DIY, which means Do It Yourself, is quite popular in the UK. Lots of stores and supermarkets sell DIY things. TV programs show people how to DIY.

English people like DIY. If there is anything that needs fixing (修理) around their homes, such as p 1. the walls or putting in a new shower, they will do the jobs themselves. They share DIY e 2. with their friends. More and more people are fond of DIY and have found the joy of DIY. Sometimes people also DIY for s 3. money. At present, many people don’t have enough money to buy a big house. They are looking at how they can make their houses better without s 4.a lot of money. It is not surprising that DIY is so popular.

DIY can be difficult. There is a large market for DIY furniture (家具) which needs to be got together by people themselves w 5. a few tools. However, people often find it not easy to build a piece of furniture because they can’t understand the instructions (指令). Sometimes the instructions are simple and clean, but the furniture i 6. is difficult to build. DIY can also be dangerous if you are not c 7. enough. It is reported that in just one year over 230,000 people were h 8. while doing DIY in the UK, including 41,000 who fell off ladders.

DIY can bring us a lot of f 9. and can help us save some money, but it is not always as easy as it is thought to be if we do something that is too hard. Maybe factories should make products that are easier and s 10. for us to DIY.

 

1.painting

2.experience

3.saving

4.spending

5.with

6.itself

7.careful

8.hurt

9.fun

10.safer

【解析】

試題分析：文章分別對(duì)DIY介紹、DIY在英國(guó)流行的原因、DIY困難甚至危險(xiǎn)的原因進(jìn)行了分析，進(jìn)而對(duì)DIY提出了合理的建議。

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5.句意：這些家具需要人們自己用工具把它們組合起來。根據(jù)句意及首字母此空填with。

6.但家具自身很難構(gòu)造，根據(jù)句意及首字母此空填itself。

7.句意：如果你不足夠小心DIY也會(huì)很危險(xiǎn)，根據(jù)句意及首字母提示此空填careful。

8.句意：據(jù)報(bào)道在英國(guó)僅一年就有230,000多人在做DIY時(shí)受傷，根據(jù)句意及首字母此空填hurt。

9.句意：DIY能給我們帶來很多樂趣并且能節(jié)省一些錢。根據(jù)句意及首字母此空填fun。

10.句意：或許工廠應(yīng)該制作一些讓我們?cè)贒IY時(shí)更容易和更安全的產(chǎn)品。根據(jù)句意及首字母提示此空填safer。

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