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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 __60__ he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. This is the story of someone who tries to look as __61__ as his neighbors（邻居）.
It was in 1913 that the expression（表达）was __62__ used by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told the story about himself. He began getting $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. Then when he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired one and gave big __63__ for their new neighbors.
It was like a/an __64__, but one could never __65__ it because one was always trying to keep up. The race __66__ for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved __67__ an apartment（公寓）in New York City.
（ ） 60. A. know B. see C. think D. understand
（ ） 61. A. good B. rich C. kind D. polite
（ ） 62. A. first B. then C. only D. really
（ ） 63. A. parties B. rooms C. talks D. shows
（ ） 64. A. exercise B. accident C. business D. race
（ ） 65. A. leave B. hold C. finish D. win
（ ） 66. A. waited B. looked C. pay D. ended
（ ） 67. A. into B. back to C. on to D. out of
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