新余市2013届高三第二次模拟考试英语试题及答案(4)

　　36．A．brilliant B．exciting C．ugly D．favorite

　　37．A．protected B．covered C．separated D．prevented

　　38．A．moved B．surprised C．disappointed D．annoyed

　　39．A．seat B．taxi C．garage D．carpet

　　40．A．naturally B．firmly C．hopefully D．smilingly

　　41．A．driver B．customer C．repairer D．cleaner

　　42．A．dirty B．pleasant C．attractive D．clean

　　43．A．spread B．1eft C．dotted D．extended

　　44．A．sticky B．busy C．funny D．clumsy

　　45．A．extremely B．willingly C．likely D．regularly

　　46．A．permit B．passport C．certificate D．1icense

　　47．A．make B．take C．put D．get

　　48．A．decorate B．drive C． provide D．describe

　　49．A．speeds B．returns C．arrives D．leaves

　　50．A．shameful B．bright C．spotless D．dirty

　　51．A．progress B．trial C．attempt D．effort

　　52．A．demands B．comments C．suggestions D．decisions

　　53．A．Though B．If C．As D．While

　　54．A．look up B．look for C．look into D．look through

　　55．A．spirit B．sense C．mind D．mood

　　第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分）

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　A

　　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 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 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 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 life—style of their 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 rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.