MBA英语模拟试题(3)及答案(7)

hat do we breathe at night?”

　　Sally: “That’s easy. Nitrogen(氮气)，of course.”

33.According to the selection, jokes are as old as

A. the Middle Ages

B. the history of Europe

C. the history of the courts

D. the language

34.According to the writer, the jokes we laugh at now are

A. quite different from the old jokes

B. quite similar to the old jokes

C. fewer than the joke people had in the ancient times

D. not as funny as the old jokes

35.The point of the joke about Linda lies in

A. Linda’s foolishness.

B. mother’s foolishness.

C. The surprise ending of the joke.

D. Linda’s quick answer

36.We laugh at the joke about Kevin and the teacher because

A. Kevin never seemed able to do anything right

B. the teacher never seemed able to do anything right

C. it has an unexpected ending

D. the teacher gave a quick answer

Questions 37 to 40 are based on the following passage:

Keeping up with the Joneses

　　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 and as successful 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.

　　It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying 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 th

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