Paying the price for stealing others' words - Unit 8

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Close-up C2 Workbook, National Geographic Learning

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

over

not

against

to

promises

recommends

mentions

offers

criticise

protest

complain

object

always

yet

never

also

reminding

persuading

suggesting

claiming

about

on

over

away

accused

charged

convicted

blamed

admit

announce

describe

tell

When it comes to plagiarism, professors repeatedly warn students (1) ___ doing it; nonetheless, there are a number of cases in British universities every year. In some, a university's advisory board (2) ___ that the student's marks for a module be dropped to zero, which has serious ramifications for their degree. Students (3) ___ of two things: that the punishment is too harsh and that they were (4) ___ informed of the rules. But are students correct in (5) ___ that it's the university's responsibility to explain (6) ___ the rules concerning plagiarism? Oughtn't they just automatically know that they should never copy other people's work? But officials have seen a steep rise in the number of students (7) ___ of plagiarising written assignments, so they have been forced to (8) ___ that perhaps students don't even realise what plagiarism is. Many websites offer 'free essays' that students think they can just copy and paste and use how they like. Still, it begs the question: do students really need to be explicitly told not to copy materials from the internet? It seems like a no-brainer.

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