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1．Faced with trouble or difficulty，a person takes _______help that is available．（　　）

20．I didn't see you at the meeting．If you ____，you would have met my brother．（　　）

19．The moment she heard of the news that her son was involved in the crime，she ____ pale．（　　）

18．With no one to _____in such a frightening situation，she felt very helpless．（　　）

17．-Have you heard of the news of telecommunications fraud recently？
-Yes，______ news came as ______ great shock to me．（　　）

16．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 1913by a young American called Arthur Momand．He told this story about himself．He began earning﹩125a 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 28years．
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．

60．It can be inferred （推断） from the story that rich people like toA．
A．live outside New York City      B．live in New York city
C．live in apartments              D．have many neighbours
61．From the text，we know thatA．
A．All the neighbors of Momand like to keep up with the Joneses．
B．All of his neighbors don't want to keep up with rich lifestyle．
C．Momand never seems to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses．
D．Momand became very rich and returned to the wealthy neighborhood．
62．Arthur Momand used the name"Jones"in his series of short stories because"Jones"isB．
A．an important name             B．a popular name in the United States
C．his neighbour's name         D．not a good name
63．According to the writer，it isC to keep up with the Joneses．
A．correct      B．interesting     C．impossible      D．good．

15．Jack Brown，an office worker，lives in Washington．He inherited（继承） a million dollars when he was 23，but he wasn't happy at all．When his college friends are looking for their jobs，he didn't have to．Jack decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else．He gave﹩10，000of his money to a charity to help poor children live a better life．Today he is 36．He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only，but he is very happy．
Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world，by sending them each﹩200a month．The money was used for the children's study，food，medicine and clothing．Jack receives a report each year on the children's progress．They can write to each other，but usually the children do not speak English．
When Jack first heard about these children，he wanted to help them．"It was nothing special．"he said，"Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping，I didn't know anything about their life．"
Once Jack went to meet a little girl in Africa．He said that the meeting was very exciting．"When I met her，I felt very，very happy．"he said．"And I saw that the money was used for a good cause．It brought me happiness．I want to do everything I can to go on helping those children．"

56．Jack didn't need to look for a jobC．
A．because he didn't want to work
B．because he wasn't able to work
C．because he didn't need to work to earn money
D．because he didn't study well in college
57．Jack has given some poor children money every month to help themD．
A．only in Washington         B．only in England
C．only in Africa              D．around the world
58．Jack learned about the children's progress byB．
A．visiting them each year      B．getting a report every year
C．staying with them           D．talking to them in English
59．The underlined （画线的）phrase"for a good cause"in the last paragraph means"B"．
A．for having a good reason     B．for helping other people
C．for getting a discount        D．for finding lost things．

14．-Tom，I can't have a picnic with you this Sunday for I have to prepare for the coming mid-term exam．
- ．Have some fun!It is a weekend after all．（　　）

	A．	Don't pull my leg
	B．	Don't wake up a sleeping dog
	C．	Don't be a wet blanket
	D．	Don't count chickens until they are hatched

13．Modern English huge changes during the Renaissance in the 16th century．（　　）

12．The precious old picture of my school，kept by our retired headmaster， to our school as a present last month．（　　）

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