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Nowadays, the online world is nearly as important as the real one. It is not uncommon to see the whole Internet bands together to “cancel” someone after they make a mistake, which is called Cancel Culture. It can result in a person, if famous, losing fans and having to face attacks online. Even a normal person faces risks of losing their jobs or personal relationships. While stepping foot on any social media platform, everyone including young children can fall victim to it.

Cancel Culture is a lose-lose situation. The person being canceled has to stand the negative effects of the Internet, and the people doing the canceling are contributing to (促成) the mindset that it’s okay to do this to people they don’t know. Young kids may not understand or contribute completely to Cancel Culture, but by simply being on the Internet, they can see it firsthand, affecting their real lives. A New York Metro Parents article describes one girl who was canceled in school the same way people are canceled on the Internet, and her friends wouldn’t even talk to or look at her.

Dr. Pam Rultledge, a media psychologist, explains in her blog post that Cancel Culture discourages kids from expressing their opinions and standing up for others. It’s always an “us against them” mindset; anyone agreeing with the person being canceled is at risk of being left out online too.

So again I ask, what is this teaching our kids? That they aren’t allowed to make mistakes? That they have to be perfect? This may be the current narrative, but it shouldn’t be. Everyone messes up at some point, especially young children. They shouldn’t be publicly punished for it and not given the chance to change people’s minds. Forgiveness is an important skill kids need to learn, and Cancel Culture is encouraging the opposite.

One small mistake doesn’t make someone a bad person, but Cancel Culture makes them feel as if they are. Cancel Culture doesn’t have to exist. We make it exist. And just as easily, we can make it disappear by contributing to an online world full of praise and love.

1．The underlined words “fall victim to” in Paragraph 1 probably mean “________”.

A．be attracted to

B．get used to

C．be shocked by

D．get hurt by

2．Why does the writer mention the New York Metro Parents article in Paragraph 2?

A．To explain why Cancel Culture does harm to children’s friendships.

B．To stress the importance of close relationships with friends for students.

C．To show how Cancel Culture has exercised influence on kids’ real lives.

D．To suggest possible ways of changing the habit of overusing the Internet.

3．In Cancel Culture, a person who makes mistakes will be ________.

A．comforted with great patience	B．left out and publicly punished
C．taught how to correct the mistakes	D．blocked from using the Internet again

4．By saying “This may be the current narrative, but it shouldn’t be” in Paragraph 4,the writer wants to express that Cancel Culture ________.

A．is easy to change	B．has a two-sided nature
C．is supposed to be canceled	D．stops mistakes from being repeated