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”. 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 enjoy the joy of DIY. Sometimes people also DIY for saving money. They like making 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.
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.
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.
【小題1】How do many English people spend their holidays to the passage?

A．Making their homes beautiful. B．Visiting friends. C．Travelling. D．Making money.
【小題2】 Why do English people like DIY?
A．Many stores sell DIY things. B．DIY can bring them fun.
C．TV programs teach them to DIY. D．All DIY projects are easy.
【小題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 sage for us to DIY.
【小題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


【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】C
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：這篇短文講述的是DIY,即do it yourself。英國(guó)人喜歡DIY，他們經(jīng)常自己制作一些東西來(lái)使自己的家變得更漂亮。但是DIY很難，有時(shí)候也很危險(xiǎn)的，我們?cè)谧约褐谱鳀|西的時(shí)候還要注意安全。
【小題1】主旨大意題。這篇文章的關(guān)鍵詞就是DIY，即自己制作一些東西來(lái)使自己的家變得更漂亮，跟旅行、拜訪(fǎng)朋友和賺錢(qián)沒(méi)有關(guān)系。故選A。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段的描述我們可以知道英國(guó)人喜歡DIY，不僅是它可以省錢(qián)，更重要的是DIY給他們的生活帶來(lái)了樂(lè)趣，他們喜歡DIY，也會(huì)和朋友們分享經(jīng)驗(yàn)。故選B。
【小題3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段的內(nèi)容可知，DIY有時(shí)候是很危險(xiǎn)的，在英國(guó)一年有230,000的人們?cè)谧鯠IY的時(shí)候受傷，所以在做DIY的時(shí)候我們一定要小心。故選C。
【小題4】詞義猜測(cè)題。這里是在告訴我們DIY 有時(shí)候并不像我們想象的那樣簡(jiǎn)單，我們一定要小心，并且不要去做一些太專(zhuān)業(yè)，太難的事情。故選C。
考點(diǎn)：社會(huì)現(xiàn)象類(lèi)短文閱讀。

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