Sophie, a 14-year-old British girl, suddenly changed her behavior in class. She lost interest in studies and would sit in the corner with her head mostly down.
Ethan Miller, one of Sophie’s teachers, discovered the reason: she had been bullied(欺凌) online. Sophie was receiving abusive(辱骂) messages on her phone and on Facebook. Miller shared Sophie’s story on the official website of The Children’s Society, a children’s charity in the UK. Sophie was not alone. One in three young people, in 30 countries, said they have experienced online bullying. Twenty percent of those bullied students were not willing to go to school because of it, according to a report in September. The study surveyed more than 170,000 young people aged 13-24 from countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. Seventy-five percent of them said social media, like Facebook and Twitter, are the most common places for online bullying. The growth of social media has left many young people hurt by online bullying, including unfriendly and abusive messages, comments and pictures.
The Internet world makes it easier for people to communicate with each other, but there is more danger for young people as well — and it is surprising that online bullying troubles many young people more than anything else. What’s more, online bullying could lead to serious results for young people. Such bullying makes young people more than twice as likely to hurt themselves or even kill themselves, according to a 2018 study by the university of Oxford, UK. The research also found that young people facing online bullying were not as likely to ask for help as those bullied by traditional ways.
To deal with the problem, UNICEF has called for national helplines to support people who are bullied, along with training for teachers and parents to prevent and deal with online bullying.
Here is some advice to keep yourself safe on the Internet:
1. Make sure that you’re careful and respectful to others, even if you don’t share similar opinions, values or beliefs.
2. If you experience online bullying, the best response to a bully is no response(回应) at all.
3. Keep a record of anything that shows proof(证据) of online bullying, like screenshots. You can use this to report and stop them.
1.What did Sophie do when facing bullying on the Internet?
A.She told her teacher about it. B.She isn’t willing to go to school.
C.She had no interest in studies. D.She would never sit in the corner.
2.The underlined word “discovered” in paragraph 2 most probably means _________.
A.find out B.hide C.protect D.work out
3.What action has UNICEF done to help with online bullying?
A.Respecting all the people around.
B.Improving young people’s studies.
C.Training teachers and parents to prevent bullying.
D.Keeping a record of anything that shows proof of online bullying.
4.How does online bullying trouble young people?
A.Make them willing to go to school. B.Make them unwilling to ask for help.
C.Make it easier for them to communicate. D.Make it impossible for them to hurt themselves.
5.Why does the writer write the report about online bullying?
A.To study the problem of online bullying.
B.To help teachers deal with students’ problems.
C.To tell people what UNICEF has done for children.
D.To help do with online bullying that troubles young people.
Li Ziqi, a popular star on the Internet, has more than 58 million fans on social media platform both in China and around the world. She is famous because of her videos. She even became the ambassador(形象大使) for the 7th International Festival Cultural Heritage(形象大使) in October 2019 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
Li seems to be a master of all kinds of skills — cooking, painting, designing and brining. The most special thing is that she does almost everything in a traditional Chinese way. In her videos, Li always wears homemade hanfu. She raises ducks in order to make a sauce from salted duck eggs. She makes bamboo furniture all by herself. She also grows plants and vegetables, and prepares meals with what she harvests. She makes life in the countryside very beautiful.
Li was born in 1990 in a small village of Sichuan Province in southwestern China. Her parents died when she was still very young and her stepmother treated her badly, so she finally grew up with her grandparents. When she was 14, she went to the city in search of work but she decided to return to the countryside in 2012 to take care of her grandmother.
Four years later, she began filming her life there, “When I worked in the city, it was about how to survive,” Li says. “Now when I work in the countryside, I feel like I’m truly living.” Li’s videos record how she works and her daily lives with her grandmother in their modest home. She says: “I simply want people in the city to know where their food comes from,” Li says. “A teacher friend once told me about some students who thought rice grew on trees, ___________.
Many people wonder why Li shares these videos. Li once said: “In today’s society, many people feel stressed, so when they watch my videos at the end of a busy day, I want them to relax and sense something nice, to take away some of their worry and stress.”
1.Li Ziqi becomes a popular online star because of ___________.
A.her videos about her daily lives B.her poor life as a child
C.raising ducks in the countryside D.becoming the ambassador
2.Li went to the city at the age of 14 in order to ___________.
A.take care of her grandma B.live a true life
C.be away from her stepmother D.look for a chance to work
3.She began filming her life in ___________.
A.1990 B.2012 C.2016 D.2019
4.Which of the following is the best choice for the blank in Paragraph 4?
A.because I am very interested in the life of children in the city
B.so I want kids in the city to know where their food comes from
C.so I want kids to know how hard farmers’ work to provide food for them
D.because I know children in the countryside are different from those in the city
We can use milk to make all kinds of things. Here’s how to make plastic:
You will need | Teaspoon Vinegar（醋） Measuring cup Whole vitamin D milk (nonfat or low-fat) Sauce pan Adult helper Stove |
Do this | 1. Pour 2 cups (500 ml) of milk into the sauce pan. 2. Ask the adult to heat the pan slowly on the stove. 3. Just before the milk boils, bubbles will start to appear on its surface. 4. When that happens, slowly put in two teaspoons of vinegar. 5. Keep stirring(搅拌) until the milk becomes rubbery(橡胶状) and hard to move. 6. Remove the pan from the heat and let it cool. 7. When the milk is completely cool, remove the solid from the pan, squeeze it into a ball and wash it under cool running water. |
What happened? | A chemical reaction takes place between a chemical(化学物质) in the warm milk and acid(酸) in the vinegar, and the result is a rubbery solid that does not dissolve in water. The milk has to be heated for this experiment to work. The white glue that comes in a squeeze bottle is one of the many useful things. That can be made from the chemicals in milk. |
1.What do we need to make plastic?
A.Two cups of low-fat milk. B.An adult helper.
C.Vinegar, sugar and acid. D.The white glue.
2.Which of the following is true about the experiment?
A.The milk should be cool for doing the experiment.
B.Keep stirring the mixture of milk and water until it is cool.
C.Bubble will start to appear when the milk becomes rubbery.
D.A chemical reaction takes between the warm and the vinegar.
3.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A.Different Uses of Milk B.Glue Made from Milk
C.Different Uses of Plastic D.Plastic Made from Milk
As you sit in silence
Wondering why
I’ll be your shoulder to cry on
Until your tears run dry
When you’ve been hurt
And can’t believe what they’ve done
If you need someone to talk to
I’ll be the one
And you don’t understand
Remember I’m here
I’ll lend a helping ___________
Burdens are lighter
When shared by two
And I just want you to know
I’m here for you
1.The underlined part in the line “I’ll be the one” refers to _________.
A.a listener B.a helper C.a cleaner D.a finder
2.The best word to fill in the blank of the poem is _________.
A.care B.hand C.mind D.engineer
3.From the poem, we know that “I” will _________.
A.find a shoulder for you B.share all your burdens
C.understand your close friends D.help you believe your friends
Lots of people love to keep pets, but they don’t know how to communicate(交流) with their pets. Are you one of the _______? If your answer is “yes”, here are some _______ for you.
Chat with your pet. Your pet may not _______ understand our words, but he can at least pick up on the tone of your words and your body language when you _______ him. For example, if you speak with him in a _______ and hard voice, he might pick up on the fact that you are unhappy with his behavior(行为).
Use non-verbal communication. Your non-verbal communication is just as _______ as verbal communication.
Non-verbal communication is often used in _______ your pet to do a certain activity. _______, if you are sitting on your horse, you would use your legs and hands to tell your horse to turn on the forehead. When you teach your dog to sit, you would actually use both verbal and non-verbal communication(hand signals) to give him the “sit” order.
Don’t punish(惩罚) your pet. Punishing your pet is never a good idea. Punishment can make your pet afraid of you and you will possibly _______ the trust and respect that he has for you. __________ some pets, like cats, do not necessarily make the connection between your punishment and the behavior you are punishing them for. They don’t understand why you do that at all.
1.A.keepers B.teachers C.doctors D.pets
2.A.reasons B.topics C.tips D.results
3.A.nearly B.exactly C.mainly D.certainly
4.A.lead to B.come to C.add to D.talk to
5.A.sweet B.smiling C.cold D.strange
6.A.important B.slight C.possible D.correct
7.A.making B.teaching C.inviting D.advising
8.A.For example B.At first C.As a result D.Instead of
9.A.accept B.win C.lose D.miss
10.A.Suddenly B.However C.Otherwise D.Moreover
— I am going to the Purple Mountain myself to take photos of fireflies(萤火虫).
— __________. You are too young to go there alone. Moreover, you can hardly find them in winter.
A.Good idea B.I think so C.No problem D.You’d better not
