DIY, which means Do It Yourself, is quite popular in UK. Lots of stores and supermarkets sell DIY things. TV proprammes show people how to DIY.
English people like DIY. There is a saying in UK –“An Englishman’s home is his castle”. Huge numbers of people spend their holidays making their homes beautiful “castles”. If there is anything that needs fixing around their houses, such as painting the walls or putting in a new shower, they will do the jobs themselves. They share DIY experiences 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 to buy a bigger 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 put 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 holidays according to the passage?
A.    Making their homes beautiful.   B. Visiting their friends.
B.    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 DIYD.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.
B.    We should be careful while doing DIY.   D. It’s 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 likeB.we should do something difficult
C.we do something that is too difficultD.we eat too much food that is not safe
My name is woof. You think that we have a great life,right?Wrong!I am going to tell you why.
First of all,we are bored. Bored. bored. And bored. Do you ever think about what a dog does all day? Nothing. Nothing at all. Our owners are busy,you know,working,going to school,away from home all day. So what are we supposed to do?Watch the house or apartment?Sure. That is like watching paint dry or grass grow. Boring. That’s why we get so excited when our owners come home. We bark and run around and act as if we are very happy. But we only do this because we are bored all day. If we are lucky,our owner take us for a walk.
Then there is the food. We eat the same food,meal after meal,day after day,week after week,month after month. Help!Would you like  to eat the same thing all the time?No,you would not. So what makes you think we dogs like it?We don’t. We hate it.
Another thing-television. Another thing-television. Dogs hate television. Our owners watch these stupid programs,hour after hour,night after night. Are there any programs for dogs on television?No. Not a single one.
So what can we do?What else can we do but sleep?And so we sleep. We dogs are not lazy,we are bored.
【小题1】Woof may be a              .
A.boyB.girlC.dogD.cat
【小题2】From the passage,we know that Woof         .
A.lives a great lifeB.is busy every day
C.likes the food very muchD.hates watching television
【小题3】How many points does Woof complain about?
A.1B.2C.3D.4

Chinese are very generous in educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities such as musical instrument learning or ballet classes, or other classes. They think these will give them a good future. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend much unreasonable money on education. Even poor parents will buy a computer for their son or daughter.

However, most parents don’t understand that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.

Parents can see that their children are very good in some areas while poor in others. Parents can also see some children are good at these skills and others do well in others. Most parents don’t realize that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need are to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking needs patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence. 

Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with, will make him curious(好奇的) and improve his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them. Your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.

1.We know from this passage parents in China         .

A.are too strict with their children

B.are too rich to educate their children

C.are too poor to educate their children

D.have some problems in educating their children correctly

2.We learn from the passage that        .

A.the cheaper an education is, the better it is

B.children today should learn difficult skills

C.practical skills are helpful to children’s growth

D.school education can’t meet parents’ expectations

3.Doing some cooking at home helps children        .

A.benefit (有益于) from it and prepare themselves for the future

B.learn how to serve their parents

C.learn how to become strong and fat

D.make their parents believe that they are clever

4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.Broken things are useful for children

B.Interest is necessary for everything

C.Learning to think is very important.

D.Using hands helps improve thinking ability

 

阅读理解

“ Cool ” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings.

“ Cool ” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.

When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “It’s cool . ” You may think, “He’s so cool,”when you see your favourite footballer.

We all maximize(扩大)the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “ new ”or “ surprising ”. Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall (瀑布)they had visited. On one student’s paper was just the one sentence, “It’s so cool. ” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.

But the story also shows a scarcity(缺乏)of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility (可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word “cool”? I can . And I think they are also very cool .

1. We know that the word “ cool ” has had _________

A.only one meaning      

B.no meanings

C.many different meanings  

D.the same meaning

2. In the passage, the word “ express ” means “________”

A.see   

B.show  

C.know   

D.feel

3.If you are _____________ something, you may say, “It’s cool。”

A.interested in   

B.angry about

C.afraid of   

D.unhappy with

4. The writer takes an example to show he is _________ the way the word is used.

A.pleased with  

B.strange to   

C.worried about   

D.careful with

5. In the passage, the writer suggests(暗示)that the word “ cool ” _______

A.can be used instead of many words

B.usually means something interesting

C.can make your life colorful

D.may not be as cool as it seems

 

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