英国学生作弊多 手机成主要作弊工具.

　　The number of pupils caught cheating in GCSE andA-level exams using their mobile phones thissummer has increased, new data reveals.

　　最新数据显示，在今年夏季的普通中等教育证书考试(GCSE)和“英国高考”(A-level)当中，因使用手机作弊被抓的学生人数有所增加。

　　A rising number of teachers have also been punishedfor malpractice because they wrongly gave help toteenagers during exams.

　　由于玩忽职守受到处分的老师人数也有所上升，他们曾在考试期间给予了学生们不当的帮助。

　　While the overall rate of malpractice has lowered slightly, by 1 per cent, this is actually lessthan the decrease in the exam-taking population.

　　虽然玩忽职守的总比率稍有下降(为1%)，但是这相对于参考人数下降的百分比而言事实上要低不少。

　　In contrast, the number of pupils who snuck smart phones into their exams increased by 14 per cent, from 790 to 900 incidents.

　　相比之下，学生偷偷将智能手机带入考场的人数增加了14%，从去年的790起上升至今年的900起。

　　Mobile phones are a growing problem for exam invigilators, as pupils can use them to look upanswers on the internet. They can also contact friends and family to help them during exams.

　　对于监考老师而言，手机成为了一个越来越突出的问题，因为学生们可以使用手机在网上寻找答案。他们还能够在考试期间联系朋友和家人寻求帮助。

　　Pupils taking unauthorised material into the exam room was the most common form ofmalpractice, making up 54 per cent of cases.

　　将违规材料带入考场是最常见的不当行为，占作弊行为的54%。

　　The second most common was plagiarism, copying from other candidates or collusion — accounting for 420 penalties, or 17 per cent of the total.

　　其次就是抄袭，抄袭他人的答案或者是互相抄袭共有420起，占总数的17%。

　　And disruptive behaviour in the exam room resulted in 140 penalties, accounting for 6 percent of the overall figure.

　　考场上的破坏性行为导致了140起处分，占总数据的6%。

　　A further 80 penalties, or 3 per cent, were issued because pupils had failed to follow examboard supervision requirements, or tried to obtain, receive, exchange or pass informationrelated to an exam.

　　另有80起处分(占3%)归因于学生们未能遵守考试委员会的管理要求，即试图获取、接收、交换或传递与考试相关的信息。