SOUTH KOREAN EXAM SCANDAL -SOLUTIONS- 1. How did the police find out that these actions were being carried out? Because of a tip off. 2. What special name are the brightest students known by? Players 3. What was the main purpose of these brightest students? Money. Some students paid up to a thousand dollars. 4. How many students have been found related to this cheating operation? More than 800. 5. How many exams have been cancelled? More than 200.
6. People in Korea are obsessed with education. T 7. Students were allowed to carry their mobile phones as long as they didn't use them during the exam. F 8. This cheating system was improvised by some bright students during the exam. F 9. The exam consists of multiple choice questions. T 10. This cheating has only taken part in a small area of the country. F 11. Exam monitors have always been careful in exams to avoid cheating. F
TAPESCRIPT The revelations of mass cheating have (1) scandalised a nation where education is an obsession - and entry to a good university can (2) set you up for life. Acting on (3) a tip off - the police tried to (4) raid a hall where students were taking the college entrance exam last month. They were blocked by teachers but later (5) confiscated mobile phones that had been (6) smuggled into the room - and uncovered what they said was an elaborate (7) cheating system. The brightest students known as "players" finished their multiple choice papers quickly then (8) sent off the answers by text message to younger students outside the hall. They (9) forwarded the information to others who paid up to a thousand dollars to take part. The police have since inspected hundreds of thousands of text messages sent at the time of the exam. They say more than eighteen hundred students appear to have been (10) involved in similar (11) scams across the country. The education ministry has already cancelled the exam results of more than two hundred cheaters. Some are calling for tough penalties. They've condemned (12) laxity by exam monitors who are accused of not taking cheating seriously enough in the past. Others are calling for (13) an overhaul of the entire exam system - saying it puts students under (14) intolerable pressure .
1. scandalised : shocked and stunned
2. set you up for life: guarantee that you will get a good job in the future
3. a tip off: a piece of information given to the police about something illegal that is going to happen
4. raid: A surprise attack by a small armed force.
5. confiscated: seized by or as if by authority
6. smuggled: imported or exported without paying lawful customs charges or duties. Brought in or taken out illicitly or by stealth.
7. cheating: violating rules deliberately, as in a game
8. sent off: ejected (a player), as from a soccer game, especially for a flagrant violation of the rules
9. forwarded: sent on to a subsequent destination or address.
10. Involved: engaged as a participant
11. scams: clever but illegal plans, usually to make money
12. laxity: relaxed attitudes, not strict
13. an overhaul of: a complete change
14. intolerable pressure: pressure that is too strong to be reasonable |
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