先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
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 __1__ !"
"But all the boys in my class wear this brand (牌子)!"
So the real story is: Kids___2____to catch up with school fashion.
Chinese students 3__ uniforms at school. Parents think all the kids look the same, but kids know the differences. The "rich" kids wear amazing watches, ride good 4__and use cool pencil cases. They show off their expensive things to 5_ kids. Then everyone else wants them too. For example, some "rich" kids use a pencil box that _6_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 ____7___ 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. 8_ 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 _9__ 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 _10___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