[A] What to do as a student? [B] Various definitions of plagiarism [C] Ideas should always be sourced [D] Ignorance can

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问题    [A] What to do as a student?
   [B] Various definitions of plagiarism
   [C] Ideas should always be sourced
   [D] Ignorance can be forgiven
   [E] Plagiarism is equivalent to theft
   [F] The consequences of plagiarism
   [G] The relation between journals and plagiarism
   Scholars, writers and teachers in the modern academic community have strong feelings about acknowledging the use of another person’s ideas. In the English-speaking world, the term plagiarism is used to label the practice of not giving credit for the source of one’s ideas. Simply stated, plagiarism is " the wrongful appropriation or purloining, and publication as one’s own of the ideas, or the expression of ideas of another."
【R1】______
   The penalties for plagiarism vary from situation to situation. In many universities, the punishment may range from failure in a particular course to expulsion from the university. In the literary world, where writers are protected from plagiarism by international copyright laws, the penalty may range from a small fine to imprisonment and a ruined career. Protection of scholars and writers, through the copyright laws and through the social pressures of the academic and literary communities, is a relatively recent concept. Such social pressures and copyright laws require writers to give scrupulous attention to documentation of their sources.
【R2】______
   Students, as inexperienced scholars themselves, must avoid various types of plagiarism by being self-critical in their use of other scholars’ ideas and by giving appropriate credit for the source of borrowed ideas and words, otherwise dire consequences may occur. There are at least three classifications of plagiarism as it is revealed in students’ inexactness in identifying sources properly. They are plagiarism by accident, by ignorance, and by intention.
【R3】______
   Plagiarism by accident, or oversight, sometimes is the result of the writer’s inability to decide or remember where the idea came from. He may have read it long ago, heard it in a lecture since forgotten, or acquired it second-hand or third-hand from discussions with colleagues. He may also have difficulty in deciding whether the idea is such common knowledge that no reference to the original source is needed. Although this type of plagiarism must be guarded against, it is the least serious and, if lessons learned, can be exempt from being severely punished.
【R4】______
   Plagiarism through ignorance is simply a way of saying that inexperienced writers often do not know how or when to acknowledge their sources. The techniques for documentation—note-taking, quoting, footnoting, listing bibliography—are easily learned and can prevent the writer from making unknowing mistakes or omissions in his references. Although " there is no copyright in news, or in ideas, only in the expression of them," the writer cannot plead ignorance when his sources for ideas are challenged.
【R5】______
   The most serious kind of academic thievery is plagiarism by intention. The writer, limited by his laziness and dullness, copies the thoughts and language of others and claims them for his own. He not only steals, he tries to deceive the reader into believing the ideas are original. Such words as immoral, dishonest, offensive, and despicable are used to describe the practice of plagiarism by intention.
   The opposite of plagiarism is acknowledgement. All mature and trustworthy writers make use of the ideas of others but they are careful to acknowledge their indebtedness to their sources. Students, as developing scholars, writers, teachers, and professional leaders, should recognize and assume their responsibility to document all sources from which language and thoughts are borrowed. Other members of the profession will not only respect the scholarship, they will admire the humility and honesty.

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答案D

解析 该段接着上一段的最后一句,谈三种学生抄袭的一种——偶然抄袭。犯这种抄袭错误的人往往忘了其观点的出处,或者不能判断观点是不是常识性的知识,这类抄袭多加注意就可以避免。段落的最后一句说明偶然抄袭可以不受重罚。该段中oversight与小标题D中的ignorance是同义词。exempt from being severely punished与can be forgiven同义。如果考生对oversight和exempt不熟悉,用排除法也能选出正确的选项。
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