating?