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

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

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

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　　 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.

5. The writer suggests that Hank Viscardi _______.

　 A. had no friends　　　　　 B. never saw himself as different from others

　 C. was very shy　　　　　　 D. was too proud to accept help from others

4. When Hank marched and drilled along with the other soldiers, he ______.

　 A. did everything the other soldiers did

　 B. did most of the things the other soldiers did

　 C. did some of the things the other soldiers did

　 D. took some special training

3. The sentence “he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job” implies that the Red Cross _____.

　 A. was only glad to give him a job

　 B. gave him a job because he was a good soldier

　 C. gave him a job after he talked to someone whom he knew in the organization

　 D. was not willing to give him a job at first

2. It can be inferred from the story that five feet eight inches tall is ______.

　 A. an average height for a fully grown person 　　　B. too tall for an average person

　 C. too short for an average person　　　　　　　　 D. none of the above

1. Children laughed at Hank and called him ‘Ape Man’ because ______.

　 A. he didn’t talk to them

　 B. he kept away from them

　 C. his arms touched the ground when he moved

　 D. he couldn’t use his arms

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　　 Hank Viscardi was born without legs. He had-not legs but stumps(残肢) that could he fitted with a kind of special boots, People stared at him with cruel interest. Children laughed at him and called him ‘Ape Man’ (猿人) because his arms practically dragged on the ground.

　　 Hank went to school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve. After graduating from school, he worked his way through college. He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices. During all this busy life, he had been moving around on his stumps. But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer. He would soon have to use a wheel chair.

　　 Hank felt himself got cold all over. However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial legs(假腿). Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror, For the first time he saw himself as he has always wanted to be--a full five feet eight inches tall. By this time he was already 26 years old.

　　 Hank had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the length of the room , and marched back again. There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the street. He climbed stairs and learned to dance. He built a boat and learned to sail it.

　　 When World War II came , he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job. He took the regular training. he marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs.