Question

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

“We needed furniture(家具) for our living room.” Says John Ross, “and we just didn’t have enough money to afford 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-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 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 of life.

3. When the writer says Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim ____

A．makes shoes in his home	B．does extra work at night
C．does his own car and home repairs	D．keeps house and looks after his children

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.B

【解析】

試題分析：

1.A 推理題。根據文章最后一段1，2行Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living.什么嗎A正確。

2.B 細節題。根據第二段最后兩行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.說明B正確。

3.B 推理題。根據本句He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory.說明他還要做額外的工作來養家，故B正確。

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點評：本文介紹了西方國家出現的流行的DIY，以及原因。集中考查細節題，解答細節題時要求學生抓住題干文字信息，采用針對性方法進行閱讀，因為這類題的答案在文章中可以直接找到。