2013年10月份百题精练（1）英语试题第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）AThisisatruestoryfromGuyana．Oneday,aboytookapieceofpaperfromabox．Hemadeapaperballandpusheditintohisnose．Hecouldn’tgetitout．Herancryingtohismother．Hismothercouldn’tgetthepaperout,either．Aweeklater,thepaperwasstillintheboy’snose．Hisnosebegantohaveabadsmell．Sohismothertooktheboytoahospital．Thedoctorlookedupatthechild’snose,butshecouldn’tgetthepaperout．Shesaidshehadtocuttheboy’snosetogetthepaperout．Theboy’smothercamehomelookingsad．Shedidn’twantherchildtohavehisnosecut．ThenextdayshetooktheboytoherfriendSidneywholivedinahousewithanoldladycalledMay．Maywantedtoseethechild,sothechildletherlookuphisnose．“Yes,Icanseeit,”Maysaid．“Itwillbeoutsoon．”Asshespoke,sheshooksomeblackpepper（胡椒粉）onthechild’snose．Thechildgaveamightysneezeandthepaperflewout．Hismotherwassurprised．Maytoldhismothertotaketheboytotheseasideforaswim,forthesaltwaterwouldgouphisnoseandstopthebadsmell．Sotheluckyboydidn’thavetogotothehospitaltohavehisnosecut．36．Aftertheboypushedapaperballintohisnose,____．A．hetookitoutB．hismothertookitoutC．hedidnothingbutcryD．hetriedtotakeitoutbutfailed37．WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?A．Thedoctorhelpedtotakethepaperballoutoftheboy’snose．B．Maysucceededintakingthepaperout．C．Theboy’smotherfoundsomeblackpeppertosolvetheproblem．D．Theboyhadtohavehisnosecutatlast．38．Theboyshouldbetakentotheseasideforaswimbecause____．A．heneededtolearntoswimB．theseawaterwouldstopthebadsmellofhisnose．C．theseawaterwouldwashoutthepaperball．D．heneededarestBIntheUnitedStates,whenonebecomesrich,hewantspeopletoknow1it．Andevenifhedoesnotbecomeveryrich,hewantspeopletothinkthatheis．Thatiswhat“keepingupwiththeJoneses”isabout．Itisthestoryofsomeonewhotriedtolookasrichashisneighbours．Theexpressionwasfirstusedin1913byayoungAmericancalledArthurMomand．Hetoldthisstoryabouthimself．Hebeganearning$125aweekattheageof23．Thatwasalotofmoneyinthosedays．HegotmarriedandmovedwithhiswifetoaverywealthyneighbourhoodoutsideNewYorkCity．Whenhesawthatrichpeoplerodehorses,Momandwenthorsebackridingeveryday．Whenhesawthatrichpeoplehadservants,Momandandhiswifealsohiredaservantandgavebigpartiesfortheirnewneighbours．Itwaslikearace,butonecouldneverfinishhisracebecauseonewasalwaystryingtokeepup．TheraceendedforMomandandhiswifewhentheycouldnolongerpayfortheirnewwayoflife．TheymovedbacktoanapartmentinNewYorkCity．Momandlookedaroundhimandnoticedthatmanypeopledothingsjusttokeepupwithrichlifestyleoftheirneighbours．Hesawthefunnysideofitandstartedtowriteaseriesofshortstories．Hecalledit“KeepingupwiththeJoneses”because“Jones”isaverycommonnameintheUnitedStates．“KeepingupwiththeJoneses”cametomeankeepingupwithrichlifestyleofthepeoplearoundyou．Momand’sseriesappearedindifferentnewspapersacrossthecountryforover28years．PeopleneverseemtogettiredofkeepingupwiththeJoneses．Andthereare“Jonses”ineverycityoftheworld．ButonemustgettiredoftryingtokeepupwiththeJonesesbecausenomatterwhatonedoes,Mr．Jonesalwaysseemstobeahead．39．SomepeoplewanttokeepupwiththeJonesesbecausethey____________．A．wanttobeasrichastheirneighboursB．wantotherstoknowortothinkthattheyarerichC．don’twantotherstoknowtheyarerichD．wanttobehappy40．Itcanbeinferredfromthestorythatrichpeopleliketo____________．A．liveouts...
