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Task 1. Read the article about cyber bullying and questions 1-4.

Then choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each question.

The dark side of the web

The Internet has changed the world for the better, but it has also brought many problems with it.The first one was spam — unwanted advertisements. And then there were viruses that could steal information from a user’s computer. There was also the problem of making sure that children didn’t go on adult websites. And now there are Internet trolls — people who write unkind comments on websites for fun.

Cyber bullying, where children use social websites to say bad things to other children, is a fast-growing problem. In England, for every three children that use the Internet, one child says they have been cyber bullied. And in 2012, five school children killed themselves because of online bullying. The youngest child was only thirteen years old.

A typical case is Tina, who posted a picture of herself on Facebook. She didn’t believe that cyber bullying could be so bad. At first, she got some bad comments from people she didn’t know. She still thought the photo was okay and didn’t care. But then her good friends started to write bad comments about the photo. That’s what really hurt her. Then people set up a Facebook page saying they hated her. She didn’t read it and asked Facebook to block the new Facebook page.

English schools are now teaching Internet safety to pupils so they can enjoy the good side of the web. And websites are also doing more to control what people can do when using their sites. Also the British government is blocking some foreign websites from the Internet, and the media are informing parents how to make their computers safer for children to use.

(Amended from unvw.cbsnews.com)

1. What is the latest problem on the Internet?

Task 1. Read the article about cyber bullying and questions 1-4.

Then choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each question.

The dark side of the web

The Internet has changed the world for the better, but it has also brought many problems with it.The first one was spam — unwanted advertisements. And then there were viruses that could steal information from a user’s computer. There was also the problem of making sure that children didn’t go on adult websites. And now there are Internet trolls — people who write unkind comments on websites for fun.

Cyber bullying, where children use social websites to say bad things to other children, is a fast-growing problem. In England, for every three children that use the Internet, one child says they have been cyber bullied. And in 2012, five school children killed themselves because of online bullying. The youngest child was only thirteen years old.

A typical case is Tina, who posted a picture of herself on Facebook. She didn’t believe that cyber bullying could be so bad. At first, she got some bad comments from people she didn’t know. She still thought the photo was okay and didn’t care. But then her good friends started to write bad comments about the photo. That’s what really hurt her. Then people set up a Facebook page saying they hated her. She didn’t read it and asked Facebook to block the new Facebook page.

English schools are now teaching Internet safety to pupils so they can enjoy the good side of the web. And websites are also doing more to control what people can do when using their sites. Also the British government is blocking some foreign websites from the Internet, and the media are informing parents how to make their computers safer for children to use.

(Amended from unvw.cbsnews.com)

2. What really hurt Tina about cyber bullying?

Task 1. Read the article about cyber bullying and questions 1-4.

Then choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each question.

The dark side of the web

The Internet has changed the world for the better, but it has also brought many problems with it.The first one was spam — unwanted advertisements. And then there were viruses that could steal information from a user’s computer. There was also the problem of making sure that children didn’t go on adult websites. And now there are Internet trolls — people who write unkind comments on websites for fun.

Cyber bullying, where children use social websites to say bad things to other children, is a fast-growing problem. In England, for every three children that use the Internet, one child says they have been cyber bullied. And in 2012, five school children killed themselves because of online bullying. The youngest child was only thirteen years old.

A typical case is Tina, who posted a picture of herself on Facebook. She didn’t believe that cyber bullying could be so bad. At first, she got some bad comments from people she didn’t know. She still thought the photo was okay and didn’t care. But then her good friends started to write bad comments about the photo. That’s what really hurt her. Then people set up a Facebook page saying they hated her. She didn’t read it and asked Facebook to block the new Facebook page.

English schools are now teaching Internet safety to pupils so they can enjoy the good side of the web. And websites are also doing more to control what people can do when using their sites. Also the British government is blocking some foreign websites from the Internet, and the media are informing parents how to make their computers safer for children to use.

(Amended from unvw.cbsnews.com)

3. How many children in England died because of cyber bullying?

Task 1. Read the article about cyber bullying and questions 1-4.

Then choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each question.

The dark side of the web

The Internet has changed the world for the better, but it has also brought many problems with it.The first one was spam — unwanted advertisements. And then there were viruses that could steal information from a user’s computer. There was also the problem of making sure that children didn’t go on adult websites. And now there are Internet trolls — people who write unkind comments on websites for fun.

Cyber bullying, where children use social websites to say bad things to other children, is a fast-growing problem. In England, for every three children that use the Internet, one child says they have been cyber bullied. And in 2012, five school children killed themselves because of online bullying. The youngest child was only thirteen years old.

A typical case is Tina, who posted a picture of herself on Facebook. She didn’t believe that cyber bullying could be so bad. At first, she got some bad comments from people she didn’t know. She still thought the photo was okay and didn’t care. But then her good friends started to write bad comments about the photo. That’s what really hurt her. Then people set up a Facebook page saying they hated her. She didn’t read it and asked Facebook to block the new Facebook page.

English schools are now teaching Internet safety to pupils so they can enjoy the good side of the web. And websites are also doing more to control what people can do when using their sites. Also the British government is blocking some foreign websites from the Internet, and the media are informing parents how to make their computers safer for children to use.

(Amended from unvw.cbsnews.com)

4. Who is helping children to know how to use the Internet more safely?

Task 2. Read the text. Choose the correct answers to fill in the gaps (1-12).

From the imagination of the Theodor Geis

On March 2,1904, a boy named Theodor Geisel was born. Theodor's father 1)          [ran, worked, planned, trained]. a zoo, and the young boy often went with his father to work. The strange and unusual animals 2)          [belonged, became, got, stayed] part of Theodor's imagination.

Theodor grew up and 3)           [graduated, finished, left, went] from college in 1925. In 1937, Theodor wrote and illustrated his first 4)            [childrens’, childrens, children’s] book. He didn't like the sound of his name. Theodor

thought an author who wrote for children should sound more "scientific", so he took his middle name and 5)        [gave, threw, added, called] the title Dr.Seuss soon became loved 6)      [with, for, -, by] children around the world.

Dr. Seuss 7)          [appeared, created, found, did] a new company to sell his books called Beginner Books. He wrotemfunny stories like Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!, and stories that 8)          [taught, leatned, educated, showed]lessons (The Lorax).

Dr. Seuss also worked on movies that 9)        [spoke, talked, told, said] true stories. Two of these films won

Academy Awards. His cartoon Gerald McBoing-Boing 10)          [achieved, won, made, was] an Oscar in 1951.

11)             [After all, At the end, Lately, Finally]in 1984, Dr. Seuss won a special Pulitzer 12)         [price, award, honor, victory] for his lifetime of work.

Theodor Seuss Geisel died on September 25, 1991.