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.燃烧是人类最早利用的化学反应之一,下列叙述中正确的是 ( ) A.在化学反应中只有燃烧才能放出热量 B.物质与氧气发生的反应都是燃烧 C.煤、石油、天然气燃烧都放出大量的热,都是重要的燃料 D.所有的燃烧都是化合反应 答案：C根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。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 neighbors.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 neighborhood 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 neighbors.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 neighbors. 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.（1）Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.A.want to be as rich as their neighborsB.want others to know or to think that they are richC.don't want others to know they are richD.want to be happy（2）It can be inferred (推断) from the story that rich people like to ________.A.live outside New York CityB.live in New York cityC.live in apartmentsD.have many neighbors（3）Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is _____.A.an important nameB.a popular name in the United StatesC.his neighbor's nameD.not a good name（4）According to the writer, it is ________ to keep up with the Joneses.A.correctB.interestingC.impossibleD.good