A little girl thought that she was not as beautiful as other girls and that nobody liked her. So she was always u  1   and didn’t like to talk to others. However, one day, her mother gave her a beautiful hairclip. When she w  2   it, she looked much more beautiful than b  3   . She decided to wear it to school. 

On her way to school she found that e  4   who saw her smiled at her. Most of her classmates said “Hello” to her, but this n  5   happened before. She thought that the beautiful hairclip had brought her them all. She was so happy about all of the wonderful things. A  6   she didn’t tell her classmates about her beautiful hairclip, they all wanted to know what had happened to her.  

When she went back home after school, her mother asked her, “Did you know you drop your hairclip? I found it by the door this morning.” 

She understood t  7   she hadn’t worn the hairclip to school at all.

It is not important what we wear and how we look. The most important is how we think about o  8   .

　　“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（奋斗）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 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 deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course. I should be able to fix the car by myself.” He said.

　　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 his own car and home repairs

　　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

　　5.What would be the best title for the text?

　　A. The Joy of DIY　　　　　　　　B. You Can Do It Too!

　　C. Welcome to Our DIY Course!　　 D. Ross and Hatfield: Believers in DIY

When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learnt French at school and I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand English. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problems.
How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking like being lost and asked if he could help me.
“Yes,”I said.“I want to give my friend a ring.”
“Well, that’s nice,”he exclaimed (惊呼).“Are you getting married? But aren’t you a bit young？”
“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there’s a phone box?”
“Oh!”he said.“There’s a phone downstairs.”
When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.“Don’t worry,” she said to me.“I had many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. But most of the time British and American people can understand each other!”
【小题1】When the writer arrived at the airport, he wanted to _____.

When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learnt French at school and I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand English. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problems.

How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking like being lost and asked if he could help me.

“Yes,”I said.“I want to give my friend a ring.”

“Well, that’s nice,”he exclaimed (惊呼).“Are you getting married? But aren’t you a bit young？”

“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there’s a phone box?”

“Oh!”he said.“There’s a phone downstairs.”

When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.“Don’t worry,” she said to me.“I had many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. But most of the time British and American people can understand each other!”

1.When the writer arrived at the airport, he wanted to _____.

2.The old man thought _____.

3..At last, the old man _____.

4.Which sentence is wrong according to the passage?

A.The writer’s friend, Danny had a lot of difficulties in the U.S.A. at first.

B.There are some differences between American and British English.

C.British people can’t understand the Americans most of the time.

D.British and American people can understand each other most of the time.