Question

Teachers say the digital age has had a good influence and a not-so-good influence on this generation of American teenagers. More than 2,000 high school teachers took an online survey.

75 percent of the teachers said the Internet and digital search tools have had a “mostly positive” effect on  their students' research habits and skills. But 87 percent agreed that these technologies "make the students not have enough attention.” And 64 percent said the technologies “do more to distract students than to help them academically.”Many students think “doing research” now means just doing a quick search on Google.

Judy Buchanan is a director of the National Writing Project. Ms. Buchanan says digital research tools are helping students learn more, and learn faster. Teachers really like these tools, because they are ways to make some of learning exciting. Young people enjoy using these tools. And the goal is to help them become creative students of meaningful work, and not just that kind of copyist.

But one problem the survey found is that many students don't have a good understanding of how to use the digital knowledge well. In other words, they trust(信任) too much of the information. Judy Buchanan says these students have not developed the skills they need to tell whether the online information is good or bad.

Another problem the survey found is something that might not seem like a problem, at all, being able to quickly find information online. Teachers say the ability of their students to work hard to find answers is becoming weaker. They say students depend too much on search engines (引擎) and do not make enough use of printed books or research, librarians.

Besides, many teachers are also worried about the problem that the Internet makes it easy for students to copy work done by others, instead of using their own abilities.

1.Most of the teachers might agree that      .

A. the digital age only has had a good influence on teenagers.

B. digital search tools have had a positive effect on students’ research.

C. the digital age has had a bad influence on students’ study.

D. technologies can only distract students.

2.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Google can do all the job for students.

B. Google helps students do research.

C. Students just use something they found online when doing research.

D. A quick search on Google means a success in research.

3.Which of the following is NOT the disadvantages of digital age?

A. Online information may not be reliable.

B. Students can easily find the information they needs.

C. Copying work may arise among students.

D. Students won’t use their own abilities.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

【解析】这是一篇说明性的文章，主要讲了老师对学生使用数字搜索工具的评价和分析，很多老师认为数字搜索工具对学生的搜索习惯和能力有积极的作用，同时他们也认为数字搜索工具给学生们带来了一些不良的影响。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段第一句：Teachers say the digital age has had a good influence ……American teenagers，可知老师们认为数字时代不仅对学生们有好的影响也有不好的影响，A不正确；根据第二段第一句：75 percent of the teachers said ……their students' research habits and skills，可知大多数老师认为数字搜索工具在学生调查方面有积极影响，B正确；即使数字时代确实对学生的学习有部分不良影响但还是有很多好的影响， C不正确；D选项表示技术只会使学生分心，过于绝对化， D不正确。故选B。

2.句意理解题。划线句里的在谷歌上的搜索是代指网络上的搜索，所以A、B、D选项都犯了同一个错误，即没有明白句子中指代的意味，故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据第四段可知网上信息可能是不可靠的，所以A选项是数码时代的弊端；根据最后一段网络助长抄袭之风，可知C选项是网络的弊端；根据倒数第二段，可知由于网络能帮助学生很快地找到需要的信息而导致他们自身的能力变弱，D选项也是网络的弊端；而B选项是网络便利的一个表现，它只是降低学生能力的一个助因，并不直观地表现网络的缺点，故选B。