第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Kino, a poor fisher man, found a pearl (珍珠) which was    36    big as an egg and very beautiful. He set out for the nearest town to    37    it. He needed money very much to get    38    for his sick baby.

　　  The news that Kino had found the pearl spread (传播) the    39   . Every man suddenly became connected with Kino's pearl, and    40     went into the dreams, wishes and hungers (欲望)  of everyone.  Only one person  stood in the    41    and that was Kino,  who became every man's    42    .

　　   Before Kino reached the town, the pearl buyers somehow    43    he was coming and were    44    for him.

　　 Kino walked into the first shop. An old man    45    to have a look at the pearl. The old man's heart missed a beat (跳动) when he saw the pearl, but he took    46    not to show his excitement (激动). He looked at it for a moment and then said    47   a sad smile, “I'm sorry, my friend. It's too large. Nobody's going to    48    one like this. I can give you a thousand pesos (比索) for it.”

　　“Go and    49    it to the other buyers, or I can ask them to come here if you    50   .” They soon came. They looked as if they didn't know   51    about the pearl. They    52    five hundred for it.

Kino    53     the pearl and left.    54    he never knew he was followed by a group of men who all had    55    with them.

36. A. so          B. too            C. very       D. as

37.   A. buy       B. sell            C. show      D. go with

38.   A. clothes       B. delicious food    C. sweets     D. medicine

39.   A. town      B. village              C. city        D. street

40.   A. they       B. he              C. it         D. which

41.   A. way       B. street         C. town      D. dream

42.   A. friend     B. enemy         C. follower     D. boss

43.   A. saw       B. realized         C. knew     D. recognized

44.   A. ready     B. worried         C. happy     D. afraid

45.   A. ordered      B. suggested      C. wanted       D. promised

46.   A. care       B. notice         C. attention     D. place

47.   A. on         B. in                  C. with       D. by

48.   A. want      B. get             C. carry      D. buy

49.   A. take       B. show          C. give       D. hand

50.   A. want      B. pleased          C. sell        D. like

51.   A. something  B. everything     C. anything     D. nothing

52.   A. gave      B. offered          C. paid       D. bought

53.   A. fetched      B. carried              C. brought      D. took

54.   A. But        B. Though         C. And       D. However

55.   A. pearls     B. money              C. guns      D. nothing

 

The expression “keeping up with the Joneses” was first used in 1913 by a young American 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 Long Island, outside New York City.

But just moving there was not enough. For when Momand and his wife saw that their neighbors belonged to a country club they too joined a club. And when he saw that rich people were expected to ride horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave grand 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 moved back to an inexpensive New York City apartment.

Momand later said that his experience had been a cruel awakening for him. However, he was able to see the funny side of it. He looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with their neighbors.

He decided that this would make good stories for many papers across the country. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses”, because “Jones” is a very common American name. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with the people around you. Momand’s stories appeared in different newspapers for over 28 years.

People never seem to tire 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. But no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.

1.The writer of this passage means to tell us ___________.

A．what Arthur Momand did to keep up with his neighbors

B．how the expression “keep up with the Joneses” came into being

C．what we should do to keep up with our neighbors

D．how we can live differently from others

2.The reason Momand moved to Long Island is that ___________.

A．he wanted to live in a rich neighborhood

B．there was a country club for him to join

C．it was outside the city and good for horseback riding

D．his wife came from that area

3.By saying “It was like a race”(in Para 3), the writer means ____________.

A．it was just a suitable place for the horse race

B．Momand and his wife kept themselves busy

C．Momand’s neighbors also gave parties one after another

D．Momand tried to compete with their neighbors in his way of life

4.The funny side Momand saw in his experience was _________.

A．he moved back to a cheap place

B．he was not alone in keeping up with his neighbors

C．he made a mistake in following other people’s examples

D．he cared too much about what others thought of him

5.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Momand earned a lot of money when he got married

B．Momand was always very interested in riding horses

C．Momand found there was something wrong with his way of life

D．Momand wrote stories for newspapers about himself and his neighbors

 

When he saw a little boy ______ in the river, he took off his shirt and jumped into the water.

A. struggles          B. struggling     C. to struggle      D. struggle

 

 

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 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. According to the writer, it is _________ to keep up with the Joneses.

   A. correct       B. interesting     C. impossible       D. good

 

校创业俱乐部成员Bob、Olga、Scott、Ann和David正筹划在同学中开展“青少年创业”的宣传活动。请根据他们各自的兴趣（61~65），阅读下面某杂志上6位青少年企业家的简介（A、B、C、D、E和F），为他们选定最佳的宣传案例，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。

1.Bob: How to make use of part-time job experience to secure a position in a big company?

2.Olga: How to take advantage of family tradition and build a new brand?

3.Scott: How to discover market needs and build an online business?

4.Ann: How to run a business based on creativity and inventions?

5.David: How to start a small business based on special skills?

A	B
James Murray Wells founded Glasses Direct, which is now the biggest online seller of eyeglasses in the world. It sells a pair of frames every few minutes and employs 70 people in its two offices. This English entrepreneur was still in college when he saw a great business opportunity. He saw that there was no UK online shop selling eyeglasses. He used his college loan money to start just such a business and it was successful enough to earn over $1 million during its first year in operation.	Richie Stachowski, 11, of Moraga, Calif., went diving with his dad during a vacation in Hawaii. Richie was disappointed he could not talk underwater about the many colorful and amazing things he saw. When Richie got home, he started work on the equipment that would allow him to talk underwater. His invention — the Water Talkies — is basically a phone that allows sound wave to travel about 15 feet underwater. Water Talkies are now offered at toy stores around the country.
C	D
Fraser Doherty is an example of a young man with a more old-fashioned approach to business. At the age of 14, Fraser Doherty began making jams from his grandmother’s recipes (制作法) and selling them door-to-door in Edinburgh, Scotland. Developing the recipes and coming up with a name for his product, Doherty quit school at age 16 to work on Superjam full time. Now Superjam has an estimated worth of over $2 million based on current sales of $1 million annually.	Richard is an example of developing and using his skills to earn money. At the age of 15 he learned leather craft at a summer camp. He then made small items he could sell at the only shop in his village. Because he was determined to produce the highest-quality work, his fame and his profit grew. Soon Richard could buy larger quantities of leather, which he made into handbags and purses. These he sold in a larger shop in the neighboring village.
E	F
Dorothy started her business at the age of 14, selling stick-insect eggs by mail order. Less than 20 years later, she is Great Britain’s biggest breeder (繁殖者) of stick insects. Because she had experience with insects and knew she wanted to make a career in the insect business, Dorothy studied applied biology at a university, designing the right kind of insect houses and researching proper feeding facilities for her insects. This greatly increased her ability to supply the whole package to her customers.	Ben’s family helped him turn an after-school job — cleaning swimming pools and mowing lawns — into a successful and valuable service. Because of the skills he developed through hard work, he landed a position with a large company, which paid his college fees, provided him training in a career and guaranteed him a job after graduation. The company was not looking for a high-powered businessman; it wanted someone who had learned financial knowledge and the value of customer satisfaction — all very important entrepreneurial skills.