题目内容
Mr. Jones and Mrs. Jones were angry at each other. | 1. ______ |
They did not say for several days. One day Mr. Jones | 2. ______ |
was very tired when he came back to work, so he | 3. ______ |
went to the bed soon after dinner without a word. | 4. ______ |
Mrs. Jones washed, did some sewing. When she | 5. ______ |
went up to bed much late than her husband she | 6. ______ |
found a piece of paper on small table near her | 7. ______ |
bed. On it were the words. “Mother―Wake me up at 7 a. m. ―Father. ” | 8. ______ |
When Mr. Jones wake up the next morning, it was | 9. ______ |
nearly 8 a. m. , and on the small table near | |
his bed he saw other piece of paper. On it was “Father | 10. ______ |
------Wake up , it is 7a.m.---mother.” |
Mr. Jones and Mrs. Jones were angry at each other. | 1. __at改为with____ |
They did not say for several days. One day Mr. Jones | 2. say改为speak______ |
was very tired when he came back to work, so he | 3. _to改为from_____ |
went to the bed soon after dinner without a word. | 4. 去掉the______ |
Mrs. Jones washed, did some sewing. When she | 5. did前加and______ |
went up to bed much late than her husband she | 6. _late改为later_____ |
found a piece of paper on small table near her | 7. _on the small_____ |
bed. On it were the words. “Mother―Wake me up at 7 a. m. ―Father. ” | 8. _right_____ |
When Mr. Jones wake up the next morning, it was | 9. wake改为woke ______ |
nearly 8 a. m. , and on the small table near |
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his bed he saw other piece of paper. On it was “Father | 10. other改为another______ |
------Wake up , it is 7a.m.---mother.” |
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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 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 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 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.
【小题1】Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.
A.want to be as rich as their neighbors |
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 |
A.live outside New York City | B.live in New York city |
C.live in apartments | D.have many neighbors |
A.an important name | B.a popular name in the United States |
C.his neighbor’s name | D.not a good name |
Mr Jones, a new teacher, stood in front of the students, his body ________ with fear. ?
A.trembling |
B.trembled |
C.was trembling |
D.was trembled |