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DIY is very popular in China now. Do you know what it is? Yang Chen works for a computer business
in Beijing. Though he enjoys his work, it is hard for him for relax after work."For a long time, I had no choice
except going to a bar for a drink and karaoke to relax myself," he said.
One day when he saw many toys in a toy shop, he had an idea. "Why not do some kind of things and relax
myself?" Then he began to make model planes, model ships and something else. The thing he has made by
himself doesn't look as professionally made as those in the shop, but he likes doing it."It is not as much fun
to play with things which are bought expensively from the shops," he said. Now his bookshelves are full of
many kinds of things he has made. They are very beautiful and friends like them very much.
More and more people are like Yang, making or creating things on their own. They like to do it themselves.
Though making things with our own hands, may take much time, some people, now known as DI Yers...
do-it-yourselfers, enjoy doing it very much. They can make all kinds of things they like.
DIY is becoming more and more popular in China. It may be to the young, yet many people remember
when it was once a way of life.
During 1960s and 1970s, when there were not enough living things for people to live on, they had to use
their own hands to do many things. Whitewashing the wall or making clothes was a part of life because there
was no other choice. If you want something done, you had to do it yourself, and if you needed something you
made it yourself. But times have changed and DIY has a1so different meanings.
1. What does Yang Chen most enjoy doing in his free time now?
A. Playing computers.
B. Going to a bar for a drink and karaoke.
C. Whitewashing the wall.
D. Making something by himself.
2. Many young people like making things by themselves because _______.
A. they want to make more money
B. they do it for fun
C. they need them in their life
D. they can't buy them anywhere
3. From the passage we know _______.
A. more and more people like making things on their own
B. more and more people began to make model planes
C. between 1960s and 1970s, people liked making things themselves
D. more and more people begin to like Yang Chen
4. What's the main idea of the passage?
A. The things Yang made don't look as professionally made as those in the shops.
B. Planes bought from the shops are too expensive.
C. DIY is a good way of life.
D. DIY was a part of life in the past.
5. Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Yang likes to collect things made by his friends.
B. People had to make things by themselves during 1960s and 1970s.
C. DIY has different meaning now.
D. Yang wants to find a way to relax himself.
