Everybody wants a new start for a new school year. So, students often go back-to-school shopping. They buy school things and shoes. But, the story is not so easy.
"Mum, I want this pair of shoes!"
"Dear! Those are 900 yuan! That is too __16___ !"
"But all the boys in my class wear this brand (牌子)!"
So the real story is: Kids___17____to catch up with school fashion.
Chinese students __18__ uniforms at school. Parents think all the kids look the same, but kids know the differences. The "rich" kids wear amazing watches, ride good 19__and use cool pencil cases. They show off their expensive things to 20__ kids. Then everyone else wants them too. For example, some "rich" kids use a pencil box that _21_1,000 yuan! It not only holds pencils, but also has a thermometer (温度计), a compass (指南针), a music box and even games in it! But think about it. Do you really need ____22___ a special pencil box? What can you do with a compass or a thermometer in class? They only distract (分散注意) you.
As for these "rich" kids, they are not rich at all. 23__ parents buy them all their school things. They may have an advantage now, but it won't last forever. If you want to show off __24__ money you have, you have to make it yourself first. So, study hard. You will get a great job in the future.
Parents should also learn __25___to refuse their kids' demands (要求). They should tell their kids: as students, what is really important is not school fashion but good school grades.
1. A. expensive B. cheap C. ugly D. nice
2.A. hate B. give up C. want D. get
3.A. put on B. take off C. buy D. wear
4.A. cars B. bicycles C. MP3 D. CDs
5.A. another B. the others C. others D. other
6. A. pays B. costs C. spends D. buys
7. A. so B. such C. as D. like
8.A. His B. Her C. Their D. Your
9. A. how many B. how much C. how long D. how often
10.A. how B. what C. why D. where
---Do you know ______ this dictionary belongs to?
-----Let me see. Oh, it’s ________.
A. who ; mine B, who; me C, whose; mine D. whose; me
_________ the people lost their lives in the traffic accident.
A. Three hundred B. Three hundred of
C. Three hundreds of D. Hundred of
The young man is wondering________.
A. where can he find a good job B. where he can find a good job
C. where could he find a good job D. where will he find a good job
—Can you hear me?
—No, I can’t. Would you please speak _________?
A. clearly enough B. clear enough C. enough clear D. enough clearly
Most of us have probably 31 of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and many other famous Disney characters. Perhaps we have even seen them in movies. But have you ever_32_to Disneyland? _33_fact, there are now four__34__Disneyland amusement parks around the world. Two are in the United States, one is in Japan, and__35_is in France.
Disneyland is an amusement park, but we can __36_call it a theme park. It has all the normal__37__that you can find at an amusement park, but it also has a theme. The theme, of course, is Disney movies and Disney characters. For example, you can find a roller coaster in most amusement parks, but in Disneyland, the 38 of the roller coaster is Disney characters. This means that you can find Disney characters all over the roller coaster. You can also __39__Disney movies, eat in Disney restaurants, and buy Disney gifts. And you can see Disney characters __40__around Disneyland all the time.
1.A. hear B. hears C. heard
2.A. been B. gone . C. go
3.A. in B. on C. at
4.A. different B. difference C. differences
5.A. other B. the other C. the others
6.A. too B. either C. also
7.A. attracts B. attraction C. attractions
8.A. theme B. themed C. themes
9.A. watch B. saw C. look
10.A. walk B. walks C. walking
