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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 friends.
He's part of "Generation M" - those born after 1985 who ________ (51) up connected to everything from video game to cellphones.
"For us, it's everyday life," said Juarez, 18, a freshman ________ (52) California State University at Sacramento (CSUS). ________ (53),educators are now saying that not all Generation M-ers can synthesize the piles of information they're accessing.
"They're geeky, but they don't know what to ________ (54) with their geekdom," said Barbara O'Connor, a Sacramento State communications studies professor who has been involved in a nationwide ________ (55) to improve students' computer-research skills.
In a recent nationwide test to ________ (56) 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 ________ (57) Internet search.
About 130 Sacramento State students, including Juarez, participated in the experimental test, ________ (58) 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 hunt ________ (59) simulated Interact search engines and academic databases that spit out purposely misleading information.
"They're very good at ________ (60) 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 ________ (61) the button," said Goff, who is involved in the testing.
"They take at face value ________ (62) 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 ________ (63) math and English as a foundational skill," said Lorie Roth, assistant vice-chancellor for academic programmes in the CSU system
Measuring how well students can "sort the good ________ (64) the bad" on the Internet has become a higher priority for CSU, Roth said.
CSU is considering ________ (65) 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.
答案：
51. grew
52. at
53. However
54. do
55. effort
56. measure
57. broad
58. administered
59. with
60. typing
61. push
62. whatever
63. look at
64. from
65. adding
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