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 neighbors.
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 neighborhood. 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 to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They had to move 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 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.
小题1: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小题2: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
D．live with many neighbors小题3:What's the author's attitude to keeping up with the Joneses?
A．Negative.
B．Positive.
C．Supportive.
D．Objective.
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:A
题目分析：文章介绍了keeping up with the Joneses的含义和来历。
小题1:句意理解题：从前面的句子：And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is.可知keeping up with the Joneses 是想要别人认为他是有钱的。选B
小题2:推理题：从第三段的句子：They had to move back to an apartment in New York City. 可以推断出富有的人喜欢住在纽约城外。选A
小题3:作者态度题：从最后一段的句子：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.可知作者认为人们会对这种生活厌倦的，因为永远赶不上Jones先生的。选A
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