DIY is very popular in China now.Yang Chen works for a computer business in Beijing.Though he enjoys his work，it is hard for him to relax（放松）after work.
   "For a long time，I had no choice（選擇）except going to a bar for a drink and karaoke to relax myself，"he said.
   One day when he saw many toy dogs in a toy shop，he had an idea."Why not do some kinds of things and relax myself？"Then he began to make model planes，model ships and something else.The things that he had made by himself didn't look as professionally（專業(yè)地）made as those in the shops，but he liked doing it."It is not as much fun to play with 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 family and friends like them very much.
   More and more young people are like Yang，making or creating（創(chuàng)造）things on their own.They like to do them themselves.
   Though making things with our own hands may take much time，some people，now known as DIYers—do-it-yourselfers，enjoy doing them very much.They can make all kinds of things they like.DIY is becoming more and more popular in China.It may be new to the young，yet many people remember when it was a way of life.
   During the 1960s and 1970s，when there were not enough living things for people to live on，they had to use their own hands to do many things.Whitewashing the wall or making clothes was a part of life because there was no other choice.If you wanted something done，you had to do it yourself；and if you needed something，you made it yourself.

（1）Yang Chen

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B

in his free time in the past.
A．played computers
B．went to a bar for a drink and karaoke
C．enjoyed his work
D．made something by himself
（2）Things that Yang Chen made

C

C

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A．look as professionally made as those in the shops
B．a(chǎn)re much more expensive than those in the shops
C．a(chǎn)re popular with his family and friends
D．a(chǎn)re only model planes and ships
（3）Many young people like making things by themselves because

B

B

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A．they want to make more money
B．they do them for fun
C．there are not enough living things for them to live on
D．they can't buy them anywhere
（4）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？

A

A

A．DIY is becoming more and more popular in China.
B．More and more people begin to make mode1 planes.
C．Between the 1960s and 1970s，people liked making things themselves.
D．More and more young people are like Yang Chen.
（5）The main idea of the passage is

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C

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A．Yang Chen has a new hobby
B．how young people create new things
C．DIY is a good way of life
D．DIY was a part of life in the past