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 （推斷） 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．a(chǎn)n important name B．a(chǎn) 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．
分析 在美國，當(dāng)一個(gè)人變得富有，他想讓人們知道．即使他不會(huì)變得非常富有，他希望人們認(rèn)為他是富有的．這就是"跟上鄰居"．這是這個(gè)故事的人想看起來像他的鄰居一樣富有．人似乎從不厭倦跟上鄰居．還有在世界每一個(gè)城市的"鄰居"．但人們必須厭倦試圖趕上別人，因?yàn)闊o論什么，瓊斯先生似乎總是領(lǐng)先．
解答 60．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City．可知他和他的妻子結(jié)婚，搬到紐約市外，那有一個(gè)非常富有的鄰居．同時(shí)結(jié)合現(xiàn)實(shí)可知富有的人都喜歡居住在別墅，故選 A．
61．A 推理判斷題，根據(jù)第四段Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbours．可知Momand所有的鄰居都喜歡攀比，故選A．
62．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段He called it‘Keeping up with the Joneses'because‘Jones'is a very common name in the United States．可知亞瑟在他的系列短篇小說使用‘Jones'這個(gè)名字是因?yàn)樗窃诿绹餍械拿�，故選B．
63．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．結(jié)合全文的理解可知對于追趕鄰居的活動(dòng)是不可能的，從對亞瑟•蒙德的描述中就體現(xiàn)了這一點(diǎn)．故選C．
點(diǎn)評 考查學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力．做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確選擇．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)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
