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2014年3月中科院考博英语真题 阅读理解第三篇阅读文章 华慧考博英语教研中心解读：中科院考博英语阅读理解的短文内 容涉及社会科学（主要包括社会学、教育、人类学、心理学、经济、管 理、金融等领域）、自然科学（主要包括化学、生物、交通、物理、工程、 计算机、医学、农业等领域）和人文科学（主要包括哲学、历史、文学、 语言、新闻、艺术等领域）。考博英语的阅读理解题型中的文章通常选 取外文杂志、外文网站中的文章，然后由各院校的命题组命题，或者 选取四六级、考研、研究生学位英语考试等已考过的文章。 2014年3月份中科院考博英语真题 阅读理解第三篇阅读文章 Passage Three The staff of Normandy Crossing Elementary School outside Houston eagerly awaited the results of state achievement tests this spring. For the principal and assistant principal, high scores could buoy their careers at a time when success is increasingly measured by such tests. For fifth-grade math and science teachers, the rewards were more tangible: a bonus of $2,850. But when the results came back, some seemed too good to be true. Indeed, after an investigation by the Galena Park Independent School District, the principal and three teachers resigned May 24 in a scandal over test tampering. The district said the educators had distributed a detailed study guide after stealing a look at the state science test by tubing it - squeezing a test booklet, without breaking its paper seal, to form an open tube so that questions inside could be seen and used in the guide. The district invalidated students scores. Of all the forms of academic cheating, none may be as startling as educators tampering with childrens standardized tests. But investigations in many states this year have pointed to cheating by educators. Experts say the phenomenon is increasing as the stakes over standardized testing become higher - including, most recently, taking student progress on tests into consideration in teachers performance reviews. Many school districts alr6ady link teachers bonuses to student improvement on state assessments. Houston decided this year to use the data to identify experienced teachers for dismissal, and New York City will use it to make tenure de