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You can do it too!

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

　　“We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Ross, “and 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 had three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoemaking 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 of life

3．When the writer says that 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

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

[　　]

A．his car repairs cost too much

B．the car repair class was not helpful

C．he could not possibly do two jobs

D．he had to raise the children all by himself

答案：A;B;D;A
解析：

　　1．A　　細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。原文第二段中的“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.”表明John和其他新婚夫婦一樣，維持生計(jì)很不容易。

　　2．B　　邏輯推理題，可用邏輯推斷法來解。由原文第二段中的“Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.”反推John和妻子上夜校的目的是學(xué)會(huì)制造、修理家具。

　　3．D　　邏輯推理題，可用邏輯推斷法來解。由原文第三段首句“Jim Hatfield had three boys and his wife died.”推斷John除了在鞋廠上班外，還得料理家務(wù)，照看小孩。

　　4．A　　邏輯推理題，可用邏輯推斷法來解。原文第三段中的“Last month, he received a car repair bill for $ 420.”說明他因承受不了高額的汽車修理費(fèi)用而決定做個(gè)do-it-yourselfer。


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