2014 高考英语二轮阅读理解三月特训 <br />Increased use of the Internet and mobile phones is undermining pupils' capacity <br />for independent study and promoting poor grammar, it was claimed. <br />Cranfield School of Management found almost 6 in 10 schoolchildren were copying <br />information directly from websites for homework tasks without properly reading it. <br />More than a quarter thought it was an acceptable practice, even though they knew <br />it was considered plagiarism (剽窃)． <br />The study, based on a sample of around 260 pupils aged from 11 to 18 at a secondary <br />school in the Midlands, raised fresh concerns that modern technology was having a <br />destructive effect on young people. <br />Andrew Kakabadse, professor of International Management Development at <br />Cranfield, said, “Our research shows that technology obsession prevents spelling <br />skills, encourages plagiarism, and disturbs classroom learning.” <br />“Despite school policies restricting mobile phone usage, students use the phone <br />frequently, with the majority making calls from the toilets. The mobile phone <br />continues to be a main channel of social co mmunication during the school day.” <br />The report revealed that the socalled “textspeak” was increasingly finding <br />its way into pupils' school work. <br />3 in 10 students admit to using text message shortcuts, such as “r u ok” in <br />essays and classroom tasks. <br />It followed a study earlier this year that found almost half of teachers failed <br />to understand some pupils' writing because it was so full of confusing language. <br />Phrases such as “innit” and “Gr8” were regularly found in school work, it was <br />claimed. <br />The Cranfield study found that mobile use was so common that many pupils chose <br />to ignore school rules on phones. <br />More than a third said they would use their mobile phones in class, while nearly <br />three quarters said they would not even make an excuse to leave class to answer a <br />phone call. <br />1 ．The underlined word “undermining ” in the first paragraph can best be <br />replaced by “________”． <br />A．determining <br />B．keeping <br />C．weakening <br />D．increasing <br />2．It can be inferred from what Kakabadse said that ________． <br />A．he is in favour of students' mobile phone usage at school <br />B．he believes schools are responsible for technology obsession <br />C．the research finds a new way to improve school management <br />D．it is hard to limit students' mobile phone usage at school <br />3．What can we learn from the passage? <br />A．Most students' writing skills are becoming worse. <br />B．Text message language may affect pupils' language skills. <br />C．Students like to invent new words in their writing. <br />D．30% of pupils often send text messages when studying. <br />4．The passage is mainly about ________． <br />A．the negative effect of technology on students' study <br />B．technology's positive influence on students' achievement <br />C．the importance of online social communication <br />D．the rapidly growing role of communication technologies <br />5．What's th...
