DIY, which means Do It Yourself, is quite popular in UK. Lots of stores and supermarkets sell DIY things. TV programmes show people how to DIY.
English people like DIY. There is a saying in UK----“As Englishman’s home is his castle”. Huge number of people spend their holidays making their homes beautiful “castles”. If there is anything that needs fixing around their homes, such as painting the walls or putting in a new shower, they will do the jobs themselves. They share DIY experience with their friends. More and more people have discovered the joy of DIY. Sometimes people also DIY for saving money. With the economic downturn at present, many people can not afford a big house. They are looking at how they can make their house better without spending a lot of money. It is not surprising that DIY is so popular.
DIY can be difficult. There is a huge market for DIY furniture which people need to get together themselves with a few basic tools. However, people often find it not easy to build a piece of furniture because they can’t understand the instructions. Sometimes the instructions are simple and clear, but the furniture itself is difficult to build. One thing is for sure, though most DIY projects are started with the best intentions. Many of them may not get finished. DIY can also be dangerous. For example, anything electrical should be done by a professional worker. Unluckily, many people don’t care about this warning and put themselves in danger. It is reported that in just one year over 230,000 people were hurt while doing DIY in UK, including 41,000 who fell off ladders.
Therefore , DIY can bring us fun and help us save money, but it is not always as easy as it is thought to be if we bite off more than we can chew. Maybe factories should make products that are easier and safer for us to DIY.
小題1:How do many English people spend their hoildays to the passage?
A．Making their homes beautiful.
B．Visiting their friends.
C．Travelling all over the world
D．Making a lot of money
小題2:Why do English people like DIY?
A．Many stores sell DIY things.
B．DIY can bring them fun.
C．TV programmes teach them to DIY
D．All DIY projects are easy.
小題3:What can we learn from the passage?
A．DIY is a waste of money.
B．it is always difficult to DIY.
C．We should be careful while doing DIY.
D．It is very safe for us to DIY.
小題4:In the passage, “we bite off more than we can chew” probably means      .
A．We can eat everything we like.
B．We should do something difficult.
C．We do something that is too difficult.
D．We eat too much food that is not safe.

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:C
文章分別對DIY介紹、DIY在英國流行的原因、DIY困難甚至危險的原因進(jìn)行了分析，進(jìn)而對DIY提出了合理的建議。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題 由文章第二段“Huge number of people spend their holidays making their homes beautiful “castles””可知。
小題2:整體理解題 有文章的第二段可知英國人喜歡DIY一是從中獲得樂趣，二是少花錢。
小題3:整體理解題 由第三段“DIY can also be dangerous.”，及所給的受傷害的事例數(shù)字可知答案為C。
小題4:判斷推理題 通讀文章可知人們不能“DIY”的原因是“做了自己力所不能及的事情”。
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