He is very popular in his class because of his sense of humor.(英译汉)
A.popular
B.courteous
C.vulgar
D.liberal
Yet, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it.And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is.That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about.It is the story of someone who tries to look as rich and as successful as his neighbors.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American by the name of Arthur Momand.He told this story about himself: he began earning $125 a week at the age of 23.That was a lot of money in those days.Young Momand was very proud of his riches.He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City.But just moving there was not enough.When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horse riding every day.When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.
It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up.Momand and his wife could not do that.
The race ended for them when they could no longer pay for their new way of life.They left their wealthy neighborhood and moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with their neighbors.He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories.He called it “keeping up with the Joneses”, because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States.“Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with the people around you.Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
Every city has an area where people want to live because others will think better of them if they do.And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world.But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses, because no matter what one does, Mr.Jones always seems to be ahead.
1.The writer of the selection believes ().
A.anyone in the United States can become rich
B.anyone in the United Sates can become rich if he works hard and has some good luck
C.he can become rich in the future
D.many people in the United States think anyone can become rich if he works hard and has some good luck
2.Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because ().
A.they want to be as rich as their neighbors
B.they want to be happy
C.they don’t want others to know they are rich
D.they want others to know or to think that they are rich
3.It can be inferred from the story that rich people ().
A.like to live in apartments
B.like to live in New York City
C.like to live outside New York City
D.like to have many neighbors
4.Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because Jones is ().
A.an important name
B.his neighbor’s name
C.a popular name in the United States
D.not a good name
5.According to the writer, it is ().
A.correct to keep up with the Joneses
B.interesting to keep up with the Joneses
C.impossible to keep up with the Joneses
D.good to keep up with the Joneses
A、Communicating facts
B、Communicating opinions
C、Communicating emotions
D、All above
A.by
B.to
C.with
D.for
ch. (pride)
A.flourish
B.distinguish
C.perish
D.vanish
此题为判断题(对,错)。
I remembered our happy growingup years in a small town in West Virginia. With good family education, Jerry had been a kind kid. He was only 15 when Dad died. Unlike him, I got over the sorrow soon, but he started drinking. Soon he began hanging out with bad guys.
Jerry and I didn’t see each other often, but we talked on the phone. Usually, though, we ended up fighting. When Mom came to live with us, Jerry dropped in regularly at first, but after a while his visits became sporadic. He explained he couldn’t handle seeing Mom in such a bad condition. Another excuse, I thought.
One day I went to see the doctor about my back.It had been aching for months.“I can’t find anything wrong with you physically,”the doctor said.“But I can tell you’re very tense. Is something bothering you?” I poured out my story about Jerry.“Do you think he’s likely to change?” he asked. I shrugged.“Probably not.”“But,you can, ”he said gently.
Me? Why did I have to change? He was the one who constantly let us down.But what had I done? Maybe the doctor was right. I couldn’t love his behavior, but I could love him—the way I did when we were little. As I walked into the house I sensed a relief.
Jerry died young due to drinking .I miss him. But I’m grateful I was given the opportunity to show him I loved him—as he was, not as I wanted him to be.
A-31.When Jerry failed to carry out his promise that night,his mother_____.
A、felt very angry
B、tried to defend him
C、was indifferent about it
D、phoned him to ask him to come back
32阅读A-31题干中Passage One材料,完成本题。
A-32.Jerry got into the habit of drinking mainly because_____.
A、he was influenced by bad guys
B、his mom left to live with his sister
C、nobody cared for him after his father died
D、he couldn’t get over the sadness of losing his father
33阅读A-31题干中Passage One材料,完成本题。
A-33.The underlined word “sporadic” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_____”.
A、occasional
B、frequent
C、formal
D、Unpleasant
34阅读A-31题干中Passage One材料,完成本题。
A-34.What did the author think of the doctor’s suggestion at first?
A、It was acceptable.
B、It gave her much hope.
C、It was unreasonable.
D、It made her confused.
35阅读A-31题干中Passage One材料,完成本题。
A-35.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A、Love can help a person give up bad habits.
B、Too much tension will destroy a person’s health.
C、We shouldn’t expect too much of a person.
D、We should try to love a person as he is.