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When we grow older enough to earn a living,it does not surprise us to discover that success is measured in terms of the money we earn.We spend the whole of our lives keeping up with our neighbors,the Joneses.If we buy a new television set,Jones is（ ）to buy a bigger and better one.if we buy a new car,we can be sure that jones will go one better and get two new cars:one for his wife and one for himself. A.bound B.destined C.doomed

be bound to do sth.肯定要做某事，符合文意，最后一句意为“如果我们买了一台新电视机，我们的邻居肯定会买一台更大、更好的电视机。”B.be destined to do sth.“命中注定要做某事”，如：They were destined to never to meet again.他们命中注定再也无缘相遇了。C.be doomed to sth./to do sth.“注定要做某事”，通常用于不好的事情，如：Are whales doomed to extinct