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 lifestyle 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.

　　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.

　　6．Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.

　　A．want to be as rich as their neighbours

　　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

　　答案　B

　　解析　文章前两句话说明答案为B项。

　　7．It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to ________.

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