As prices and building costs keep rising （上升）, “the do-it-yourself”（DIY）trend（趨勢(shì)）, in the US continues （繼續(xù)）to grow. ?

　　　　“We needed furniture （家具）for our living room, ”says John Kose, “and we didn't have enough money to buy it. ”So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs. John got married （結(jié)婚）six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling （努力）to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Roses took a 2week course（課程）for $ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs（修理）around the house. ?

　　 Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died （去世）. He has a fulltime job at home as well as（除……之外）in a shoemaking factory. Last month, he received（收到）a car repair bill for $420. “I was very upset （不安）about it. Now I've finished a car repair course. I should be able to fix （修理）the car myself. ”?

　　 John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-yourself”. you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don't have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how to do things yourself. ?

　　 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。?

　　 （1）. We know from the passage that many people_________ .

　　 A. seldom（幾乎不）go to a department store to buy things?

　　 B. take DIY courses run （經(jīng)營）by the government （政府）?

　　 C. have to learn to make their own furniture ?

　　 D. find it hard to pay for what they need ?

　　 （2）. John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to _________.

　　 A. improve the quality （質(zhì)量）of life?

　　 B. save time and money ?

　　 C. make or repair things ?

　　 D. run a DIY shop

　　 （3）. When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim _______.

　　 A. keeps house and looks after his children ?

　　 B. does his own car and home repairs ?

　　 C. does extra work at night ?

　　 D. make shoes in his home ?

　　 （4）. Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourself when________ .

　　 A. he had to raise the children all by himself ?

　　 B. he could not possibly do two jobs ?

　　 C. the car repair class was not helpful ?

　　 D. his car repairs cost too much ?

　　 （5）. What's the best title of the passage? ?

　　 A. Rose and Hatfield: Believers in DIY. ?

　　 B. You Can Do It Too. ?

　　 C. The Joy of DIY. ?

　　 D. Welcome to our DIY Course.

　　

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