2 . Last summer my daughter’s school was blown up. No students were harmed, but the main building was completely destroyed, as well as the nearby dorms.
Before you start trying to ask when this horrible act took place on U. S. soil, I should mention that this attack didn’t happen in reality, rather in my daughter’s carefully constructed Minecraft world. During an online journey with a few friends, a stranger came to her school and bombed the school she had carefully built. In a minute, her school was ruined. Sure, no actual property(财产)was damaged. But the emotional pain she felt was very much real. She thought this was a form of terrorism.
I shared this act of absurd online violence on my Facebook page, and fellow parents with Minecraft-loving children were just as shocked as I was. I had thought this was a unique experience, and my daughter was just unlucky that this happened to her. But, as it turned out, she was far from alone. The acts were performed by computer bullies(暴徒) known as “griefers”. The platform that my daughter was playing was the Minecraft: Pocket Edition(PE)version, which is popular with younger players. While she once only played in creative mode(模式), she began to play in the multi-player mode so that she and a few friends from school could build and create together. That multi-player choice made it possible for a stranger, one of these “griefers”, to do damage.
It was a painful lesson for my daughter that dangers happened suddenly. She understood we have to protect ourselves from bad people in the real world. Still, there was some goodness that came out of the ruins. Many fellow players of hers took the time to help her rebuild her school, which has been set up again. She is moved. Also, this experience opened her eyes.
1. What was the result of the daughter’s school being blown up?
| A．All the buildings but the dorms were ruined. |
| B．Many students were seriously injured. |
| C．Money needed to be seriously injured. |
| D．The author’s daughter felt hurt a lot. |
2. Before talking to other parents about the attack the author had thought that
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| A．her daughter should be blamed for it |
| B．this attack was just a rare incident |
| C．danger happened all of a sudden on the Internet |
| D．her daughter was too lonely |
3. Which of the following is NOT true about the “griefers”?
| A．They can help players build and create a new world. |
| B．They are performed by computer bullies. |
| C．They are likely to cause damage in the multi-player mode. |
| D．They disturb and cause sadness to game players. |
4. What did her daughter do after the incident?
| A．Quit playing Minecraft. |
| B．Gave up multi-player mode. |
| C．Learned to defend herself against bad people. |
| D．Decided to rebuild her school independently. |
