China clamps down on high-tech cheating

 　　SHENYANG, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Educational authorities across the nation are embracing newly amended¹ rules to prevent cheating on upcoming college entrance exams.

　　On Tuesday, local educational and public security authorities in northeast China's Jilin province signed letters of commitment with the provincial² government to ensure safety and order for the exams, which will take place from June 7 to 9 this year.

　　"We are determined³ to take a 'zero tolerance⁴' approach to exam cheating," said Ma Ming, vice⁵ governor of Jilin.

　　Public security and educational authorities will join efforts to crack down on illegal activity and ensure fairness for the exams, Ma said.

　　College entrance exams are treated with great importance in China, as they can determine one's future career and life path.

　　On Monday, The Ministry⁶ of Education issued amended rules concerning punishments for cheating on national exams in response to a growing trend of using technology to cheat on the tests.

　　The revisions added 15 stipulations to previous anti-cheating regulations to respond to "new circumstances, problems, technology and rampant⁷ mass cheating."

　　The amendments⁸ prevent test-takers from taking any kind of equipment that is "capable of sending or receiving signals" into an exam. The previous rule forbade only cell phones and other telecommunication⁹ devices.

　　The difficulty of rooting out technological¹⁰ cheating methods has made the issue a pressing concern for test-takers and educational authorities alike.

　　"In small counties like ours, examinees have to pass through a metal detector¹¹ similar to those used in airports," said Nie Shicheng, deputy director of Nanxian county in northwest China's Shaanxi province.

　　The county has also invested in video monitoring and mobile phone shielding devices to prevent cheating on the exams.

　　Although the number of cheating violations¹³ for China's annual college entrance exams has decreased for five consecutive¹⁴ years, evolving methods of cheating have also made the phenomenon more difficult to prevent.

　　"It is inevitable¹⁵ that our monitoring efforts will sometimes fail. The trouble should be ended at its source and traced back to education itself," Nie said.

　　Nie said students should be taught moral and exam-related discipline in order to prevent cheating from occurring in the first place.

　　Anyone who is caught cheating on a national exam will be barred from taking the exam for one to three years following the violation¹², according to the amendments created by the Ministry of Education.

　　An appeal process has been amended for suspected cheaters who rebuke¹⁶ their accusations¹⁷, the amendments state.

1 Amended   

adj. 修正的 动词amend的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He asked to see the amended version. 他要求看修订本。
• He amended his speech by making some additions and deletions. 他对讲稿作了些增删修改。

2 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

3 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

4 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

5 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

6 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

7 rampant   

adj.(植物)蔓生的；狂暴的，无约束的

参考例句：

• Sickness was rampant in the area.该地区疾病蔓延。
• You cannot allow children to rampant through the museum.你不能任由小孩子在博物馆里乱跑。

8 amendments   

（法律、文件的）改动( amendment的名词复数 )； 修正案； 修改； （美国宪法的）修正案

参考例句：

• The committee does not adequately consult others when drafting amendments. 委员会在起草修正案时没有充分征求他人的意见。
• Please propose amendments and addenda to the first draft of the document. 请对这个文件的初稿提出修改和补充意见。

9 telecommunication   

n.电信，远距离通信

参考例句：

• Telecommunication is an industry of service.电信业是一个服务型的行业。
• I only care about the telecommunication quality and the charge.我只关心通信质量和资费两个方面。

10 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

11 detector   

n.发觉者，探测器

参考例句：

• The detector is housed in a streamlined cylindrical container.探测器安装在流线型圆柱形容器内。
• Please walk through the metal detector.请走过金属检测器。

12 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

13 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

14 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

15 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

16 rebuke   

v.指责，非难，斥责 [反]praise

参考例句：

• He had to put up with a smart rebuke from the teacher.他不得不忍受老师的严厉指责。
• Even one minute's lateness would earn a stern rebuke.哪怕迟到一分钟也将受到严厉的斥责。

17 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。