When I first arrived in America, I was (惊奇的) by the honesty of my classmates. Over my first month at school, I didn't see (或者) hear anyone cheating. I found two (原因) for this.

    First, if any student cheats, he or she will get (惩罚). My school has a rule (称作) the Honor Code. It asks students not to steal, lie or cheat. If someone goes (违反) the code, he or she will have to leave the school. (在……期间) my first year in the school, seven students left the school because of cheating.

    Second, American students don't care about scores as much (与……一样) Chinese students do. They know that colleges will look at their all-round abilities (而不是) of only scores. So they have (更少的) reasons to cheat.