DIY is very poplar in China now. Do you know what it is?
Yang Chen works ________ a computer business in Beijing. Though he enjoys his work, it is hard for him ______after work.
“ for a long time, I had no choice except going to a bar for a drink and karaoke to relax myself,” he said.
One day ________ he saw many toys in a toy shop, he had an idea. “ why _______ some kind of things and relax myself?” Then he began to ________ model planes, model ships and something else. The things he has made by himself don’t look as professionally(专业的) made as those in the shop, ________ he likes doing it.
“ Maybe it is not as much fun ______ as things which are bought expensively from the shops,” he said.
Now his bookshelves are full of many kinds of things he has made. They are very beautiful and his friends _______ them very much.
More and more people are like Yang, making or creating(创造) things of their own. They like to do it __________.
Though making things with our own hands may _______ much time, some people enjoy doing it, now known as DIY-do-it-yourself, very much. They can make all kinds of things they like.
DIY is becoming more and more popular in China.

词语填空(共10小题,计10分)

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空,使短文通顺、正确、连贯(每个单词限用一次).

For 25 years Terry Cemm was a policeman, but for the last seventeen years he has been walking up and down five____1____ of beach every day, looking for things that might be ____2____to someone. Terry is a beachcomber.

Nearly everything in his cottage has ___3___from the sea - chairs, tables, even tins of food. What's the most ___4__thing he has ever found? “A barrel of beer just before Christmas. That was nice”, he remembers. He finds lots of bottles with messages in__5__, mainly from children. They all get a reply if there's an address in the bottle. “Shoes? If you find one, you'll find the other the next week”, he says.

But does he really make a ___6___? “Half a living,” he___7___. “I barter (物物交换)with a lot of things I find, and I have my police pension(退休金). But I don't actually need money. My life is ___8___ in variety. ”

Terry seems to be a very happy man. “You have to find a way to live a simple, honest life. People spend all their lives ____9____ things they don't really need. There's so much waste.”

“Some people say I'm mad,” says Terry, “But there are a lot___10____ who'd like to do what I do. Look at me. I've got everything that I could possibly want.”

 Yesterday I was shopping for a few items(物品).With nothing to do at home, my son, who just left university, was ready to go together with me.
As I pushed the basket towards the register(收银机),I checked my items to see how many I had, thinking I might go to the Express Line(快速通道)where the sign said“Ten items or less”.
I started to go to that line and my son said,“Mon, you have twelve items!”I said,“You know, but they’re close.” He said,“Why are you in such a hurry to get home? You should go to the Regular Line because you have over ten items.”
Knowing he was right. I agreed and then pushed the basket to the next line. So I was waiting for my turn there and I was just removing my items from the basket to pay for them when a young man came up behind me in line with two items.
I just left the Express Line because I had too many and now I really wanted to get finished. Again, my son came up.“Mom, he has only two items and the Express Line is very long now. Won’t you just let him go first?”I agreed, and the young man smiled widely and thanked me several times.
It felt good to be with my son and have him remind me not to live a hurried life. Do what’s right and also be kind. I really take pride in him.
【小题1】 The writer ________ when she was pushing the basket towards the register.

 Yesterday I was shopping for a few items(物品).With nothing to do at home, my son, who just left university, was ready to go together with me.

  As I pushed the basket towards the register(收银机),I checked my items to see how many I had, thinking I might go to the Express Line(快速通道)where the sign said“Ten items or less”.

  I started to go to that line and my son said,“Mon, you have twelve items!”I said,“You know, but they’re close.” He said,“Why are you in such a hurry to get home? You should go to the Regular Line because you have over ten items.”

  Knowing he was right. I agreed and then pushed the basket to the next line. So I was waiting for my turn there and I was just removing my items from the basket to pay for them when a young man came up behind me in line with two items.

  I just left the Express Line because I had too many and now I really wanted to get finished. Again, my son came up.“Mom, he has only two items and the Express Line is very long now. Won’t you just let him go first?”I agreed, and the young man smiled widely and thanked me several times.

  It felt good to be with my son and have him remind me not to live a hurried life. Do what’s right and also be kind. I really take pride in him.

1. The writer ________ when she was pushing the basket towards the register.

  A. lost something she liked best              B. found her favourite item

  C. checked her handbag                        D. counted the items she had

2.The writer went to the Regular Line because _______.

  A. she had 2 items                            B. she had 12 items

  C. she was in a hurry to get home              D. she wanted to wait for her son

3.Of the following, which order is right according to the story?

  ①prepare to remove the items from the basket

  ②let the young man behind go first

  ③walk towards the Express Line

  ④return to the Regular Line

  A.②①④③　　　　　　B.④②③①　　　　　C.③④①②　　　　　　D.①③④②

4. If you pay for your items at the Express Line,_____.

  A. you need to help others

  B. you must wait for a long time

  C. you can get finished more quickly

  D. you should buy more than ten items

5.What did the writer learn from her son that day?

  A. Enjoy your life and be kind.

  B. Don’t buy too many at a time.

  C. Try to be friendly to your family.

  D. Never waste time waiting in line.