As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself” (DIY) is getting more and more popular in the USA.

    “We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Rose,” 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 to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Roses took a 2-week courses 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 much work at home as well as a job in a shoe-making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for＄420. “I was deeply unhappy about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.”

John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can do to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a DIY, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who didn’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.

1.Many newly married people in the USA ______.

   A. find it hard to pay for what they need

   B. must take some courses

   C. have to learn to make their own furniture

   D. seldom go to a shop to buy things.

2.John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to ______.

   A. make furniture                  B. make or repair things

   C. improve the quality of life         D. save time and money

3. Jim Hatfield’s job is to ______.

   A. make shoes at home               B. do housework in a shoe factory

   C. run a shoe-making factory at home   D. work in a shoe factory

4.Jim decided to become a DIY when ______.

   A. he enjoyed doing everything by himself

   B. he becomes an unusual person

   C. his car repairs cost very much

   D. the car repair class wasn’t helpful

5.Which of the following statement is right?

   A. If you want to become a DIY, you can only go to DIY classes.

   B. People who take DIY courses are quite different from the others.

   C. DIY is becoming more and more popular because of the raising living cost.

   D. Most families in the country are doing everything because they enjoy the life style. 

根据短文内容按要求完成下列各题。

The fox installs(安装) a telephone, but no one telephones him. He feels very unhappy.

In his dream he dreams that someone calls him. He decides to call back.

First he calls the crow (乌鸦), but the crow says she didn’t telephone him because he is still angry with him. As you know, the fox cheated the crow of her meat by asking her to sing a song.

Then the fox rings Aunt Bear. When she learns it is the fox’s voice, the bear loses her temper (脾气) because the fox cheated her of her honey several days ago. She tells him that she would never telephone him.

At last he calls the wolf. The wolf is sleeping at the moment. When he knows it is the fox who telephones him, he becomes so angry that he says he will never forgive (原谅) the fox. You know, once the fox led him into the hunter’s trap (圈) .

From then on, the fox never telephones others and his telephone becomes useless.

1.Who telephones the fox after he installs a telephone?(根据短文内容回答问题)

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2.Why does Aunt Bear lose her temper when she learns it is the fox’s voice?(根据短文内容回答问题)

3.How many animals does the fox telephone?（根据短文内容回答问题）

4.He becomes so angry that he says he will never forgive the fox. （改为同义句）

?? He becomes ________ angry__________ forgive the fox.

5.In the passage, the underlined word “He” refers (指) to ________.

I like my Chinese teacher very much. He is a   16   man, about 25 years old. He is tall    17   black short hair. He is a very humorous(幽默的) person. He often    18  us jokes(笑话) and  19  to make our class more   20   . In class, he is a very   21   teacher. If we don’t listen to him carefully, he will give us some punishment(惩罚) by  22   us some questions. But after class, he becomes a very good    23   of us. He often talks with the girls and plays   24   with the boys. All of us really like him. He is our    25     teacher.