As prices and building costs keep rising, “the do-it-yourself”（DIY）trend（趋势） in the US continues to grow.
“We needed furniture 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 six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling （努力）to make a home when the cost of living is very high. The Koses 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 very upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course. I should be able to fix 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.
1.We know from the passage that many people ________ .
A. seldom go to a department store to buy things
B. take DIY courses run by the government
C. like 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 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.How can people learn DIY?
A. Go to classes.
B. Read books.
C. Go to classes and read books.
D. The passage doesn't tell us.
“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”
That may seem a strange thing to say. But touching things can help you to see them better. Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can tell how heavy the glass it. When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it.
With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pockets. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too. You can even feel sounds against your skin. Have you wanted to know why some people like very loud music? They must like to feel the sounds of music.
All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things we might buy: food, clothes. To see something well, we have to touch it.
The bottom of our feet can feel things, too. You know this when you walk on warm sand, cool grass or a hard floor. All feel different under your feet.
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to them.
Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have things for visitors to touch. Their signs say, “Do touch!” there you can feel everything on show.
If you want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see.
1. By touching things ___________.
A. you will have a strange feeling
B. you will learn how to reach out your hand
C. you can see them well
D. you can tell what colors they are
2.According to the passage, which of the following CANNOT feel things?
A. Skin.
B. Fingers.
C. Feet.
D. Eyes.
3. Why does it say “At first, it is not easy to feel these things?” Because ___________
A. the things are used by people too
B. people feel the things too much
C. people know how to use the things
D. these things are familiar to you
4.You can see the sign "Do touch!"_____________________.
A. in every museum
B. in most museums
C. in some museums
D. only in one museum
5.The best way to see the world well is to ___________________.
A. touch by feeling
B. see or to feel
C. read
D. see and feel
※Live Music - Late Night Jazz Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. He is known play well into the early hours, so don’t want to get much sleep.
|
PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES: 15- 23 June PRICE：￥100-150 TIME: 10p.m.till late! TEL: 4668736 |
※Scottish Dancing Scottish dancing is nice and easy to learn. The wonderful dance from England will be given.
|
PLACE: Jack Stein's DATES: 10-20 May PRICE: ￥150 TIME: 7-10p.m. TEL: 4021877 |
※Shows- Anhui Museum There are 12,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history.
|
PLACE: Anhui Museum DATES: 1 Mar - 30 Jun PRICE: ￥60 (￥30 for students) TIME: Monday- Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. TEL: 4886888 Weekends 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. |
※Hotels Three-star hotels whose service can make you feel at home.
|
Dates 1 Oct - 31 Dec. 1 Jan - 31 Mar. 1 Apr - 30 Apr. 1 May - 31 May. 1Jun - 30 Sep. |
SUN HOTEL Prices (a night) ￥ 168 ￥ 148 (closed) ￥ 188 ￥ 208 |
ROSE HOTEL Prices (a night) ￥ 198 ￥ 178 (closed) ￥ 218 ￥ 248 |
|
|
TEL: 4686788 |
TEL: 4686755 |
1.If you want to watch dancing, you can call________.
A. 4668736
B. 4021877
C. 4886888
D. 4686788
2. You can see the whole of Chinese history at________ in April in Anhui Museum.
A. 3 p.m. every day
B. 9 p.m. from Monday to Friday
C. 7 a.m. at weekends
D. 7 p.m. every day
3. You can enjoy________ at Jack Stein’s.
A. American jazz
B. Scottish dancing
C. 12,000 pieces on show
D. yourself all night
4. Sun Hotel and Rose Hotel are open for________ months of the year.
A. nine
B. ten
C. eleven
D. twelve
5.You have ￥148 and you can________ in May.
A. listen to Jazz
B. watch Scottish dancing
C. go to Anhui Museum
D. stay in Sun Hotel for a night
Mary likes to invent things. She creates a new language and teaches it to her friend, Jean. Mary and Jean like to talk to each other in their own language because they think no one understands them and it is funny. When they go shopping, they say things like: “Look! He is fat.” “This CD is awful.” “I want to eat free hamburgers.” A clerk comes but he can’t understand what they say. He asked them: “May I help you?” Mary and Jean just laugh. What fun it is to create something new.
1.Which is Mary’s invention?
A. Teaching her friend.
B. A new language.
C. Go shopping.
D. Making hamburgers.
2.Why does Mary like speaking her new language with her friend Jean?
A. Because they can talk but no one knows what they say.
B. Because it’s easy to speak new language.
C. Because her friend Jean likes it.
D. Because she wants free hamburgers.
3.What do they do in the store?
A. They buy some things.
B. They talk with the clerk.
C. They want to understand what people say.
D. They use their new language and talk about people and things.
4.The clerk may think that ________, so he comes to help them.
A. maybe they need help
B. they talk about him
C. they laugh at him
D. they invent things
5.According to the passage, creating something new is _____.
A. boring
B. interesting
C. hard
D. easy
Mr White works in an office. He liked reading in bed when he was at school. It was bad for his 41 and now he has near sight (近视). But he wouldn’t want 42 to know about it and he never wears a pair of glasses. It often 43 him some trouble.
One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business. He 44 a bus at a stop in a small town. Then he had to walk there. The road to the village wasn’t smooth(平坦). He fell over some times and it 45 his clothes dirty. 46 he got to the village. Suddenly it began to blow and it got colder. He was looking for the school while his 47 was blown off. He began to run after it but he couldn’t get it. He couldn’t understand why his hat ran into a house as if(似乎) it had 48 . And he ran into the house， 49 .
A woman stopped him and shouted angrily, “ 50 are you running after my hen for？”
1.A. ears
B. nose
C. mouth
D. eyes
2.A.anybody else B.
nobody
C. woman
D. somebody
3.A. follows B. takes
C. brings
D. carries
4.A. tookoff
B. got off C. got on
D. came on
5.A.let
B. made
C. gave D. felt
6.A. At first
B. At home
C. At times
D. At last
7.A. clothes
B. bag
C. hat
D. glasses
8.A. legs
B. hands
C. shoes
D. arms
9.A. always
B. also
C. either
D. too
10.A. What
B. Why
C. Which
D. Who
His talk had __________ me.
|
A. a big effect to |
B. a deep effect on |
C. a deep effect for |
D. a deep affect on |
