Plagiarism（剽窃）
1．You just found some good stuff on the Web for your science report. You copy a paragraph and paste it into your report. Then you continue your research. But you just made a big mistake. You committed plagiarism. Plagiarism is when you use someone else’s words or ideas and pretend that they are yours. It’s not allowed in school, college, or beyond.
2．The word “plagiarism” comes from Latin. It means stealing a person’s ideas. But it’s not always easy to tell what is plagiarism and what is not. Sometimes, it’s accidental. You really intended to do your own work, yet ended up with some sentences that sound just like something you’ve read.
3．Though plagiarism can be accidental, it’s sometimes done on purpose. That’s just being lazy. By copying whole paragraphs from different places, you don’t have to spend the time thinking about the subject, gathering your own thoughts about it, and then putting them into original words. Cut, paste, and you’re done.
4．Most schools are pretty strict about plagiarism. If you’re caught, your graduation will be delayed or worse. At the very least, you’re probably going to fail the assignment. When you’re older and in college, some schools will kick out students who plagiarize. When you’re kicked out of one college, it can be hard to get into another.
5．To be on the safe side, always make it clear where the information comes from. You need to write references. That’s a list of the sources you used for a project or report. To do that, you’ll need to know the author, the title, and the date it was published. If you write something really great, maybe some day someone will quote you in a report.
Copying whole paragraphs can_____.
A、you will be punished
B、you have great ideas
C、quote you in their reports
D、take others’ ideas as yours
E、save you much time
F、you plagiarize or not
【正确答案】：E
【题目解析】：题干的中心词是“copying whole paragraph”。第三段第三句讲述的是从不同的地方复制整段话，你就不需要花费时间思考。本题是说“复制整段话会节省很多时间”。选项E符合题意。
