Question

As prices and building costs keep rising, the ‘do-it-yourself’ (DIY) trend (趨勢(shì)) in the U.S. continues to grow.

‘We needed furniture (家具) for our living room,’ says John Ross, ‘a(chǎn)nd we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.’ John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.

Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420. ‘I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course. I should be able to fix the car by myself.’

John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a ‘do-it-yourselfer’, 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 you can do things yourself.

1.We can learn from the text that many newly married people ________.

A. find it hard to pay for what they need

B. have to learn to make their own furniture

C. take DIY courses run by the government

D. seldom go to a department store to buy things

2.John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to ________.

A. run a DIY shop

B. make or repair things

C. save time and money

D. improve the quality (質(zhì)量) of life

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. makes shoes in his home

4.Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourselfer when ________.

A. he had to raise the children all by himself

B. the car repair class was not helpful

C. he could not possibly do two jobs

D. his car repairs cost too much

5.What would be the best title for the text?

A. the Joy of DIY

B. You Can Do It Too!

C. Welcome to Our DIY Course!

D. Ross and Hatfield: Believers in DIY

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的是由于物價(jià)飛漲當(dāng)代年輕人因?yàn)橘I(mǎi)不起他們想要的，出點(diǎn)兒錢(qián)參加DIY課程，自己做一些或維修一些東西。

1. needed furniture (家具) for our living room,’ says John Ross, ‘a(chǎn)nd we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.’ John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high.句意：“我們的臥室需要家具”，約翰·羅斯說(shuō)到，“但是我們沒(méi)有足夠多的錢(qián)去買(mǎi)，所以我們決定做一些桌子和椅子”。約翰才結(jié)婚六個(gè)月，像許多年輕人在這些日子過(guò)的一樣，他們?cè)谏�活費(fèi)昂貴的情況下努力的為一個(gè)家?jiàn)^斗。可知文章中剛結(jié)婚的年輕人覺(jué)得去買(mǎi)一些他們需要的東西是很難的，故選A.

2. Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.句意：羅斯夫婦花了280美元在夜校學(xué)習(xí)了為期兩周的課程，現(xiàn)在他們能做他們自己需要的家具，并且還能維修房子。故選D

3. Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory.句意：吉姆有三個(gè)孩子并且他的妻子去世了。他在家有份全職工作就像在一個(gè)造紙廠擔(dān)任全職一樣。可知作者說(shuō)吉姆在家做全職是說(shuō)，他既要養(yǎng)家又要照顧他的孩子們故選A.

4. month, he received a car repair bill for $420. ‘I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course. I should be able to fix the car by myself.’句意：上個(gè)月，他收到一個(gè)420美元的修車(chē)賬單�！拔覍�(duì)此感到非常的沮喪。但現(xiàn)在我學(xué)完了一個(gè)維修課程，我應(yīng)該能夠自己修理我的車(chē)。”可知吉姆是因?yàn)樾捃?chē)太貴才會(huì)自己去學(xué)習(xí)學(xué)車(chē)課程。

5. you want to become a ‘do-it-yourselfer’, 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 you can do things yourself.句意：如果你想成為DIY者，你可以加入DIY課程中來(lái)。如果你沒(méi)有時(shí)間上課，這兒有一些書(shū)教你怎樣自己做東西。所以，文章旨在告訴人們，在物價(jià)飛漲的時(shí)代，你也可以自己做一些需要的東西，而文章的標(biāo)題是要吸引人的，故選B.

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