从下面方框中选择适当的选项填入短文中，使短文通顺、完整。选项中有两项是多余的。

In my life, I have a lot of friends,  1.  there is a special one who I'm the most thankful to. I first knew him when I began to go to school. He has been with me ever since.

Though he   2.  serious, he is really fun as you get close to him. He is very quiet, smart and knowledgeable.  He knows every language of the world, all the events of   3. , all the

thoughts of great scientists and so on. He is admired(钦佩) by   4.  who meets him.

To me, he has been a great  5.  as well. He first taught me the secrets of my own language and then those of others. With these keys, he showed us how to unlock all the arts and sciences of man.

My friend is quite  6.  . Although I am slow in understanding. I can return to him again and again, and he is   7.  ready to teach me. When I am  8. , he makes me relaxed. When I am lonely, he stays with me silently. When I am sad,  he   9.  me up. He is a friend not only to me, but also to  10.  people around the world. Shall I tell you his name? His name is “Reading”.

Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次)

A. strange?????? B. tradition??? C. allowed??

D. turned over???????? E. turned out

??? A good trick doesn’t leave lasting damage and always makes people laugh. It can even amaze them with its creativity. Some schools and universities have a long 1. of students playing good tricks. These tricks sometimes include school buildings and cars.

???? The California Institute of Technology, a university in the US, has a special day on which students are? 2. to play big tricks. One time, a group of students took apart a car, moved the parts into a student’s room and then put the car back together next to the bed.

???? It was a quiet evening at an American high school. Going home, the headmaster got into his car and started the engine. It’s quite 3. that the wheels turned, but the car didn’t move! It ? _4.? that some students had found a way to lift the car up so that its tires were just above the ground.