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A. nothing but meaningless patterns
B. uninteresting aspects of the world
C. completely meaningless subjects
D. subjects chosen partly for their meanings
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5 The swiftest and most effective communications take place among people with
A. common points of view
B dissimilar interests
C. advanced degrees
D. the ability to reduce perception barriers
E. good encoding skills
-50) a night. They provide a place for those who may be too drunk to return home safely. About 30% at the Capsule Hotel were unemployed or underemployed and were renting capsules by the month. It was first offered to salary men who had missed the last train home, but now it is also poDular with travelers from all over the world. Therefore, it's going to gain more popularity.
21. The space of each capsule is quite().
A. limited
B. large
C. capacious
22. Most capsules are not equipped with()in the small sleeping space.
A.a TV
B. wireless internet connection
C. washrooms
23.Capsule hotels were first developed in().
A. Japan
B. China
C. UK
24. The benefits of these hotels do not incude ().
A. convenienced
B. comfort
C. price
25.The writer has a () attitude towards capsule hotels.
A. positive
B. negative
C. neutral
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
1.A parrot can be trained to do all the following but ____.
A、talk
B、help its owner
C、sing
D、create a lively atmosphere
2.Which of the following is NOT a reason for the easy raising of the parrot？ ____
A、It eats very little.
B、Its food is inexpensive.
C、It does not need a house sitter.
D、It does not require daily walks as dogs do.
3.The word "tameness" in the passage means ____.
A、the quality of being brave or unafraid
B、the quality of being kind or warm-hearted
C、the quality of being uncontrollable or fierce
D、the quality of being gentle or trained
4.The word "jungle" probably means ____.
A、boundless desert with very little plant life
B、large apartment building with pleasing surroundings
C、wild land overgrown with thick bushes and trees
D、snow-covered mountain top in very cold areas.
5.The writer ____.
A、likes the parrot
B、dislikes the parrot
C、does not like nor dislike the parrot
D、values the parrot highly
The writer thinks that a new job is______to people．
A．a duty
B．a challenge
C．an offer
D．fun
When the writer says,“This is not going to be put right overnight”, he means ()．
A． we must solve the problem very quickly
B． there is no completely fair thing all over the world
C． we need a long time to change the unfair reality
D． the problem that women lose will be solved soon
