【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 h lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newsp apers 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. 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 can be inferred (推斷 ) from the story that rich people like to ________. A. live outside New York City B. live in New York city C. live in apartments D. have many neighbors 58. From the text, we know that _______. A. All the neighbors of Momand like to keep up with the Joneses. B. All of his neighbors don’t want to keep up with rich lifestyles. C. Momand never seems to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. D. Momand became very rich and returned to the wealthy neighborhood. . Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is ________. A. an important name B. a popular name in the United States C. his neighbor’s name D. not a good name 60. According to the writer, it is ________ to keep up with the Joneses. A. correct B. interesting C. impossible D. good B Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The next building was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman living there, and I had never met her, yet I could see she sat by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading. After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself. “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window. It really looks terrible.” One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside. Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible (看見 ). Her window was clean! Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批評 ) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window. That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortings? Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (評判 ) someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly. 61. The writer couldn’t see everything clearly through the window because ________. A. the woman’s window was dirty B. the writer was nearsighted C. the woman lived nearby D. the writer’s window was dirty 62. “It dawned on me” probably means “ ________”. A. I knew it grew light B. it cheered me up C. I began to understand it D. it began to get dark 63. It’s clear that ________. A. they both worked as cleaners B. the writer often washed the window C. the writer had never met the woman before D. they lived in a small town 64. From the passage, we can learn ________. A. one must judge himself before he judges others B. one should often make his windows clean C. one shouldn’t criticize others very often D. one must look at others through his dirty windows C Have you ever noticed what happens to an idea once you express it? Just talking about it or writing it down causes you to make it clear in your own mind. How can you use this to increase your brain power? Start writing. By putting thoughts into words, you are telling yourself the logic (邏輯 ) behind what you think, feel, or only partly understand. Often, explaining a thought is the process（過程） of understanding. In other words, you increase your brain power by exercising your “explain power.” Try this experiment. Explain how you’ll increase your brain power, even if you have no idea how right now. Just start with anything, and create an explanation. For example, start with “I’ll learn chess,” or “I’ll read an article on the mind every week.” Explain how that will help. You’ll be surprised how often this bees a workable plan, and if you actually do this, you’ll have a better understanding of your brain twenty minutes from now. Another benefit of writing is that it helps you remember. Many, if not most, highly productive people are always taking notes. You can try keeping it all in your head, but if you keep a journa（日志） of your ideas the next time you’re working on a big project, you’ll probably have more success. Want to understand a topic? Write a book about it. That’s an extreme example, but if you are learning something new, write a letter to a friend about it,