My 14-year-old brother John and I saw the coat at the same time. The thick black wool of the coat was soft, and it cost only $28. We looked at each other, saying   1  , but John’s face was shining with joy. Dark woolen coats were  2   with boys just then, and could cost several hundred dollars. But this coat was even better and much  3  .

John   4   the coat and bought it at once. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “  5   did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said. I started calling him “Lord（老爷）John”.

Over the next few weeks, a change came over John. He became more polite, more thoughtful and more pleasing. He would   6   his classmates his pens; he would bring his father a cup of tea when he   7  ; he would help a blind man cross the road.

When my mother told this to one of his teachers, he said, “It must be   8  !” One day, in the library, my brother and I ran into a friend. “Could this be John?” he asked. John shook hands with him, like   9  !

What really changed John was his own attitude（态度）. If you think you are a gentleman or a lady, you can become a  10   one.

1. A. something              B. anything                 C. nothing                     D. everything

2. A. common                B. popular                   C. fit                             D. excellent

3. A. cheaper                 B. more expensive       C. softer                        D. thicker

4. A. watched               B. wore                     C. put on                       D. tried on

5. A. What                     B. What for                C. How                         D. How about

6. A. give                      B. lend                       C. take                          D. show

7. A. got home               B. went out                 C. came in                     D. went to school

8. A. his friend               B. his brother              C. his coat                     D. himself

10. A. good                   B. talented                  C. suitable                     D. perfect

Collectors（收藏家） know just what to look for in a comic book. They always check the   __1   first. They like to find the books that came out between 1938 and 1945. These years   2   the Golden Age of comic books. Now these books are very expensive. The first copy(册) of Marvel Comics cost a little money   3   it came out. Now it is worth more than $100,000.

Collectors also look for the books in which a character   4   for the first time. The first Superman story tells how Superman came to Earth. This comic book might cost as much as $125,000.   5   a character from one comic book turns up in another one. When Batman（蝙蝠侠）is   6   in a Superman comic, the price of the book goes up. These books are called crossover books. They are worth more because there are not   7   of them.

Don’t let the high prices   8   you from starting a collection of your own. Comic books that came out after the Golden Age don’t cost so much. Today’s comic books are even   9   . You can enjoy them now and   10   them for their future value(价值).

1. A. place       B. date       C. size          D. price

2. A. followed    B. reached    C. marked       D. divided

3. A. when       B. if         C. before        D. but

4. A. appears     B. travels     C. acts          D. fails

5. A. Suddenly   B. Luckily     C. Actually      D. Sometimes

6. A. lost        B. wanted     C. shown        D. protected

7. A. any        B. some       C. all           D. many

8. A. keep       B. make       C. leave         D. throw

9. A. better        B. cheaper      C. more         D. thicker

10. A. record      B. borrow      C. save         D. change