1.

“According to a survey, 74% of US high school students cheated by copying several

excerpts from texts they found on the Internet and pasting them into their papers as if they
were their own ideas.”

 students cannot be expected to create something totally new in their papers;

 students face intense academic pressure and mounting time constraints;
 stealing somebody else’s ideas and acting as if they were yours is illegal and immoral;
 students cheating in writing can easily be caught by teachers as they will surely not
perform well during oral exams;
 your opinion.

2. “Juvenile delinquents should not be sentenced to imprisonment.”

 in prison they will only learn how to become criminals for the rest of their lives;
 if not sent to prison, these young people can be reintegrated in society;
 no criminal should escape punishment just because they are young;
 the victims’ relatives will feel devastated when they realize that the criminals have got
away without being punished;
 your opinion.

3. “Some states in the US now permit single men and women to adopt children.”

 single people and married people must have the same rights in a democratic society;
 single people adopting children may be better prepared for taking care of them than
several “real” parents;
 being brought up by a single man or woman will set a bad example for adopted
children;
 single people are not able to provide their adopted children with everything a family
can offer a child;
 your opinion.