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.
【小題1】Mario’s grandpa gave him a special chair to _____.

A．sit on in the school
B．be his birthday present
C．test who his true friends are
D．play games with his friends at school
【小題2】What does the underlined word “invisible” mean in Chinese in the passage?
A．感激的B．有幫助的
C．神奇的D．看不見(jiàn)的
【小題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
【小題4】Which would be the best title（標(biāo)題）for this story?
A．A Magic ChairB．A Kind Grandpa
C．Mario’s True FriendsD．How to Test Friends


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：本文告訴我們?yōu)榱嗽囼?yàn)他真正的朋友是誰(shuí),Mario的爺爺給了他一把特別的椅子。椅子是根本不存在的看不到的。Mario把椅子拿到學(xué)校，最終是好朋友們托起他他才坐到了椅子上。他也知道了誰(shuí)才是他真正的朋友。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Mario的爺爺給了他一把特別的椅子為了試驗(yàn)他真正的朋友是誰(shuí)。根據(jù)if you manage to sit on it, you can use the chair’s magic power（力量） to tell who your real friends are. 可知答案。故選C。
【小題2】猜測(cè)詞義題。短文中劃線單詞“invisible”的漢語(yǔ)意思是什么？根據(jù)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.及下文可知爺爺拿在手里的東西-那把椅子是看不見(jiàn)的。故選D。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。因?yàn)榕笥褌兣e著他，所以Mario終于成功坐在了椅子上。根據(jù)Mario saw George, Lucas and Diana holding him up, so he wouldn’t fall.可知答案，故選C。
【小題4】主旨大意題。哪一個(gè)會(huì)是這篇短文的最佳題目？通讀全文為了驗(yàn)證Mario的真正朋友是誰(shuí)，于是爺爺給了他一把特別的椅子。椅子是不存在的，朋友們一起用力托起了Mario才讓他坐到了椅子上。通過(guò)這把椅子Mario知道了真正的朋友是誰(shuí)。椅子是短文的中心，故最佳題目是A. A Magic Chair一把魔力椅子。
考點(diǎn)：教育類(lèi)短文閱讀。

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