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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 his 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 lifestyle of their neighbours. 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 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 (推斷) 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. 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
4. If a person who keeps up with the Joneses, he would _________.    
A. do as the poor persons around him do    
B. do everything he likes to do    
C. do as his neighbours do     
D. do as the rich people around him do
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A. helped                      B. went to see              

C. stopped going to              D. forgot

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A. he was always ready to help people

B. people were afraid of him and his wife

C. he was old and forgetful

D. he found a very good young doctor to help the people

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A. to take you home                                         B. instead of you

C. to take care of you                                       D. to take your time

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A. The old doctor agreed with what his wife said.

B. The old doctor was still busy working at the doctor’s.

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A．The Right to Live

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A．medical technology develops

B．we have big hospitals

C．there are many good doctors

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A．the doctors

B．the surroundings

C．his or his family

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  1. 1.

    The best title for this passage is ______.

    1. A.
      The Right to Live
    2. B.
      The Right to Die
    3. C.
      The Doctor’s Duty
    4. D.
      Life Is Better than Death
  2. 2.

    People can live longer than in the past. It’s because______.

    1. A.
      medical technology develops
    2. B.
      we have big hospitals
    3. C.
      there are many good doctors
    4. D.
      both B and C
  3. 3.

    According to some people whether a dying patient has the right to die is up to______.

    1. A.
      the doctors
    2. B.
      the surroundings
    3. C.
      his or his family
    4. D.
      the patient himself or herself
  4. 4.

    In the writer’s opinion ______.

    1. A.
      death is better than life
    2. B.
      life is better than death
    3. C.
      neither life nor death is good
    4. D.
      none of the above
  5. 5.

    Why do some patients want to die ?  Because ______.

    1. A.
      the doctors are not good
    2. B.
      the conditions are bad
    3. C.
      life is too hard
    4. D.
      they are seriously ill

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