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.
People show their personalities in their clothes, their cars and their homes. Because we might choose some foods to “tell” people something about us, our diets can also be an expression of our personalities. For example, some people eat mainly gourmet (供美食家享用的)foods, such as caviar (鱼子酱) and lobster (龙虾), and they eat only in expensive restaurants. They know about the “better things in life”.
People can eat many different kinds of foods, but some people choose not to eat meat. Vegetarians(素食主义者) often have more in common(相同) than just their diets. Their personalities might be the same too. For example, vegetarians in the US and Canada may be creative(创造性的) people, and they might not enjoy competitive(竞争性的) sports or jobs. They worry about the health of the world, and they are probably strongly opposed (反对的) to wars(战争).
Some people eat mostly fast food. One study shows that many fast-food eaters have a lot in common with one another, but they are very different from vegetarians. They are competitive and good at business. They are also usually in a hurry. Many fast-food eaters might not agree with this description(描述) of their personalities, but it is a common picture of them.
What is Your Food Personalities
People with 1. diets | 2. |
People who eat 3. gourmet food | They know the way to enjoy their 4. . |
People who don’t eat 5. | They may be creative. |
They might not like competitive 6. or jobs. | |
They might be 7. about the health of the world. | |
They might be opposed the war strongly. | |
People who eat mostly 8. food | They are competitive and can do business 9. . |
They are also usually in a 10. . |
根据句子意思,用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。(每空一词)
1. Protecting the (环境) is protecting ourselves.
2.What the girl said makes her look even _________(丑陋的).
3.People often grow rice in the ___________(南方) part of China.
4.Whose are the key rings? They are one of my ____________ (亲戚) .
5. We’re going abroad for a ____________ (几个) of years.
6. ---Could you post the letter for me? --- With (pleased).
7.I don’t mind ____________ (print) the letters for you.
8. We should speak to the old man (polite).
9. His little dog (die) last week and that made him very sad.
10.You usually ask your teacher for some _________ (advise) books.
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, and then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to(不注意) the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I found that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a quite clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
1. What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?
A. Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me.
B. She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer.
C. I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.
D. Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.
2. Why did her father listen to her quietly?
A. Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true.
B. Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.
C. Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.
D. Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.
3. The writer felt________ when she did the things as her father had told her.
A. surprised B. angry
C. disappointed(失望的) D. sad
4. Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
A. Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend
B. The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had
C. My Father
D. My Childhood
Not everyone has a chance to be a detective（侦探）, but I got one when I was 13 years old. It happened in 1994.
One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father’s new car. I expected(期望) to see my father in the driver’s seat. But to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving instead, “She has stolen my father’s car,” I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver, “Follow that new car in front,” I told him why.
The taxi driver had a car phone, so I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the sound of a police car. The police told the woman to stop the car using a loudspeaker. The taxi came to a stop, too. I got out right then and said to the woman, “This is not your car. It's my father’s car.”
The woman smiled and said, “Oh. You’re Mr. Johnson’s son, right? I've seen your photo in your father’s office.”
Before I could say one word, the woman explained that she was my father’s new assistant（助手）. My father had asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it repaired. He lent her his car. After hearing this, I called my father and he told us what the woman said was right. The police and the taxi driver laughed. I felt very sorry. It was both the first time and the last time I worked as a detective.
1. When did the story take place?
A. Thirteen years ago. B. Twenty years ago.
C. Thirty years ago. D. Before 1994.
2. What did the writer see one afternoon on a street?
A. He saw his father driving a new car with a young woman.
B. He saw a young woman driving a new car with his father.
C. He saw a young woman trying to steal his father’s new car.
D. He saw a young woman in his father’s new car.
3. How did the writer manage to get his father’s car to stop?
A. He had his father call the young woman.
B. He asked the taxi driver to stop his father's car.
C. He got the help of the police.
D. He called the young woman.
4. How did the writer feel when he found out the truth?
A. He felt good about himself. B. He felt sorry.
C. He felt very happy. D. He felt excited.
The Winter Olympics is also called the White Olympics．At this time，many colorful stamps are published to mark the great Games．The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25th，1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on，publishing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule.
During the 4th Winter Olympic Games a group of stamps were published in Germany in November l936. The five Olympics rings were drawn on the front of the sportswear．It was the first time that the rings appeared on the stamps of the White Olympics．
In the 1950s，the stamps of this kind became more colorful．When the White Olympics came，the host countries(主办国) as well as the non-host countries published stamps to mark those Games．China also published four stamps in February 1980 when the Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the White Olympics．
Japan is the only Asian country that has ever held the White Olympics．Altogether 14,500 million stamps were sold to raise money for this sports meeting．
Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps．People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of some sportsmen.
1.The White Olympics and the Winter Olympics_________．
A．are the same thing B．are different games
C．are not held in winter D．are held in summer
2.The world made it a rule to publish stamps to mark the great world games_______．
A．after the year 1936 B．after the 3rd White Olympics
C．before the 3rd White Olympics D．before the year 1932
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Only the host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games．
B. Only the non-host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games．
C. All the countries can publish stamps to mark those Games．
D. Japan can’t publish stamps to mark those Games
4.What may appear on the stamps of the White Olympics?
A．Basketball． B．Table tennis．
C．Football． D．Skating．
