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Victor woke up at 6.30 and then he went back to sleep again because it was Saturday and there was no school. After three more hours, he woke up again. This time, he got up. e had a !uick shower and ate a slice of toast. e ate the toast in the li"ing room and watched TV. is mum came in. #$ill you please tidy your room up% &t's a disgrace( ow can anybody li"e like this% &'m fed up with you( All you do is get on that laptop and & am sick of it. Also, why don't you gi"e your dad a hand with the garden% And you ne"er wash up. )e and your dad do e"erything in here.' She clenched her fists and glared at Victor angrily. #*h shut up, you silly woman(' Victor said !uietly. appily, his mum didn't hear. e went back up to his room. e wanted to check his emails, then his +acebook account and then, he planned to spend the day playing an online game with friends from all o"er the world. &t was a beautiful, sunny day, but Victor drew his curtains. e shut the sun out. e logged on. e felt so ecited. Then - disaster - no internet connection( connection( Victor felt confused, then angry. angry. e punched his pillow and his cat ran downstairs in a panic. e called his dad up and they tried to sort it. They tried to diagnose the problem. Then )um came up. #'&t's not ust us', she said. #The whole street is down.' Victor felt like a ship in the ocean that had completely lost its way. #/ome on, son, let's get stuck in with the garden(' Victor's dad said. #o on, son,' Victor's mum said encouragingly. #*h, *1 then,' Victor said grudgingly. They started digging and weeding and Victor began to enoy it. Then, Sadie from two doors down came o"er and started chatting to him. She was in the same year group as Victor and he thought she was sweet and friendly. She began to help with the gardening. That e"ening, the internet came back on, but Victor didn't care. e chatted to Sadie for hours and arranged to meet her the net day. Answer the questions in fill sentences: 2. $hy didn didn't 't Victor Victor get up straig straight ht away% away% 4. $hy was Victor's Victor's mum angry angry with with him% 3. ow did did Victo Victorr feel feel when when he lost lost his his connect connection% ion% 5. $hat information information did )um gi"e about about the internet when she she went upstairs% . $hat did Victo Victor's r's mum encourag encourage e him to to do then then% % 6. 7id Victor Victor know Sadie Sadie befor before e that that day% day% 8. $hy did did Victor Victor change change his his attitude attitude about about the inter internet% net%
Answer TRUE or FALSE. Put T or F on the line provided. 29 Victor first woke up at 6.30, then he went back to sleep. 49 &t was +riday so he had to go to school. 39 The second time he woke up was at 20.30. 59 e ate a huge breakfast of eggs, hash browns and beans. 9 is mum said #ood morning' and she was nice to him. 69 Victor shouted #Shut up, you silly woman(' 89 Victor went back to his room to tidy it up. :9 Although it was a lo"ely sunny day, Victor closed his curtains. ;9 Victor was angry because he had no internet connection. 209 Victor's dad tried to sort out the problem. 229 &t wasn't only Victor's house that lost the internet. 249 Victor's dad suggested cleaning out the garage. 239 Victor helped his dad with the gardening. 259 Sadie li"ed close to Victor's house. 29 Victor and Sadie really got on well with each other
CAN YOU TRUST THE INTERNET Re!" the #!ss!$e below% then !nswer the questions full&' Twenty years ago, kids in school had ne"er e"en heard of the internet. ou may enoy using it to do research for a school proect, downloading your fa"orite songs or communicating with friends and family. &nformation is accessed through web pages that companies, organi?ations and indi"iduals create and post. &t=s kind of like a giant bulletin board that the whole world uses( @ut since anyone can put anything on the internet, you also ha"e to be careful and use your best udgment and a little common sense. ust because you read something on a piece of paper someone sticks on a bulletin board doesn=t mean its good information, or e"en correct, for that matter. So you ha"e to be sure that whoe"er posted the information knows what they=re talking about, especially if you=re doing research( @ut what if you=re ust emailing people% >ou still ha"e to be "ery careful. &f you="e ne"er met the person that you=re communicating with online, you could be on dangerous ground( >ou should ne"er gi"e out any personal information to someone you don=t know, not e"en your name( And ust like you can=t belie"e the information on e"ery website out there, you can=t rely on what strangers you =meet= on the internet tell you either. ust like you could make up things about yourself to tell someone, someone else could do the same to you( (UESTIONS 2. $hat does the term #net' in the word internet stand for% 4. $hat is a network% 3. +or what can students use the internet%
5. +or what can music lo"ers use the internet% . ow is information accessed on the internet% 6. $hy should you not trust e"erything you find on the internet% 8. ow can you decide if the information on the internet can be trusted% :. $hat is *
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