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Jules is now in his sixties, and is one of the many 1 people who live on the streets. He 2 a newspaper almost every day. Today with his fellow tramps(流浪汉) , he reads about yesterday’s strikes .
Like many of 3 tramps who live 4 the bridges in Paris, Jules was not always so 5 . A long time 6 he was in Navy and like many who have 7 to sea for a long time, he has stayed slim and 8 He used to love his life, and 9 the chance to see many 10 . He 11 Poland and Russia. In South Africa he realized that 12 he thought highly of in each country was the people he met . Some day , he hopes , everyone will see the world as he 13 .
14 many happy years in the Navy, he had to go home. His parents had died and he had 15 touch with his other relatives. He came to 16 and became a designer. He was happy, 17 the life wasn't the same, 18 that on the sea.
But now things are quite different. He is out of 19 and hasn't got a home. 20 tears in the corners of his eyes.
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Jules is now in his sixties, and is one of the many 1 people who live on the streets. He 2 a newspaper almost every day. Today with his fellow tramps(流浪汉) , he reads about yesterday’s strikes .
Like many of 3 tramps who live 4 the bridges in Paris, Jules was not always so 5 . A long time 6 he was in Navy and like many who have 7 to sea for a long time, he has stayed slim and 8 He used to love his life, and 9 the chance to see many 10 . He 11 Poland and Russia. In South Africa he realized that 12 he thought highly of in each country was the people he met . Some day , he hopes , everyone will see the world as he 13 .
14 many happy years in the Navy, he had to go home. His parents had died and he had 15 touch with his other relatives. He came to 16 and became a designer. He was happy, 17 the life wasn't the same, 18 that on the sea.
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In the United States many have been told that anyone can become rich and successful if he works hard and has some good luck．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 as successful and 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 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 neighbors．
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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．
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses．That is one reason why they read the "right" books, go to the "right" universities and eat in the "right" restaurants．
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 seems always to be ahead．
1．Many people in the United States were made to know ________________________．
A．anyone in the United States can become rich but might be poor soon
B．anyone in the United States can become rich if he works hard and has good luck
C．he can become rich in the future though he is not lucky enough
D．anyone in the United States who works hard can become rich
2．It can be inferred from the story that rich people probably ________________________．
A．like to live outside New York City
B．like to live in New York City
C．like to live in apartments
D．like to have many neighbors
3．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 neighbor's name
D．not a good name
4．Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because __________．
A．they want to be as rich as their neighbors
B．they want others to know or to think that they work hard
C．they don't want others to know they are rich
D．they want to be happy and comfortable
Bill and his family has been living in the six－family building for years. All the neighbors got along fairly well with each other until recently.
An old man and his wife used to live on the second floor. Bill’s mother and the old lady were good friends. Unfortunately the lady died last month. Her husband could not live alone, so he had his grandson move over and live with him.
The grandson has become a problem to all the neighbors, especially to Bill’s family. The walls of the building are thin and he is noisy. Bill is used to peace and quiet but the young man likes to listen to the radio late at night. Sometimes friends of his visit and they make a lot of noise. That is too much for Bill’s family.
Bill’s mother once asked the old man politely if he was able to sleep well at night, but obviously the man didn’t understand what she meant. If he did and spoke to his grandson, the young man obviously didn’t listen, since things haven’t changed any. Everyone in Bill’s family agrees that something must be done though they don’t want to hurt the kind old man.
【小题1】Bill’s family got angry because ________.
| A．the old lady had died |
| B．a young man moved in |
| C．the old man could not live alone |
| D．the grandson made a lot of noise |
| A．The old man could not live without his wife’s help. |
| B．The old man and his wife were sometimes making trouble too. |
| C．Bill’s mother was kind to her neighbors. |
| D．Bill’s mother was the only one who likes the young man. |
| A．he never thinks other people might not be happy with so much noise around |
| B．the walls of the building are thin |
| C．he likes to listen to the radio at night |
| D．friends of his visit |
| A．anyone is able | B．only the grandfather is going |
| C．Bill’s mother is able | D．nobody is likely |
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