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eir 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 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 always to be ahead.
37. The writer of the selection believes
A. anyone in the United States can become rich
B. anyone in the United States can become rich if he works hard and has good luck
C. he can become rich in the future
D. many people in the United States think anyone can become rich if he works hard and has some good luck
38. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because
A. they want to be as rich as their neighbors
B. they want others to know or to think that they are rich
C. they don’t want others to know they are rich
D. they want to be happy
39. It can be inferred from the story that rich people
A. like to live outside New York City
B. like to live in New York City
C. like to live in apartments
D. like to have many neighbors
40. 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 neighgbour’s name
D. not a good name
Section B Directions: Read the following passage carefully and then give short answers to the five questions.
The year was 1932. Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England in a small single-engined airplane. At midnight, several hours after she had left Newfoundland, she ran into bad weather. To make things worse, her altimeter failed and she didn’t know how high she was flying. At night, and in a storm, a pilot is in great difficulty without an altimeter. At times, her plane nearly plunged into the sea.
Just before daylight, there was
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