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(1) It is common knowledge that you are not supposed to cheat. So why do so many students still do it? Rutgers Management Education Center surveyed 4,500 high school students across the country. According to the results, 75 percent of them cheat. Another survey of 18,000 students on 23 college campuses found that nearly 40 percent of students plagiarize from the Internet. Several college students also confessed to fabricating lab reports, inventing the data instead of taking the time to conduct the experiments.
(2) These students jeopardize their academic careers each time they take a short cut. Losing credit for a class and getting expelled are among the many consequences for cheating in academic institutions. Schools often note instances of academic dishonesty on student transcripts, causing detriment to the students' future educational and employment opportunities.
Read the sentence from the passage.
"These students jeopardize their academic careers each time they take a 'short cut.' "
What does the word JEOPARDIZE most likely mean?
(2) These students jeopardize their academic careers each time they take a short cut. Losing credit for a class and getting expelled are among the many consequences for cheating in academic institutions. Schools often note instances of academic dishonesty on student transcripts, causing detriment to the students' future educational and employment opportunities.
Read the sentence from the passage.
"These students jeopardize their academic careers each time they take a 'short cut.' "
What does the word JEOPARDIZE most likely mean?
- design
- put at risk
- play with
- excuse