Directions：
In the following text。some sentences have been removed．For Questions卜5，choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blanks．There are two extra choices，which do not fit in any of the blanks．
Go to Google，search and scroll results，click and copy．
When students do research online these days，many educators worry，those are often about the only steps they take．If they can avoid a trip to the library at all，many students gladly will．①
Young people may know that just because information is plentiful online doesn’t mean it’s reliable, yet their perceptions of what’s trustworthy frequently differ from their elders，--sparking a larger debate about what constitutes truth in the Internet age．
Georgia Tech professor Amy Bruckman tried to force students to leave their computers by requiring at least one book for a September class project．
(1) ____________．
While the answer might just have been a smart aleck’s bid for laughs，Bruckman and other educators grapple daily with the challenge of ensuring their students have good skills for discerning the truth．Professors and librarians say many come to college without any such skills，and auite a few leave without having acquired them．③
Alex Halavais，professor of informatics at the University at Buffal0，said students a-e so accustomed to instant information that“the idea of spending an hour or two to find that good source is foreign to them．
In a study on research habits，Wellesley College researchers Panagiotis Metaxas and Leah Graham found that fewer than 2 percent of students in one Wellesley computer science class bothered to use non- Internet sources to answer all six test questions．
(2) ____________．For instance，63 percent of students asked to list Microsoft CorP．’s topinnovations only visited the company’s Web site in search of the answer．
It’s a paradox to some that so many young Americans can be so accepting of online information whose origin is unclear．
“Skepticism…is part of their lives，yet they tend to believe things fairly readily because it aPPears on the Internet，④said Roger Casey，who studies youths and pop culture at Rollins C011ege in Winter Park，Fla．
(3) ____________．
“If l’m going to go to the library，chances are somebody hasn’t paid a librarian l 00 bucks to Doint me to a particular book，”said Beau Brendler，director of the Consumer Reports WebWatch．
Another potential minefield is the growing phenomenon of collaborative information assemblv．The credentials of the people authoring grassroots Web journals and a committee-written encvclopedia called Wikipedia are often unclear．(4) ____________．
In many ways，the greater diversity of information is healthy．
Paul Duguid，co-author of“The Social Life of Information，”points OUt that no longer，in most of the United States，can school textbooks get away with one—sided views．(5) ____________．
But as students come to trust resources that may be correct only part of the time，the extent of the downside is not yet fully known．
Some believe the challenge of determining whom and what to believe amid the information flood is bound to influence the political views，medical decisions，financial investments and other key aspects of this budding generation’s life．
[A]One concern is commercial influence online some search engines run ads and accept payments to include sites in their indexes，with varying degree of disclosure．
[B]She wasn’t prepared for the response：“Someone raised their hand and asked，Excuse me。Where would I get a book?’”
[C]In the end，it’s just a matter of adjusting to how information gets around now that the Internet has revolutionzed communication．
[D]Even South Texas College of Law professor Tracy McGaugh finds her curricuIum．challenged as students can quickly discover how other professors teach the same material．
[E]And many students failed to check out multiple sources．
[F]Youths，many of whom have created Web sites themselves，tend to know better．
[G]Nevertheless，some Internet users believe that such resources can collectively portray events more accurately than any single gatekeeper．
超纲词汇
buck n．<美口>元
Diversity n．差异，多样性
Downside n．底侧，下降趋势
grapple v．格斗
Informatics n．信息学，情报学
Scroll v．卷(滚)动，翻滚(上下换行) [NextPage]
参考答案：1．B 2．E 3．A 4．G 5．D
难句透析
①When students do research online these days，many educators worry，those are often about the only steps[they take]．If they can avoid a trip tO the library at all。many students gladly will．
【结构】本句中的代词“those”指文章第一句“Go tO Google，search and scroll results，click and copy”。代词 “they”指“students”。方括号所标示的后置定语从句修饰“steps”。
【释义】很多教育家担心，如今学生上网做研究时，他们所做的常常就那么几步。如果能避免去图书馆，很多学生根本就不会去。
②Young people may know Fthat(just because information is plentiful online)doesn’t mean it’S reliable]，yet their perceptions of[what’S trustworthy]frequently differ from their elders’sparking a larger debate about[what con— stitutes truth in the Internet age]．
【结构】第一个方括号所标示的部分是“know”的宾语从句；第二个方括号所标示的部分是介词“of”的宾语从句；第三个方括号所标示的部分是介词“about”的宾语从句。
【释义】青年人可能知道，并不能仅仅因为网上信息多而认为这些信息可靠。不过，青年人对于可信赖东西的理解与其长辈往往不同，这引发了对于互联网时代究竟什么是真理的大辩论。
③Professors and librarians say[many come to college without any such skills，and”quite a few leave without having acquired them]．
【结构】方括号所标示的部分是“say”的宾语从句。这个宾语从句是由“and”连接的两个分句并列而成的并列句。
【释义】教授和图书馆员说，很多学生来上大学时并不具备这些技能，相当多的学生没有获得这些技能就离开了大学。
④Skepticism…is part of their lives，yet they tend tO believe things fairly readily because it appears on the Internet]，
【结构】本句是由“yet”连接的两个分句并列而成的并列句。
【释义】怀疑论是他们生活的组成部分，然而，他们却往往因为一些东西出现在互联网上而轻易相信。
全文翻译
上Google网，搜索一下浏览一些结果，然后单击复制。很多教育家担心，如今学生上网做研究时，他们所做的常常就那么几步。如果能避免去图书馆，很多学生根本就不会去。①
青年人可能知道，并不能仅仅因为网上信息多而认为这些信息可靠。不过，青年人对于可信赖东西的理解与其长辈往往不同，这引发了对于互联网时代究竟什么是真理的大辩论。
佐治亚科技大学的爱米·布鲁克曼教授就尝试了通过规定学生们必须为9月份的课程阅读一本书的方法来迫使学生们离开电脑。
(1) ______虽然这可能仅只是一个自作聪明的人为了惹众人发笑所说的蠢话，但是布鲁克曼和其他的老师们确实每天都在为了保证学生们能具有辨识真理的技能而作斗争。教授和图书馆员说，很多学生来上大学时并不具备这些技能，相当多的学生没有获得这些技能就离开了大学。
巴佛罗大学的情报学教授埃里克斯·哈拉维则认为学生们现在对获取即时信息过于熟悉，以至于“花一到两个小时去找一个好的资源对他们来说是陌生的。”
在一项关于研究习惯的调查中，维勒斯里学院的研究员帕那杰奥提斯·梅塔克萨斯和李·格兰姆发现在维勒斯里学院学习计算机科学的学生中只有不到2％的人使用了非因特网的资源来回答考试中的6个问题。
(2) ______比如说，当被问及微软公司的首要创新技术时，有63％的学生仅仅通过访问该公司的网站来寻求答案。对于有如此多的美国年轻人会深信这些来源不明的网络信息，总有人感到这是一个悖论。
“怀疑论是他们生活的组成部分，然而，他们却往往因为一些东西出现在互联网上而轻易相信。”④这是在佛罗里达州温特帕克德罗林斯学院专门研究青少年和流行文化的罗杰·凯斯所作出的评论。
(3) ____________消费者报告的主任保·布兰勒说，“如果我去图书馆的话，那很有可能没人会付100美金给那个馆员让他帮我找一本特定的书。”
还有一个潜在的雷区，就是正在逐渐形成气候的合作型信息汇集。有很多人撰写的所谓草根网络日记以及由 一个组织编撰的维基百科通常都是不清不楚的。
(4) ____________在很多情况下，信息来源的多元化才是健康的趋势。保罗·杜吉德，《信息时代的社会生活》的合着者，就指出现在在美国很多地方，学校课本里一些一边倒的观点很难再逃脱学生们的指责了。
(5) ____________ 但是如果学生们开始相信那些只在部分时间里是正确的来源时，这种影响的最坏的结果还无法预知。
一些人相信在信息浪潮中为了决定谁可信以及什么可信所带来的挑战，必将影响到正在茁壮成长的这一代人的政治观、医疗抉择、金融投资以及生活中其他的关键方面。
[A1一个担忧则是商业的影响；一些搜索引擎发布商业广告并且只要商家付费就将其列入他们的目录，而对这样的行为每家的公开程度都不一样。
[B]但她也没有料想到后果：“有人举手后问我，‘对不起，我们在哪儿才能找到一本书?” Eel最终，只剩下调节信息如何流转这一问题了，因为互联网已经革新了交流的方式。 ED]甚至就如南得克萨斯法学院的教授特瑞西·麦克高的例子，她发现当学生们很快知道别的教授是如何教授同样的材料时，她的教案就受到了质疑。
[E]并且有很多学生都没有寻求多个信息来源。
[F]一些创办过个人网站的年轻人应该知道得更多。
[G]但是，一些网络使用者却相信这些来源能够比个人的陈述更准确地集体性反映一个事件的真相。
