Directions: There are three passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Passage 1

Questions {TSE}are based on the following passage.

As prices and building costs keep rising, the"do-it-yourself"(DIY) trend (趋势) 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."(76) John got married six months ago, and like many, young people these days, they are straggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a two-week course 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 a full-time job at home as well as in a shoemaking factory. Last 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."

John and Jim are not unusual people.In order to save money, most families in the country are doing everything they can so that 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.

第11题单选 We can learn from the text that many newly married people__________

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

参考答案：A

第12题单选 John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to __________

A.run a DIY shop

B.make or repair things

C.save time and money

D.improve the quality of life

参考答案：B

第13题单选 When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim __________

A.makes shoes in his home

B.does his extra work at night

C.does his own car and home repairs

D.keeps house and looks after his children

参考答案：D

第14题单选 Jim Hatfield decided to become a"do-it-yourselfer" when __________

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

参考答案：A

第15题单选 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.

参考答案：B

Vocabulary and Structure

第16题单选 -I think he is taking an active part in social work.

-I agree with you__________

A.in a way

B.on the way

C.by the way

D.in the way

参考答案：A

第17题单选 With regard to this model of color TV sets, the home-made ones are by no means__________those made in Japan.

A.less inferior to

B.less inferior than

C.inferior than

D.inferior to

参考答案：D

第18题单选 Japan is still __________ on Middle Eastern oil.

A.reliable

B.Imposing

C.dependent

D.independent

参考答案：C

参考解析： be dependent on依靠。be independent on独立;reliable可信赖的;imposing壮丽的。

第19题单选 __________that the trade between the two countries reached its highest point.

A.During the 1980's

B.That it was in the 1980's

C.It was in the 1980's

D.It was the 1980's

参考答案：C

第20题单选 The alarm clock didn't ring this morning. I __________ it last night.

A.did forgotten to wind

B.may have forgotten winding

C.ought to have forgotten to wind

D.must have forgotten to wind

参考答案：D

第21题单选 The time will come ~ man can fly to __________ he likes in the universe.

A.how...where

B.when...wherever

C.where...where

D.What...which

参考答案：B

第22题单选 It was not a serious accident; our car needs only some __________ repairs.

A.major

B.secondary

C.minor

D.primary

参考答案：C

第23题单选 The servant __________ all day and all night.

A.made to work

B.was made to work

C.was made work

D.was made working

参考答案：B

第24题单选 All students are to the rules of the school.

A.obeying

B.object

C.subject

D.according

参考答案：C

第25题单选 Only when you have a good knowledge of grammar __________write correctly.

A.you will

B.you can

C.can you

D.can't you

参考答案：C