13．As prices and building costs keep rising，the"do-it-yourself"（DIY）trend（趨勢(shì)）in the U．S．continues to grow．
"We needed furniture（家具）for our living room，"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．"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 280atanightschool．Nowtheybuildalltheirfurnitureandmakerepairsaroundthehouse．?JimHatfieldhasthreeboysandhiswifedied．Hehasafulltimejobathomeaswellasinashoemakingfactory．Lastmonth，hereceivedacarrepairbillfor420．"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-yourselfer"，you can go to DIY classes．And for those who don't have time to take a course，there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself．
36．We can learn from the text that many married peopleA．
A．find it hard to pay for what they need
B．have to learn to make their own furniture
C．take DIY courses run by the government
D．seldom go to a department store to buy things
37．When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home，he means JimD．
A．makes shoes in his home
B．does extra work at night
C．does his own car and home repairs
D．keeps house and looks after his children
38．Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourself whenA．
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
39．What would be the best title for the text？B
A．The Joy of DIY             
B．You Can Do It Too!
C．Welcome to Our DIY Course  
D．Ross and Hatfield Believers in DIY．

分析 本文講述的是由于物價(jià)飛漲當(dāng)代年輕人因?yàn)橘I(mǎi)不起他們想要的，出點(diǎn)兒錢(qián)參加DIY課程，自己做一些或維修一些東西．

解答 36-39 ADAB
36  A  細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章第二段 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．句意："我們的臥室需要家具"，約翰•羅斯說(shuō)到，"但是我們沒(méi)有足夠多的錢(qián)去買(mǎi)，所以我們決定做一些桌子和椅子"．約翰才結(jié)婚六個(gè)月，像許多年輕人在這些日子過(guò)的一樣，他們?cè)谏钯M(fèi)昂貴的情況下努力的為一個(gè)家?jiàn)^斗．可知文章中剛結(jié)婚的年輕人覺(jué)得去買(mǎi)一些他們需要的東西是很難的，故選A．
37  D   細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章第二段 Hatfield has three boys and his wife died．He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory．句意：吉姆有三個(gè)孩子并且他的妻子去世了．他在家有份全職工作就像在一個(gè)造紙廠擔(dān)任全職一樣．可知作者說(shuō)吉姆在家做全職是說(shuō)，他既要養(yǎng)家又要照顧他的孩子們故選A．
38  A   細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章第二段 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．'句意：上個(gè)月，他收到一個(gè)420美元的修車(chē)賬單．"我對(duì)此感到非常的沮喪．但現(xiàn)在我學(xué)完了一個(gè)維修課程，我應(yīng)該能夠自己修理我的車(chē)．"可知吉姆是因?yàn)樾捃?chē)太貴才會(huì)自己去學(xué)習(xí)學(xué)車(chē)課程．故選A．
38   B   細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章第三段  you want to become a‘do-it-yourselfer'，you can go to DIY classes．And for those who don't have time to take a course，there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself．句意：如果你想成為DIY者，你可以加入DIY課程中來(lái)．如果你沒(méi)有時(shí)間上課，這兒有一些書(shū)教你怎樣自己做東西．所以，文章旨在告訴人們，在物價(jià)飛漲的時(shí)代，你也可以自己做一些需要的東西，而文章的標(biāo)題是要吸引人的，故選B．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 做閱讀理解時(shí)要快速的瀏覽全文，把握文章主旨大意，帶著問(wèn)題回到原文，尋找細(xì)節(jié)或概括相應(yīng)的答案，最后要理清作者寫(xiě)作思路．

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