[单项选择]Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ______.

[单项选择]Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ______.

[单项选择]We no longer keep up the close friend ship of a few years ago though we still visit each other on occasion.（　）
A. in good time
B. up to date
C. now and then
D. once and for all

[单项选择]Girls don't want to achieve higher than boys because ______.

[单项选择]John couldn’t keep up with other players. He （）.
A. fell behind
B. set aside
C. slowed down
D. stepped down

[单项选择]______ I cannot keep up with my classmates.
A. How I try hard
B. Whatever hard I try
C. No matter how I try hard
D. No matter how hard I try

[单项选择]We no longer keep up the close friendship of few years ago, though we still visit each other on occasion.
A. in good time
B. up to date
C. now and then
D. once and for all

[单项选择]If his father could not keep up the payments on the mortgage, his uncle might ______ it for him.
A. redeem
B. amend
C. resemble
D. appeal

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Some people give up trying to learn a foreign language. It can seem too much like hard work. But the problem comes when they go abroad on holidays and find they cannot communicate. How do they ask the way, order a cup of coffee, or ask the price of something
Keith Chiwick thinks he has the answer to this problem. "I have got a machine which talks in different languages. I feel that I could go to any country in the world and converse with any foreigner," he says. Keith is an inventor. His invention is an electronic machine which produces phrases in four different languages, French, German, Italian and English. Unlike the phrase books, this machine has a voice. It looks like a cassette recorder.
Imagine you want to say, "What time is the next train for Munich" in German. First, you find the right card for that question. Each card has four strips of tape on it, one for each language. The cards are small, seven by nine centimeters, and each
A. The machine has not been put into use yet.
B. With the machine, you could go to many countries in the world.
C. The machine can store up to 240 words.
D. With the machine, you will be able to talk with foreigners.