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When people think of bullying (欺负), they sometimes think only of kids being pushed around. But being
called hurtful names is a kind of bullying too. Sometimes being called names can hurt almost as much as being
hit or shoved (推撞). Maybe the name-caller thought the names were funny, but name-calling is not funny at
all to the person who is being called those names. To help make kids realize how much name-calling can hurt,
school all over the U.S. are planning to mark No Name-Calling Week January26-30, 2009. No Name-Calling
Week started in 2004. The program was inspired by a novel for kids called The Misfits, written by James Howe.
It is about four best friends who are teased (取笑) at school about their height, their weight, what they say, and
how they look. The friends run for the school's student union and say if they will try to stop all name-calling at
school. They lose the election but persuade their teacher to have a No Name-Calling Day to try to stop teasing.
This year, about 50 national organizations are supporting the sixth No Name-Calling Week. The project seeks
to focus national attention on the problem of name-calling in schools, and to provide students and educators
with the tools and inspiration to start a dialogue about ways to get rid of name-calling in their communities.
Many students in the U.S. report being teased at school. Last year during No Name-Calling Week, almost all of
the sixth graders at one New Jersey school said they had been bullied.
Ideas for celebrating No Name-Calling Week: Place a huge cardboard T-shirt outside the school gym or
cafeteria with a headline that reads, "Sign your name here if you've ever been bullied." Make bracelets (手镯)
to represent a commitment to not calling names. Create a "Kindness Chain." Each link on the chain explains
something kind that one student has done for another during No Name-Calling Week.
1. People used to consider bullying to be _____. [ ]
A. a kind of funny thing
B. a matter of naughty behavior
C. a joke among students
D. a physical violence
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2. If someone calls others' names, he or she probably _____. [ ]
A. calls their names without permission
B. gives them new names
C. says rude words about them
D. hits or shoves them
3. How did No Name-Calling Week start?[ ]
A. It was founded by four middle school students.
B. It came from a novel written by James Howe.
C. It was an idea put forward by a school master.
D. It was put forward at a student union election.
4. One way of celebrating No Name-Calling Week mentioned in the passage is _____. [ ]
A. making bracelets to promise not to call names
B. wearing T-shirt with the words No Name-Calling
C. reporting to teachers how you have ever been bullied
D. explaining why names should not be called
