6．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 1913by a young American called Arthur Momand．He told this story about himself．He began eaming﹩125a 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 verywealthy 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 across the country for over 28years．
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．
57．Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because theyB．
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
58．It can be inferred （推斷） from the story that rich people like toA．
A．live outside New York City B．live in New York city
C．live in apartments D．have many neighbors
59．According to the writer，it isC to keep up with the Joneses．
A．correct B．interesting C．impossible D．good．
分析 在美國，當一個人變得富有，他想讓人們知道．即使他不會變得非常富有，他希望人們認為他是富有的．這就是"跟上鄰居"．這是這個故事的人想看起來像他的鄰居一樣富有．人似乎從不厭倦跟上鄰居．還有在世界每一個城市的"鄰居"．但人們必須厭倦試圖趕上別人，因為無論什么人，瓊斯先生似乎總是領(lǐng)先．
解答 56-58．BAC
56題答案：B細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段的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．當一個人變得富有，他想讓人們知道．即使他不會變得非常富有，他希望人們認為他是富有的．可知本題答案為B選項．
57題答案：A細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段的He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City．他結(jié)婚，和他的妻子搬到紐約市外，那有一個非常富有的鄰居．同時結(jié)合現(xiàn)實富有的人都喜歡居住在別墅，可知本題答案為A選項．
58題答案：C細節(jié)理解題．結(jié)合全文的理解，對于"趕上鄰居"是不可能的，從對亞瑟•蒙德的描述中就體現(xiàn)了這一點．故本題答案為C選項．
點評 本文是一篇科教類閱讀，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題，做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對 性找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確的答案．
