请阅读下面短文，掌握其意思，然后从方框中所给方的词中选出最恰当的10个，用适当形式填空。（每小题1分，共10分）

In America, science is a very important class. In middle school we were __1._ how to solve problems by thinking like a ___2.__. We had to think of a question, guess an answer, and ___3.__ a way to test our guess. There were lots of experiments and other activities. I remember studying how science can explain things like light and electricity.

Our English class is very different from___4.__ in China, more like Chinese class I think! We read lots of books and talked about them, ___5._ we could understand what we read better. We learned how to know what information is important when we read and what ___6._ so important. In my class we all gave six ___7._ to the class during the year. We had to talk in front of the class for six __8.ten minutes!

We also have health classes. In this class, we learned about our bodies and how to take care of ___9.__ by doing things like eating healthy foods, and not doing ___10.__ things like smoking or drugs (毒品). We cooked a little bit, but I was not very good at it!

Please give kids a break. The request(要求) came after an online survey about  31  activities between classes. Some schools only   32   students to play in the corridors (走廊) during the ten-minute breaks, while   33  even make students do homework in the classroom. About this problem, different people have   34   ideas.

70% of parents in the survey said their children were not allowed to play   35   during breaks. Teachers should know children are 36   to be active, so education shouldn’t run  37    the laws(规律) of nature. “ It   38  that the playground is useless,” said one of the parents.      Some parents agreed to   39   the school did. “ Games during breaks will make children too excited to listen to the teacher   40   in class.” Schools had their own reasons   41     this. Teachers were facing lots of responsibility(责任) over school  42  . Some schools stopped activities   43   children were injured （受伤）during breaks.   44   didn’t want to do so,   but there was no better   45   to solve the problem.

1.A. teachers’B. children’s    C. kid’s     D. people’s

2.A. make        B. let         C. allow      D. have

3. A. other      B. another     C. others     D. the other

4. A. same       B. special     C. usual      D. different

5.A. outside   B. inside       C. upstairs    D. downstairs

6.A. afraid      B. born        C. similar    D. able

7.A. after       B. to          C. with       D. against

8. A. likes      B. looks       C. sees       D. seems

9. A. what       B. that        C. which      D. how

10.A. careless  B. careful     C. carefully  D. care

11. A. to        B. of          C. for        D. with

12.A. rules      B. safety      C. games      D. sports

13.A. before     B. while       C. so         D. because

14.A. They       B. We          C. You        D. He

15.A. road      B. street  C. help     D. way

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. 

1.Do you want to meet a _________ (特殊的) friend of mine?

2.The sun shines           (透过) the windows and each of us feels warm.

3.He often _________ (完成) his homework late in the evening.

4.Our teacher asks us not to eat snacks _________ （在……之间）classes.

5.They are           (计划) where to have a long holiday.