This pair of socks ______ worn out. I'll have to buy a new ______.

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Everybody wants a new start for a new school year. So, students often go back-to-school shopping. They buy___1___and shoes. But, the story is not so easy.

"Mum, I want this pair of shoes!"

"Dear! Those are 900 yuan! That is too __2___ !"

"But all the boys in my class wear this brand (牌子)!"

So the real story is: Kids___3____to catch up with school fashion.

Chinese students __4___ uniforms at school. Parents think all the kids look the same, but _5___ know the differences. The "rich" kids wear amazing watches, ride good __6___ and use cool pencil cases. They show off their expensive things to __7__ kids. Then everyone else wants them too. For example, some "rich" kids use a pencil box that __8___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 ____9___ a special pencil box? What can you do with a compass ___10____a thermometer in class? They only distract (分散注意) you.

As for these "rich" kids, they are not rich at all. __11___ parents buy them all their cool things. They may have an advantage（优势）now, ____12___ it won't last forever. If you want to show off ___13___ 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 __14____to refuse (拒绝) their kids' demands (要求). They should __15__their kids: as students, what is really important is not school fashion but good school grades.

1.                                  A．pictures    B．school things

C．computer games                   D．food and drinks

2.                A．expensive       B．cheap          C．ugly D．nice

3.                A．hate           B．give up         C．want D．get

4.                A．put on         B．take off         C．buy  D．wear

5.                A．kids           B．fathers         C．mothers  D．people

6.                A．cars           B．bicycles         C．MP3 D．CDs

7.                A．another        B．the others       C．others    D．other

8.                A．pays           B．costs           C．spends   D．buys

9.                A．so             B．such           C．as   D．like

10.               A．and           B．but            C．or    D．though

11.               A．His            B．Her            C．Their D．Your

12.               A．but            B．because        C．if D．for

13.               A．how many      B．how much      C．how long  D．how often

14.               A．how           B．what           C．why  D．where

15.               A．say            B．talk            C．speak D．tell

This pair of shoes ________ one of the _________ very well.

–This pair of shoes is too small to ____ me. Could you show me another?
--Of course. Please look at these ones.