阅读理解 In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not bec...

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广东省广州市2018年英语中考模拟试题(七)

阅读理解

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 expressoion 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 outside New York City. 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 his 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 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 throughout 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.

（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 look like their neighbors

（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

（3）、Arthur Momand used the name "Jones" in his series of short stories because at that time "Jones" is_____ in the United States.

A、an important name B、a popular name C、his neighbor's name D、not a good name

（4）、According to Arthur Momand's story, which of the following is Not True ?

A、Arthur Momand earned a lot of money every week. B、Arthur Momand hired a servant and gave big parties. C、Arthur Momand moved back to a flat in New York City. D、Arthur Momand married a wealthy wife in the neighborhood.

（5）、According to the last sentence underlined, what's the writer's attitude towards "keeping up with the Joneses" ?

A、It is very common to keep up with the Joneses. B、It is very easy to keep up with the Joneses. C、It is difficult to always keep up with the Joneses. D、It is never too tired to keep up with the Joneses.

举一反三

   Michael Jordan is the most famous basketball player in the world. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He didn't like to talk to other people about himself. He was also very short. He didn't play very well when he joined the basketball team in his high school at first. But the next year things changed greatly for him as he grew much taller.
   Michael Jordan became famous when he joined the university basketball team in North Carolina. Michael used his speed and strength (力量) to reach the basket again. He played so well that people called him “Air Jordan”.
   After college, Michael became a basketball team member in the Chicago Bulls. The NBA was very surprised at this high-flying player. He was named “Rookie” (新秀) of the year in 1985 and “Most Valuable (价值的) Player” in 1987. He once set a record (创纪录) by getting 63 points in one game.

根据短文内容判断正误。
When you are ill, you will see a doctor. The doctor will write a note to take to the chemist for some medicine. Chemists are usually good at reading doctor's notes. But sometimes doctors write too badly and even the chemists can't read them.
One day a woman wrote to a doctor to invite him to have dinner with her family in the restaurant. The doctor wrote an answer, but he wrote too badly and the woman could not read it.
“What shall I do?” she asked her husband. “I don't know whether he is going to come or not. I don't want to call him and say that I don't understand him.”
Her husband thought for a few minutes and then he had and idea. “Take it to the chemist,” he said. “He will be able to read it for us.” The woman went to the chemist's shop and gave the doctor's “note” to him. The chemist looked at it for a long time.
“Could you wait a moment, Miss?” he said. Then he went to the back of the shop. After a few minutes he came back, carrying a large bottle(瓶子). He gave the bottle to the woman.
“Take one spoonful(一匙) every day,” he told the woman.

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Mark Twain (1835-1910)

●Mark Twain was a great American writer, and he was also a famous speaker.

●Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) was born in Florida and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not expected to live through the first winter. But with his mother's tender care, he managed to survive. As a baby, he caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play jokes on all of his friends and neighbours. He didn't like to go to school, and he constantly ran away from home.

Early life experience

●Born in Florida

●At 11, he lost his father

●At 13, he stopped schooling

●Tramp (流浪汉) printer

●Steamboat pilot on the Mississippi

●Prospector (探矿者)

●Reporter on the far western frontier (边远地区)

●Travel abroad

His death

Mark Twain died of illness on April 21, 1910. When he passed away, newspapers around the country reported, "The whole world is mourning (哀悼). "He was a proud possession of the American nation.

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Leon was a postman. Every day after Leon woke up, he would feed his 37 cats. Leon didn't really want 37 cats, but one by one they had turned up on his doorstep, and Leon had taken them in.

Every day, after feeding the cats, Leon would collect the mail from the red postboxes in the village and take it home to sort（分类）. “If only I had 37 helpers instead of 37 cats, my job would be so much easier,” Leon thought. Just then, the cats started meowing for their dinner. That gave Leon an idea. That night, Leon stayed up making 37 cat-sized postal backpacks. Each backpack fitted neatly onto a cat's back. Then, he went around to each postbox, putting signs up that read: Postbox closed. Please use the Postal Cat Service.

The next day, Leon put a backpack on each cat and dropped off the cats around the village. Leon knew that the cats would be happy lazing around all day. He also knew that they would always come home for dinner. Leon spent the day relaxing, waiting for his helpers to return. Leon was right. The cats did return, but they did not bring home many letters. Somehow, the cats had managed to wriggle（蜿蜒而行） out of their backpacks. Or lose their letters. Or get the letters wet. “Cats are just too unreliable（不可靠的）” Leon thought. Just then, there was a scratching（刮擦声） at Leon's door. A dog was waiting to be invited inside. That gave Leon an idea.

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Twenty-two-year-old Timothy Doner from New York City has been able to speak 23 different languages, including some rare African ones.

Timothy began his foreign language education at the age of 13. Attracted by in Israeli(以色列) musical band. Timothy listened to their album every morning. A month Later, he kept about 20 of their songs in his mind, though he didn't know what the Hebrew(希伯来语) words mean. But once he learned the translation. it was like he had a dictionary in his head.

Then Timothy moved on to Arabic (阿拉伯语) which he studied every morning by reading newspapers with a dictionary and by talking to street vendors (小贩). After that he learned Persian, then Russian, then Mandarin... and about twenty others and developed a crazy low for languages.

Now, Timothy is still teaching himself new languages. With the help of language books and word-learning Apps on his iPhone. He can master a language in a few weeks or months.

What has Timothy got from learning so many languages? "By learning languages, you are learning a lot more. You are learning about culture, everything from cooking to TV，poetry and whatever it may be. That helps you better understand the language,” he said.

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Jim gets up very early and he finds some changes in his house. He looks around carefully and he sees that:

The big tree is on the right side of the house, but now it's on the left.

There is a dog house in the corner of the yard, but now it's gone. Where is the dog house?

The green clock in his bedroom changes into a yellow one.

"Mom! Mom! An alien(外星人)changes our house!" Jim runs to his mom and says. Mom is cleaning the living room. She's not surprised(惊讶的)at all. "Oh, it's your dad. He thinks our house is too boring and he wants to have some changes. What do you think of the changes? Do you like them?"

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