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(ABDAB)

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On the coast of California, on top of a mountain, stands a big castle which looks as if it has been lifted out of the Middle Ages and laid on the site. In fact the castle, called San Simeon, was built for the American newspaper owner, William Randolph Hearst, but it is furnished with objects dating from different historical periods, which were moved from Europe.

  It took thirty years to build the castle and even then it was never completed. Throughout this time, over a hundred workmen were always employed on the site and the architect(建筑师),Julia Morgan, was continually obliged to change the design, as often as Hearst changed his mind.

  Men were sent all over Europe to find works of art to decorate(装饰) the castle. Old ceilings and fireplaces, furniture, paintings and statues were purchased and shipped to America. A large number of objects were bought but many of them could not be used and were stored in warehouse(仓库),some of them not even unpacked.

  Hearst's life was used as the basis for Orson Welles's film "Citizen Kane". Kane, who was meant to stand for Hearst, built a big castle like San Simeon, but in the film it was called Xanadu, the name being taken from the name of the dream palace in a famous poem by Coleridge.

   Since Hearst's death San Simeon has been turned into a tourist attraction and the possessions which lay untouched in warehouse are gradually being sold. The castle has been handed over to the American people and finally the contents will also be given to them.

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