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摘要：59．One day the writer took to get to the theatre by bus． A．forty-five minutes B．fifteen minutes C．exactly twenty minutes D．exactly twelve minutes B In the United States many have been told that anyone can become rich and successful if he works hard and has some good luck．Yet, 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 successful and as his neighbors． The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American by the name of 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．Young Momand was very proud of his riches．He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City．But just moving there was not enough．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． 20090708 It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up．Momand and his wife could not do that．The race ended for them when they could no longer pay for their new way of life．They left their wealthy neighborhood and 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 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 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．That is one reason why they read the "right" books, go to the "right" universities and eat in the "right" restaurants． Every city has an area where people want to live because others will think better of them if they do．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 seems always to be ahead．

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I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The announcement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Since I work from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unluckily, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for 15 minutes waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip. So I gave up and went back to the office.
The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly 20 minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and went back across the town. By Friday, I realized that my only hope was to make the trip by taxi. It was expensive, but I felt it would be worth to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold out all the tickets.
【小题1】The writer could go and buy the ticket __________.

A．any day before work hours

B．both before and after work hours

C．only during lunch time

D．on Saturday and Sunday

【小题2】The writer tried to go to the theatre every day, but was only successful______.

A．twice	B．three times
C．four times	D．five times

【小题3】He failed to get the ticket on Friday because _________.

A．it was impossible to make the round trip to the theatre in 45 minutes

B．the concert wasn’t on Friday

C．it was expensive to take a taxi

D．all the tickets had been sold out

【小题4】The word "______" can be used instead of the underlined(划线的)word "relieved".

I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday．The announcement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box office in Richland Hills any day between 10 : 00 and 4 : 00．Since I work from 9 o'clock to 5 : 30, the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break．Unfortunately, the theatre on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good．But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes．Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for a bus．By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip—so I give up and went back to the office．The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday．On Thursday, my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes．When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office．I heard one man say he has been waiting in line for over an hour．Realizing I would not have enough time to waiting in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town．By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi only which took me 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me．When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line．The reason, I quickly discovered , was that they had already sold all the tickets．

1．The writer is probably_________．

A．a worker B．a college teacher

C．manager of a company D．a clerk

2．He learned ________________________ that there would be a concert last Friday．

A．from his friends B．from one of his classmates

C．over the radio D．from the newspaper

3．He tried to go to the theatre every day but only managed to get there ________________.

A．once B．twice C．three times D．four times

4．One day the writer took ________________________ to get to the theatre by bus．

A．forty-five minutes B．fifteen minutes

C．exactly twenty minutes D．exactly twelve minutes

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The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly 20 minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and went back across the town. By Friday, I realized that my only hope was to make the trip by taxi. It was expensive, but I felt it would be worth to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold out all the tickets.

1.The writer could go and buy the ticket __________.

A．any day before work hours

B．both before and after work hours

C．only during lunch time

D．on Saturday and Sunday

2.The writer tried to go to the theatre every day, but was only successful______.

A．twice B．three times

C．four times D．five times

3.He failed to get the ticket on Friday because _________.

A．it was impossible to make the round trip to the theatre in 45 minutes

B．the concert wasn’t on Friday

C．it was expensive to take a taxi

D．all the tickets had been sold out

4.The word "______" can be used instead of the underlined(划线的)word "relieved".

A．nervous B．terrified C．pleased D．sad

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