Arthur likes repairing old bikes and ________ to children who don’t have bikes.
giving them up
calling up them
giving them away
throwing away them
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科目:初中英語 來源:2013屆江蘇東臺(tái)頭灶鎮(zhèn)中學(xué)九年級下期中考系列化模考訓(xùn)練英語卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
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 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 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 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.
【小題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 |
A.live outside New York City | B.live in New York City |
C.live in apartments | D.have many neighbours |
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 |
A.do as the poor persons around him do |
B.do everything he likes to do |
C.do as his neighbours do |
D.do as the rich people around him do |
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科目:初中英語 來源:2012-2013學(xué)年江蘇東臺(tái)頭灶鎮(zhèn)中學(xué)九年級下期中考系列化?加(xùn)練英語卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
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 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 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 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.
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 (推斷) 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.Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is ________.
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
4.If a person who keeps up with the Joneses, he would _________.
A.do as the poor persons around him do
B.do everything he likes to do
C.do as his neighbours do
D.do as the rich people around him do
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科目:初中英語 來源:2012-2013學(xué)年浙江杭州蕭山區(qū)新圍初中九年級上學(xué)期測試英語試卷(解析版) 題型:其他題
閱讀下列材料,從所給的五個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C、D、E。┲,選出符合各小題要求的最佳選項(xiàng)。Jim 的幾位朋友想買汽車,請仔細(xì)閱讀題,選出符合各自要求的最佳選項(xiàng)。
1.Dennis is a successful businessman. He has a big family. He wants to buy a car made in Europe. The car should be safe.
2.Gary has a big company, but he doesn’t like to show off. He likes a popular car of about 200,000 yuan. The car should have good quality and be big enough.
3.Arthur likes travelling and playing sports. He likes playing sports. He likes driving to the mountains to spend weeks with his friends.
4.Andy is a rich young man. He likes driving fast. He wants to buy a famous and fashionable car.
5.Cindy is a beautiful young lady. She has just found a job. She wants to buy a cute car.
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科目:初中英語 來源: 題型:單選題
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