【1】Improve Computer-research Skills

　　Like many college students, Jose Juarez carries around a pocket-sized computer that lets him watch movies, surf the Interact and text-message his friends1.

　　He's part of "Generation M" - those born after 1985 who __1__ up connected to everything from video game to cellphones.

　　"For us, it's everyday life," said Juarez, 18, a freshman __2__ California State University at Sacramento (CSUS).

　　__3__,educators are now saying that not all Generation M-ers can synthesize the piles of information they're accessing.

　　"They're geeky2, but they don't know what to __4__ with their geekdom," said

　　Barbara O'Connor, a Sacramento State communications studies professor who has been involved in a nationwide __5__ to improve students' computer-research skills.

　　In a recent nationwide test to __6__ their technological "literacy" their ability to use the Interact to complete class assignments - only 49 percent correctly evaluated a set of Web sites for objectivity, authority and timeliness. Only 35 per cent could correctly narrow an overly __7__ Internet search.

　　About 130 Sacramento State students, including Juarez, participated in the experimental test, __8__ to 6,300 college students across the country.

　　The hour-long assessment test is conducted by Educational Testing Service. It is a web-based scavenger hunt3(拾荒游戏) __9__ simulated Interact search engines and academic databases that spit out purposely misleading information.

　　"They're very good at __10__ in and using the Internet, but don't always understand what they get back," said Linda Goff, head of instructional services for the CSUS library.

　　"You see an open search box, you type in a few words and you __11__ the button," said Goff, who is involved in the testing.

　　"They take at face value __12__ shows up at the top of the list as the best stuff."

　　Educators say that these sloppy research skills are troubling.

　　"We look at that as a foundational skill, in the same way we __13__ math and English as a foundational skill," said Lorie Roth, assistant vice-chancellor for academic programmes in the CSU5 system.Ｗww.KaＯ8.CC

　　Measuring how well students can "sort the good __14__ the bad" on the Internet has become a higher priority for CSU, Roth said.

　　CSU is considering __15__ a mandatory assessment test on technological literacy for all freshmen, much as it has required English and math placement tests since the 1980s.

　　Students in freshman seminars at Sacramento State were asked to take the test early in the semester and were expected to finish another round this week to measure their improvement.

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【2】　Men Too May Suffer from Domestic Violence

　　Nearly three in 10 men have experienced violence at the hands of an intimate partner their lifetimes， according to one of the few studies to look__ 1__domestic violence and health among men.

　　“Many men actually do experience domestic violence， although we dont hear about it__ 2 __ ，” Dr. Robert J. Reid of the University of Washington in Seattle， one of the authors， told Reuters Health. “They often dont tell__3 __we dont ask. We want to message out to men who__4 __experience domestic violence that they are not alone and there are resources available to__5__”

　　The researchers asked study participants about physical abuse and non-physical__6__such as threats that made them__7__for their safety， controlling behavior (for example， being told who they could associate with and where they could go)， and constant name-calling.

　　Among men 18 to 54 years old， 14.2 percent said they had experienced intimate partner__8__in the past five years， while 6. 1 percent reported domestic violence in the previous year.

　　Rates were lower for men 55 and__9__，with 5.3 percent reporting violence in the past five years and 2.4 percent having experienced it in the past 12 months.

　　Overall， 30.5 percent of men younger than 55 and 26.5 percent of older men said they had been victims of__10__ violence at some point in their lives. About half of the violet men__11__was physical.

　　However， the physical violence men reported wasnt as harsh as__12__ stuff， women in a previous study; 20 percent to 40 percent of the men rated it as severe， compare to 61 percent of__13__

　　Men who reported experiencing domestic violence had more emotional and mental problems__14__those who had not， especially older men， the __15__ found.

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　　(2)【正确答案】 B

　　(3)【正确答案】 A

　　(4)【正确答案】 C

　　(5)【正确答案】 D

　　(6)【正确答案】 C

　　(7)【正确答案】 B

　　(8)【正确答案】 A

　　(9)【正确答案】 D

　　(10)【正确答案】 C

　　(11)【正确答案】 B

　　(12)【正确答案】 C

　　(13)【正确答案】 A

　　(14)【正确答案】 B

　　(15)【正确答案】 C