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6．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 tries to look as rich as his neighbors．
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 neighborhood 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 neighbors．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 （公寓房間） in New York City．
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of 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 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"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 always seems to be ahead．

29．Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because theyA．
A．want others to know or to think that they are rich
B．hope to be rich people like their neighbors
C．want to hide their wealth from other people
D．would like to be common people
30．Arthur Momand used the name"Jones"in his series of short stories because"Jones"isB．
A．a(chǎn)n important name for important people 
B．a(chǎn) popular name in the United States
C．the name of the neighbor he did not like
D．a(chǎn) name which people did not use any longer
31．According to the writer，it isCto keep up with the Joneses．
A．correct      B．interesting C．impossible       D．good．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀．文章主要介紹了在美國(guó)的攀比現(xiàn)象．人們從不厭倦攀比，但想要追趕Joneses是不可能的，因?yàn)镴oneses似乎總是領(lǐng)先．

解答 29-31 ABC
29．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"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"可知一些人和Joneses攀比是因?yàn)樗麄兿胱寗e人認(rèn)為他很有錢．故選A．
30．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"He called it‘‘Keeping up with the Joneses"，because"Jones"is a very common name in the United States"可知Momand在他一系列小說(shuō)里使用Jones，是因?yàn)镴ones在美國(guó)很受歡迎．故選B．
31．C．推理判斷題．A．correct  正確； B．interesting 有趣；C．impossible  不可能； D．good好；縱覽全文并根據(jù)"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．"可知想要追趕上Joneses是不可能的，因?yàn)镴oneses似乎總是領(lǐng)先．故選C．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀．文章主要介紹了在美國(guó)的攀比現(xiàn)象．此類題型主要考查學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力．細(xì)節(jié)理解題是針對(duì)文中某個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)、某句話或某部分具體內(nèi)容設(shè)置問(wèn)題，所以在做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)要結(jié)合原文和提干有針對(duì)性的找出相關(guān)語(yǔ)句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析，再結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案．在做推理判斷題時(shí)不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要聯(lián)系上下文根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．