(十五)(中考•荆州)AboycalledMariohadmanyfriendsandhewasproudofit.Whoeverhemethewouldliketoshowoff(炫耀)howpopularhewasatschool.Onedayhisgrandpa

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                            (十五) (中考•荆州)

        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 and soon returned 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 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 moves. YouVe about to see something amazing ”Jsaid 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 chair.

        Mario didn't give up. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair. Finally he did it. This time he felt himself in midair. 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 wouldnH 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.

() 1. Mario9s grandpa gave him a special chair to .

   A. sit on in the school

   B. be his birthday present

   C. test who his true friends were

   D. play games with his friends at school

() 2. What does the underlined word “invisible”mean in Chinese in the passage?

   A. 感激的   B. 有帮助的

   C. 神奇的   D. 看不见的

() 3. Mario succeeded in sitting on his chair finally because.

   A. his friends taught him

   B. he had tried many times

   C. his friends held him

   D. the chair had magic power

() 4. Which would be the best tide (标题) for this story?

   A. A Magic Chair

   B. A Kind Grandpa

   C. Mario's True Friends

   D. How to Test Friends

Answer 1

1.C 2.D 3.C 4.A