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1、--AAmanwastiredoflivinginhisoldhouseinthecountryandwantedtosellitandbuyabetterone.Hetriedtosellitforalongtime，butwasnotsuccessful，soatlasthedecidedtosolvetheproblembyusingasrealestateagent.（房地产代理人）   Theagentdecidedatoncetoadvertisethehouse，andafewdayslater，theownersawaveryattractivepho

2、tographofit，withawonderfuldescriptionofitsgardens，inanexpensivemagazine.Afterthehouseownerhad---readtheadvertisementthrough，hehurriedlytelephonedtherealestateagentandsaidtohim，“I'msorry，Mr.Jones，butI'vedecidednottosellmyhouseafterall.Afterreadingyouradvertisementinthatmagazine，Icanseeth

3、atit'sjustthekindofhouseI'vewantedtoliveinallmylife.”   41.Whatproblemdidthemanhave？   A.Hecouldn'tfindhishouseB.Hewasunsuccessfulatsellinghishouse---   C.HewasunsuccessfulatbuyingahouseD.Hewasunsuccessfulatfindingarealestateagent   42.It'seasiertosellhousethroughagentsbecause______.   

4、A.theyhaveamagazine   B.theyarebetteratwritingarticles   C.theyaregoodatbetteradvertising   D.theyarebetterlooking   43.Whichofthefollowingbeststatesthemainidea？---   A.Youdon'tknowwhatyouhaveuntilyouhavelostit.   B.It'shardtosellahouse   C.Noonelikestoliveinthecountry.   D.Thereisnopla

5、celikehome.   44.Inthepassagetheword“attractive”mostnearlymeans______.   A.perfectB.completeC.modernD.pleasanttolookatB---     IntheUnitedStatesmanyhavebeentoldthatanyonecanbecomerichandsuccessfulifheworkshardandhassomegoodluck.Yet，whenonebecomesrich，hewantspeopletoknowit.Andevenifhedoe

6、snotbecomeveryrich，hewantspeopletothinkthatheis.Thatiswhat“KeepingupwiththeJoneses”isabout.Itisthestoryofsomeonewhotriestolookasrichandassuccessfulashisneighbors.Theexpressionwasfirstusedin1913byayoungAmericanbythenameofArthurMomand.Hetoldthisstoryabouthimself：Hebeganearning$125aweekatt

7、heageof23.Thatwasalotof---moneyinthosedays.YoungMomandwasveryproudofhisriches.HegotmarriedandmovedwithhiswifetoaverywealthyneighborhoodoutsideNewYorkCiry.Butjustmovingtherewasnotenough.Whenhesawthatrichpeoplerodehorses.Momandwenthorsebackridingeveryday.Whenhesawthatrichpeopleha