Have you ever heard about “cyberbullying”? This is a new kind of bullying. Teenage cyberbullies post lies and hateful things about other young people on the Internet in order to embarrass them and make them feel bad.

It is getting to be a serious problem, and it is spreading very fast. The victims don't want to go out or go to only school and avoid talking to everyone because they worry that people have already seen the lies on the Internet.

Teenagers bully other teenagers online, by sending insults or threats（侮辱或威胁）directly to them in emails or instant messages. Also, they spread hateful comments about a person through e-mail, instant messaging, or by posting on blogs or Web sites teenager often read.

A teenage student from Canada was physically bullied for years. Finally, people began to bully him online too, sending him hateful e-mails telling him no one liked him. He didn't know how to get away from the bullies, so he left school and isolated（隔离）himself from everyone.

Another example is when a group of middle school students bullied a teenage girl and started sending her unpleasant messages about her physical appearance. They called her names online and said many things to hurt her. She was very badly emotionally wounded.

Some parents, teachers, and other adults are trying to stop it by talking to victims they know about. If victims can talk about these problems with someone, they can find ways to deal with cyberbullying.

Parents of students need to check and see what their children are doing online. If they see their children bullying someone online, they need to help their children understand that they are seriously hurting their victims and see that it is wrong.

Recently I read that thousands of students and teachers in Michigan attended a conference about stopping bullying. They all worked together and discussed ways to stop bullying in their schools.

1.Cyber bullying is__________.

    A. a kind of net cheat and jokes                  B. a way of telling lies merely

C. an online insult or threat                         D. a new method of grading

2.What can we learn about the two teenagers mentioned in Paragraphs 4 and 5?

A. They both suffered from online hateful insults.

B. They were both physically bullied for years.

C. They both had to leave school for a while.

D. They were both bullied by their classmates.

3.Cyberbullying can’t possibly arise_________.

   A. so long as schools don’t give free access to the Internet

   B. if teachers charge the students with adequate schoolwork

   C. if cyber users raise their awareness of their respect for others

   D. if parents are strict enough with their children in their online time.

4.Which of the following points is included in this passage?

   A. Many effective ways have been performed to stop cyberbullying.

   B. Some victims are both physically and emotionally insulted.

   C. Most teenage cyberbullies have realized its seriousness.

   D. Parents of the cyberbullies should be responsible for the bullying.

5.What can you learn from the passage?

   A. Cyberbullying has been under control.

   B. The influence of Cyberbullying is getting around fast.

   C. Teenagers mean no harm by cyberbullying.

   D. Victims are ready to turn to other people for help.