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.
【小题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

【小题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.

【小题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.

【小题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.

校长想了解一下同学们对校服的满意度，假设你是Eric请完成下面的调查内容.

Dear       1       ,   I am a student of Class 3. I     2        school uniforms. Because they make  me      3       .   I think we should be allowed to________4_______________ Yours,        5

 

将短文中划线部分的句子译成中文（共4分，每小题2分）

1.Friendship is one of the greatest pleasures that people can enjoy .A true friend does indeed find pleasure in our joy and share pity in our sadness . He or she is always at our side to give us his or her help .

Knowing how important friendship is ,2.we should be very careful in our choosing of a friend . We must choose someone who has a good character , who does everything good and who shows kindness of heart . We should avoid (避免) those people who are easily changed .

 

完成句子。

1. It’s not just because they ____________（不能理解它是什么意思）.

2. F 2 F ____________（表示面对面）.

3. Homophone often use letters and numbers that ____________（听起来像单词或单词的一部分）.

4. I don’t think twelve-year-olds should be allowed to ____________ （穿耳洞）.

5. I think teenagers should be allowed to ____________ （与朋友们外出）.

6. If we can’t wear our own clothes, we should be allowed to ____________（设计自己的校服）.

7. I get nervous before big parties and then I ____________（出皮疹）.

8. It isn’t good to borrow your friends’ books ____________（未经允许）.

9. What do you think I should tell ____________（其余的学生）.

10. My life ____________ （有了很大的改变）in the last few years.