2013届高考英语查漏补缺阅读专练19.docVIP

2013届高考英语查漏补缺阅读专练19 第三部分 阅读理解：(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分) 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给出的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳答案。 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 neighbours. 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