题目内容
He is named David, who has a gift ______music and hopes to work _______a musician.
A. of; for B. for; of C. for; as D. of; with
C
In the United States, when one became 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 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 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.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 |
5.According to the writer, keeping up with the Joneses is ________.
A.correct |
B.interesting |
C.impossible |
D.good |
Betty and Harold have been married for years.But one thing still puzzles old Harold.How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa,talking,go out to a ballgame,come back three and a half hours later,and they’re still sitting on the sofa?Talking?
What in the world,Harold wonders,do they have to talk about?
Betty shrugs.Talk?We’re friends.
Researching this matter called friendship,psychologist Lilian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men.No matter what their age,their job,their sex,the results were completely clear:women have more friendships than men,and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is “marked and unmistakable.”
More than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend.Those who could were likely to name a woman.Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend,and almost always it was a woman.More married men than women named their wife/husband as a best friend,most trusted person,or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress(感情危机).“Most women,”says Rubin,“identified at least one,usually more,trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment,and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives.”
“In general,”writes Rubin in her new book,“women’s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support,but men’s relationships are marked by shared activities.”For the most part,Rubin says,interactions(交往)between men are emotionally controlled-a good fit with the social requirements of “manly behavior.”
“Even when a man is said to be a best friend,”Robin writes,“the two share little about their innermost feelings.Whereas a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.”
1.What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that_____.
A.he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband |
B.women show little interest in ballgames |
C.women have so much to share |
D.he finds his wife difficult to talk to |
2.Rubin’s study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to _____.
A.a male friend |
B.her parents |
C.a female friend |
D.her husband |
3.According to the text,which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?
A.Ending his marriage without good reason. |
B.Complaining about his marriage trouble. |
C.Spending too much time with his friends. |
D.Going out to ballgames too often. |
4.Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph?
A.Women are more serious than men about marriage. |
B.Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves. |
C.Men often take sudden action to end their marriage. |
D.Women depend on others in making decisions. |
5.The research done by psychologist Rubin centers around_____.
A.friendships of men and women |
B.happy and successful marriages |
C.emotional problems in marriage |
D.interactions between men and women |
— Hello, may I have an appointment with the doctor?
— ____
A.Sorry, he is busy at the moment. |
B.Why didn’t you call earlier? |
C.Certainly. May I know your name? |
D.Sorry, he doesn’t want to see you. |