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37. It can be inferred from the story five feet eight inches tall is ________.
A. an average height for a fully grown person B. too tall for an average person C. too short for an average person D. None of the above 38. The sentence “he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job” implies that the Red Cross _______. A. was only glad to give him a job B. gave him a job because he was a good soldier C. gave him a job after he talked to someone he knew D. was not willing to give him a job at first 39. When Hank marched and drilled along with the other soldiers, he ____.
A. did everything the other soldiers did
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B. did most of the things the other soldiers did C. did some of the things the other soldiers did D. took some special training 40. The writer suggests that Hank Viscardi _________. A. had no friends B. never saw himself as different from others C. was very shy D. was too proud to accept help from others Task 2 In the United States, when a person 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 neighbors.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American
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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 neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horse-riding everyday. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors. 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 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 Untie States. “Keep up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with the rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in
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different newspapers across the country for over 28 years. People never seem to get tried 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. 41. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they _____. A. want to be as rich as their neighbors 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 42. 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
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D. have many neighbors
43. The underlined word “ neighborhood” in Para.2 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 44. 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 neighbor’s name D. not a good name
45. According to the writer, it is _____ to keep up with the Joneses.
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