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As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself” （DIY） trend in the USA continues to grow. “We needed furniture for our living rooms,” 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. w 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 Rosses took a 2-week course for $ 280 at a night school. Now they make all their furniture and repairs around the house.

Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife has 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.”

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-yourself”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell them how they can do things themselves.

1.We can learn from the passage that many newly married people ______.

A. take DIY courses run by the government

B. have to buy some expensive things

C. find it hard to pay for what they need

D. seldom go to a supermarket to buy things

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

A. run a DIY shop B. save time and money

C. make or repair things D. improve their life

3.When the write says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim ______.

A. makes shoes in his home B. does extra work at night

C. repairs his own car at home D. keeps house and looks after his children

4.Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourself when he found ______.

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.According to the passage, If Linda wants to become a do-it-yourself, but she doesn’t have time to take a DIY course, what should she do?

A. She can ask someone else for help. B. She can watch TV.

C. She can give up her job. D. She can read some books about DIY.

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Many Chinese people who have been to the United States think that Americans pay a little part of their money for food each day,Yet,in the latest 13 years,food prices have gone up 30% for most American families.Everyone agrees that the cost of feeding a family has risen sharply.But who is really responsible?

Many people say the farmers who produce the vegetables,fruit,meat,eggs are responsible.But farmers explain that the rise in food prices is very small compared to the rise in their cost of living.Farmers think middlemen have got much more money than they do.Middlemen are those people who stand between the farmers and the people who buy and eat the food. For example truck drivers,owners of food stores and so on.Are middlemen really responsible for higher food prices?

Economists do not think so.They have found that the money that meat packers and food stores get is less than 1% in all.They say that food costs more now because modern housewives have jobs outside the home.They have less time for for cooking after a day′s work.They prefer to buy ready-made food.They want to buy many kinds of food that can be put on their dining tables easily and quickly.But of course they must be prepared to pay for the services of those who make their work easier.

It seems that the answer to the question of rising prices is not a simple one. Quite a number of people share the responsibility for the sharp rise in food costs.

1.Farmers speak for themselves because_________

A. The middlemen have had the biggest share of profit(利润）

B. The cost of their products have risen sharply too

C. Their cost of living has gone up a lot,too

D. They’ve got very little in the rise of food prices

2.What’s the writer’s opinion（观点）？

A. He agrees with the economists

B. He doesn’t think farmers are responsible

C. He thinks the middlemen might get a lot of profit.

D. He thinks all those people should be responsible.

3.The underlined sentence means the food prices have gone up

A. quickly and carefully

B. suddenly and greatly

C. clearly and naturally

D. angrily and seriously

4.Which of the following is a middleman?

A. A farmer

B. A shopkeeper

C. A housewife

D. An economist

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进入九年级后，同学们的生活发生了一些变化。假如你是九年级学生李雷，请根据下表提示用英语来任务叙述你现在与以前生活的差异。80个单词左右。

过去

现在

早晨

6：30起床吃早饭

6：00起床读书

课外时间

打球

练习跑步、跳远

晚上

看电视；9：30睡觉

做作业；11：00睡觉

The reading room is for students only．You can’t go in___ you are a student．

A. until B. if C. unless D. though

--Ann，_______do you study English?

--By studying with a group．

A. when B. why C. how D. where

Would you please give me some tips for ________ out the problems?

A. to work B. working C. to working D. work

—Mom, when can I go out to play football?

—Finish your homework, ______ I ______ let you go out.

A. and; don’t B. and; didn’t C. or; won’t D. or; haven’t

The boy _____ his seat ____ the old man on the bus.

A. offered; for B. provided; with C. offered; to D. provided; to

The key is yellow .的同义句是：

A. The key yellow. B. The is a yellow key .

C. This is a yellow key. D. They are yellow key.

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