A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things are so ha
此题为判断题(对,错)。
此题为判断题(对,错)。
Actually, soaps are more than a college favorite; they're a youth favorite.When school is out, high-school students are in front of their TV sets.One young working woman admitted that she turned down a higher paying job rather than give up watching her favorite serials.During the 1960's, it was uncommon for young people to watch soap operas.The mood of the sixties was very different from now.It was a time of seriousness, and talk was about social issues of great importance.
Now, seriousness has been replaced by fun.Young people want to be happy.It may seem strange that they should turn to soap opera, which is known for showing trouble in people's lives.But soap opera is enjoyment.Young people can identify with the soap opera character, who, like the college-age viewer, is looking for happy love, and probably not finding it.And soap opera gives young people a chance to feel close to people without having to bear any responsibility for their problems.
36.What is soap opera? ()
A.Plays based on science fiction stories
B.Plays based on non-fiction stories
C.The daytime serial dramas on TV
D.Popular documentary films on TV
37.What can be the best title of the passage? ()
A.College student viewers
B.Favorite TV serials
C.Soap opera fans
D.College-age viewers
38.Which is not the reason why the soap opera suddenly becomes "in" according to the passage? ()
A.Because the viewers want to be happy and to enjoy themselves
B.Because the soap opera makes young people feel close to their people
C.Because the viewers can find themselves in the soap opera characters
D.Because the young people have to bear the responsibilities for their troubles
39.What can we learn from the passage?()
A.College students like soap operas more than any other social groups
B.Young people of sixties liked soap operas more than people today
C.Young viewers have turned themselves from the seriousness of sixties to enjoyment now
D.The young as a whole are trying to look for happy love but in vain
40.What message does the author want to convey to us?()
A.The people's favor toward drama works has been changed for a long time
B.The people's favor toward drama works changes along with the times
C.The people's favor toward drama works is changed by the soap opera
D.The people's favor has changed the drama works
A.were
B.weren ’t
C.used
D.didn ’t
The old woman is () tired () she can' t walk on.
A.too, to
B.very, that
C.so, that
D.so, to
Then he sat down to think, "I must do something about the noise," he said.He thought and thought.At last he had an idea."Ah, I'll put some cotton in my ears.Then I won't be able to hear the noise." The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and took hold of the bell.This time he pulled even harder.The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything.With another hard pull he got the bell out.Just then the neighbor came running out.
"Steal my bell? I'll teach you a lesson," the angry man shouted.And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell."Why did he come out just then?" he wondered.
31.The thief was trying to get his neighbor's doorbell.()
A.T
B.F
32.The thief put some cotton in his ears so as not to hear anything.()
A.T
B.F
33.The neighbor ran out probably because he knew his doorbell was being stolen.()
A.T
B.F
34.The neighbor hit the thief to punish him for stealing.()
A.T
B.F
35.The thief thought the neighbor couldn't hear the noise of the bell.()
A.T
B.F
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 horse 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.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 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 the people around you.Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
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 seems to be ahead.
1.The writer of the selection believes ().
A.anyone in the United States can become rich
B.anyone in the United Sates can become rich if he works hard and has some 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
2.Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because ().
A.they want to be as rich as their neighbors
B.they want to be happy
C.they don’t want others to know they are rich
D.they want others to know or to think that they are rich
3.It can be inferred from the story that rich people ().
A.like to live in apartments
B.like to live in New York City
C.like to live outside New York City
D.like to have many neighbors
4.Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because Jones is ().
A.an important name
B.his neighbor’s name
C.a popular name in the United States
D.not a good name
5.According to the writer, it is ().
A.correct to keep up with the Joneses
B.interesting to keep up with the Joneses
C.impossible to keep up with the Joneses
D.good to keep up with the Joneses
A.kept to
B.took to
C.came to
D.went to
He was ill, ()he went on working.
A. but
B. so
C. and
D. or
A.went far away
B.were far away
C.had been far away
D.was far away
A.coming
B.getting
C.reaching
D.arriving
He was ill,()he went on workin9.
A.but
B.SO
C.and D.or