NAME: ______________________ DATE: _______________________

 
 
 
Extra Reading Comprehension Activities
 
(Unit 9, page 106)
 
 
 
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
 
A. Check each statement T (True) or F (False), according to the article.
 
T F
1. Personal information is always safe online.  
 
2. There are 40 million hackers around the world who steal credit card  
numbers.
 
3. Identity thieves often sell the credit card numbers they steal to  
other criminals.
 
4. People who join online social networking groups have to use their  
real name.
 
5. Communication between two people in an online networking group  
is always private.
 
 

6. Cyberbullying can be very dangerous.  

 

7. Companies have successfully protected themselves from computer  

virus attacks.
 

8. Computer viruses only attack computers in large companies.  

 

 
9. Computer virus attacks cost businesses a lot of money.  
 
 
CRITICAL THINKING
 
B. GROUP WORK. Discuss the following questions. Explain your answers.
 
1. Why are hackers and computer viruses bad for businesses and the economy in
general?
 
2. How should young people be protected from the dangers of the Internet?
 
  1. Because it can steal highly confidential company information. Then sell
it to the company's competitors or make it public on the Internet. In
addition, companies that suffer cyber attacks will also experience a
decrease in stock value. So, it has a huge impact on the economy
2. To protect young people, parents need to limit their children's internet
access time

Top Notch 2, Third Edition Unit 9

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