高考英语阅读理解练习题及答案(1)
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高考英语阅读理解练习题及答案(1)
In the United
States, 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 tried to
look
as rich as his neighbours.
The
expression was first used in 1913 by a young
American
called 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. He got married and moved with
his wife to a very
wealthy neighbourhood
outside New York City. When he saw that
rich
people rode horses, Momand went horseback 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
neighbours.
It was like a race, but one
could never finish this race
because one was
always trying to keep up. The race ended for
Momand and his wife when they could no longer
pay for their new
way of life. They moved back
to an apartment(公寓房间) in New
York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many
people do
things just to keep up with rich
life--style of their neighbours.
He saw the
funny side of it and started to write a series
(系
列) 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
rich
lifestyle of the people around
you. Momand’s series appeared
in different
newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up
with the
Joneses. And there are ‘Jonses’ 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. Some people
want to keep up with the Joneses because they
______.
A. want to be as rich as their
neighbours
B. want others to know or to
think that they are rich
C. don’t want
others to know they are rich
D. want to be
happy
2. It can be inferred from the story
that rich people like
to ________.
A.
live outside New York City B. live in New York
City
C. live in apartments D. have many
neighbours
3. The underlined word
neighbourhood in the second
paragraph means
________.
A. a person who lives near another
B. people living in an
area
C. an
area near the place referred to D. an area in
another
town or city
4. Arthur Momand
used the name ‘Jones’ in his series of
short
stories because’ Jones’ is ________.
A. an
important name B. a popular name in the United
States
C. his neighbour’s name D. not a good
name
5. According to the writer, it is to
keep up with the
Joneses.
A. correct B.
interesting C. impossible D. good
答案：
1B 2 A 3 C 4 B 5 C
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