A boy called Mario had many friends, and he was proud of it. Whoever he met, he would like to show off(炫耀) how popular he was at school.
One day, his grandpa said to him, “Mario, I know that you don’t have as many friends as you think. Many of them are not true to you.”
Mario thought maybe his grandpa was right. However, he wasn’t sure how he could test whether his schoolmates were real friends or not, so he asked his grandpa. The old man answered, “I have just exactly what you need. It’s in my room. Wait a minute.” The old man left, soon returning as if(好像) carrying something in his hand, but Mario could see nothing there.
“Take it. It’s a very special chair. Because it’s invisible, it will be hard for you to sit on it. However, if you manage to sit on it, you can use the chair’s magic power（力量） to tell who your real friends are.”
Mario took the strange invisible chair to school. At break time he asked everyone to form a circle, and he put himself in the middle, with his chair.
“Nobody move. You’re about to see something amazing，” said Mario. Then he tried sitting on the chair. Having difficulty seeing it, he missed and fell to the ground. Everyone had a pretty good laugh. “Wait, wait,” said Mario, making another try. But again he missed the seat.
Mario didn’t give up. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair. Finally, he did it. This time he felt himself in mid-air.
Then he experienced the magic that his grandpa had been talking about. Looking around, Mario saw George, Lucas and Diana holding him up, so he wouldn’t fall. But some schoolmates whom he had regarded as friends had done nothing but made fun of him. Mario was quite thankful to his grandpa, who helped him test who his true friends were.
【小题1】Mario’s grandpa gave him a special chair to _____.

Some years ago, Chinese high school students would show their new schoolbag, new clothes or new pens to their classmates when the new term started. Today, however, all have   1 .   If you still come back to school   2   only these things, you are failing out - of- date (过时的). Students in big cities like to bring the latest high -tech things to school, and feel happy to show off(炫耀) these things to   3     Mobile phones, MP3 players, CD players, electronic dictionaries-the list is endless.

     Young people think that, living in the 21st century, they must keep up with the  4    They don't want to fall  5  .Besides, they think   6   they need to keep in touch with their classmates, so they need mobile phones. They also like to   7   pop music, so they need MP3 players or CD players. They explain that electronic dictionaries can be   8   in their studies. They think that their parents should understand  9  they want these things.

      Foreign students will also bring some of the latest high - tech things when they return to school at the beginning of a new term.  10  , they often use the money which they made by themselves during the holiday to buy these high -tech things that they want.

1. A. changed           B. come            C. joined               D. stopped

2. A. to                 B. from              C. of                  D. with

3. A. other              B. the other         C. others              D. the others

4. A. times              B. days          C. months           D. years

5. A. down              B. off           C. behind             D. back

6. A. that                B. how            C. if                  D. which

7. A. hear               B. listen to          C. wound              D. play

8. A. new               B. modern          C. latest               D. useful

9. A. where              B. which           C. what                D. why

10. A. But                B. However      C. So                 D. Still

Some years ago, Chinese high school students would show their new schoolbags, new clothes or new pens to their classmates when the new term started. Today, however, all have    1   . If you still come back to school    2    only these things, you are falling out-of-date(过时的). Students in big cities like to bring the latest high-tech things to school, and feel happy and    3    to show off(炫耀)these things to    4   . Mobile phones, MP3 players, CD players, electronic dictionaries…, the list is endless.

Young people think that, living in the 21st century, they must keep      up with the    5   . They don't want to fall    6   . Besides, they think

    7    they need to keep in touch with their classmates, so they need mobile phones. They also like to    8    the pop music, so they need CD players. They explain that,    9    like electronic dictionaries, these can be    10    in their study,    11   . They think that their parents should understand    12    they want these things.

Foreign students will also bring some latest high-tech things when they

    13    to school at the beginning of a new term.    14   , they often use the money which they made by themselves during the holiday to    15    these high-tech things that they want.

1.A.changed         B.come           C.joined          D.stopped

2.A.to                             B.from                    C.of                          D.with

3.A.right                         B.lucky                    C.nice                       D.pleased

4.A.other                         B.the other               C.others                    D.the others

5.A.times                        B.days                     C.years                     D.date

6.A.down                        B.off                       C.behind                    D.back

7.A.that                           B.how                     C.if                           D.which

8.A.hear                          B.listen to                C.read                       D.play

9.A.look                          B.just                      C.feel                        D.something

10.A.new                        B.modern                 C.latest                      D.useful

11.A.also                         B.too                       C.either                     D.then

12.A.where                     B.which                   C.what                      D.why

13.A.return                      B.return back           C.reach                     D.arrive

14.A.But                         B.So                        C.However                D.Still

15.A.borrow                    B.buy                      C.lend                       D.take