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. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood 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 neighbours.
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 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.
【小题1】Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.

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June 5 is World Environment Day. This makes us pay more attention to our environment and the need to p (96) it.
When Wang Boxuan, a Beijing high Schoolboy, uses up his exercise books, he does not throw them away. Each one is stored at school with hundreds of exercise books given by other students. Then they are sold to a Beijing paper making factory.
The paper is r (97) and u (98) again by students and teachers in the school. At the same time, the money made from the sales goes towards schools in Inner Mongolia for p (99)trees and grass. This place is one of the sources of the sandstorms that often attack Beijing d (100) spring time.
Wang’s school is one of the schools in the capital that take part in the “green promise” environmental protection activity. So far, nearly 210,000 students have taken part in the activity, collecting more than 87 tons of waste paper.
With the coming of China’s 60th birthday, students are eager to help make the capital a more pleasant place.
“There are some environment p (101) in the city, s (102) as sandstorms.” said Wang. “We should do our duty and encourage o (103) to do so as well.”
Our Vice-Premier(副总理) has w (104) a letter to the teachers and students to encourage them to go on s (105) environmental protection.

June 5 is World Environment Day.This makes us pay more attention to our environment and the need to protect it.
When Wang Baoxuan,a Beijing high school boy,finishes his exercise books,he does not throw them away.He puts them in the big box in the corner of his classroom.Other students do so.Then the exercise books are sold to a paper-factory in Beijing.The paper is collected and used again by students and teachers in the school.At the same time,the money made from selling the paper goes towards schools in Inner Mongolia  for planting trees and grass.During spring time,the sandstorms often attack here.
Wang’s school is one of the schools in the capital that take part in the “green promise”environmental protection activity.So far,nearly 210,000 students have taken part in the activity,collecting more than 174 kilograms of waste paper.
“There are some environment problems in the city,such as sandstorms.We should do our duty and encourage others to do so as well.”Said Wang.
Vice-premier Zeng Peiyan has written a letter to the teachers and students to encourage them to go on taking part in the environmental protection.
【小题1】What do Wang Baoxuan and his schoolmates do with the waste exercise books?

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。

June 5 is World Environment Day. This makes us pay more attention to our environment and the need to p (96) it.

When Wang Boxuan, a Beijing high Schoolboy, uses up his exercise books, he does not throw them away. Each one is stored at school with hundreds of exercise books given by other students. Then they are sold to a Beijing paper making factory.

The paper is r (97) and u (98) again by students and teachers in the school. At the same time, the money made from the sales goes towards schools in Inner Mongolia for p (99)trees and grass. This place is one of the sources of the sandstorms that often attack Beijing d (100) spring time.

Wang’s school is one of the schools in the capital that take part in the “green promise” environmental protection activity. So far, nearly 210,000 students have taken part in the activity, collecting more than 87 tons of waste paper.

With the coming of China’s 60th birthday, students are eager to help make the capital a more pleasant place.

“There are some environment p (101) in the city, s (102) as sandstorms.” said Wang. “We should do our duty and encourage o (103) to do so as well.”

Our Vice-Premier(副总理) has w (104) a letter to the teachers and students to encourage them to go on s (105) environmental protection.

June 5 is World Environment Day.This makes us pay more attention to our environment and the need to protect it.
When Wang Baoxuan,a Beijing high school boy,finishes his exercise books,he does not throw them away.He puts them in the big box in the corner of his classroom.Other students do so.Then the exercise books are sold to a paper-factory in Beijing.The paper is collected and used again by students and teachers in the school.At the same time,the money made from selling the paper goes towards schools in Inner Mongolia  for planting trees and grass.During spring time,the sandstorms often attack here.
Wang’s school is one of the schools in the capital that take part in the “green promise”environmental protection activity.So far,nearly 210,000 students have taken part in the activity,collecting more than 174 kilograms of waste paper.
“There are some environment problems in the city,such as sandstorms.We should do our duty and encourage others to do so as well.”Said Wang.
Vice-premier Zeng Peiyan has written a letter to the teachers and students to encourage them to go on taking part in the environmental protection.
【小题1】What do Wang Baoxuan and his schoolmates do with the waste exercise books?