They go to one of the world’s most prestigious universities and pride themselves on their (1) intellect but almost half of Cambridge students admit they are not immune from the temptation to cheat and (2) essays they find on Google, a survey suggests.

   The results of an anonymous online poll of more than 1,000 students (3) by the student newspaper Varsity found that 49 percent of undergraduates pass other people’s work off as their own at some point during their university (4) . Only 5 percent said they had (5) been caught plagiarising (剽窃).

Academics in universities across the country have been (6) by their peers of turning a blind eye to the practice to (7) their institutions climb national and international rankings.

   One student told Varsity: "Sometimes, when I am really fed up, I Google the essay title, copy and throw everything on to a blank word (8) and jiggle the order a bit. They usually end up being the best essays."

   Law students were most prone to plagiarism with 62 percent of those questioned (9 to breaking university rules.

   Robert Foley, a professor in biological anthropology at King’s College Cambridge, said: "It is a depressing set of statistics."

  A university spokesman told Varsity that it regarded plagiarism as a "serious and potentially disciplinary offence which can lead to failure to obtain, or withdrawal of a degree." He said the university was planning to introduce (10) software to crack down on the problem.

A. demonstrate
B. submit
C. career
D. semester
E. actually

F. finally
G. ensure
H. conducted
I. detection
J. document

K. promote
L. accused
M. confess
N. admitting
O. superior