2025年漳州城市職業(yè)學(xué)院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點試題含答案解析

2025年漳州城市職業(yè)學(xué)院高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點試題含答案解析（圖片大小可自由調(diào)整）一、單選題(共35題)1、材料WelcometoLondon!Nowletmetellyousomethingaboutthiswonderfulcity.London,thecapitaloftheUnitedKingdom,isthebiggestcityinWesternEuropewithover7millionpeople.ItsitsbytheRiverThames.Londonhasahistoryofmorethan2,000years.Peopleallovertheworldarefamiliarwiththecity'sreddouble-decker(雙層的)busesandblacktaxis.

People

TheBritishEmpireusedtorulearoundtheworld,somanypeoplefromaroundtheworldmovedtoLondon.Theyhavebroughtwiththemtheirownlanguagesandcultures.Morethan300differentlanguagesarespokeninLondon.

Culture

Londonisknownforitsmuseums.OneimportantmuseumisBritishMuseum.Itistheoldestpublicmuseumintheworld.TherearetwomainartmuscumsinLondon:theNationalGalleryandtheTateGallery.Besides,Londonisalsohometoarts,suchastheatreandmusic.TheGlobeTheatre,whichwaspopularinthelate16thand17thcenturies,wasopenedforperformancesofWilliamShakespeare'splays.

Touristattractions

Londonhasmanywonderfulplacestovisit.Forexample,thewell-knownClockTower,a320-foot-hightower,wascalledtheBigBen.AnotherfamousLondonbuildingisBuckinghamPalace.Themembersofroyal(皇家的)familyofEnglandlivethere.Besides,HydeParkisthelargestopenareaincentralLondon.What'sthepopulationofLondon?(1分)A、Lessthan7million.B、Only7million.C、Morethan7million.D、Nearly7million.正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析【主旨大意】本文主要介紹了倫敦，主要包括倫敦的景點、地理位置、人口及文化。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第三句“London,thecapitaloftheUnitedKingdom,isthebiggestcityinWesternEuropewithover7millionpeople.”可知，倫敦是西歐最大的城市，人口超過700萬。故選C。

2、—Howwasyourdayoffyesterday?—Perfect!Itwas（）birthdayofmygrandpa's.Wehadabigfamilycelebration.(1分)A、seventyB、seventiethC、theseventiethD、theseventy正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查序數(shù)詞。句意為：“——你昨天休息得怎么樣?—-很完美!這是我爺爺七十歲的生日，我們舉行了一個大的家庭慶祝會?！备鶕?jù)birthday可知，空格處表示的是過第幾個生日，要用序數(shù)詞，序數(shù)詞前要加定冠詞the。故選C。

3、材料Itwasgettingdarkandsnowwascomingdown.Joewasdrivinghome.He'dbeenunemployedsincethefactory(1).Mostofhisfriendshadleft,buthestayedon.（2）,hewasbornhere.

Suddenlyhesawaladystandingonthesideoftheroadand（3）.Shewasworried.Noonehadstoppedto（4）forthelasthour.Joeknew（5）shefeltandsaid,“MynameisJoeandI'mheretohelpyou.”Allshehadwasaflattyre,（6）foranoldlady,thatwasbadenough.Joechangedthe（7）,buthegotdirtyandhishandshurt.ShewantedtopayJoeandsaidany（8）wouldhavebeenallright.Joeneverthoughttwiceaboutthemoneyandthereweremanypeoplewhohad（9）himahandinthepast.Hehadlivedhislifethatway.Hetoldherthatifshereallywantedtopayhim（10）,thenexttimeifshesawsomeonewhoneededhelp,shecouldgivethatpersontheassistancethathe（11）,

Latertheladywentina（12）decoratedrestauranttoeatinahurry.Thecashierwaslikethetelephoneofanout-of-workactor—itdidn't（13）much.However,thewaitress,whowasnearlyeightmonthspregnant(懷孕的),broughtacleantoweltoherwitha（14）smile.Theoldlady（15）Joe.Afterthewaitressbroughtthechangefroma100-dollarbill,shefoundthelady（16）andsomethingwrittenonanapkin,“（17）oncehelpedmeout,thewayI'mhelpingyou.（18）youreallywanttopayhimback,don'tletthechainoflove（19）withyou.”

That（20）thewaitressgavehersleepinghusbandasoftkissandwhispered,“Everything'sgoingtobeallright,Joe.”第4空填（）。(1分)A、leaveB、stayC、askD、help正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查動詞詞義辨析。leave意為“離開”;stay意為“停留”;ask意為“詢問”;help意為“幫助”。此處指在過去的一個小時，沒有人停下來幫助。故選D。

4、I_________inNewYorkforjusttwoweek.

(1分)A、amB、havebeenC、wasD、willbe正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析我來紐約已經(jīng)兩周了。從forjusttwoweeks可知時間是過去，havebeen表示已經(jīng)，故選B

5、Shefoundhercalculator（）shelostit.(1分)A、whereB、whenC、inwhichD、that正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查名詞性從句。句意“她在原來丟失計算器的地方找到了它?！边@里指地點，故用where。因為不是定語從句，故不用inwhich。故選A。

6、Mike________themildweatherinthesouthnow.

(1分)A、usedtoB、beusedtoC、wasusedtoD、isusedto正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析邁克現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了南方的溫和天氣。usedto意為“過去經(jīng)常”，后接動詞原形；beusedto意為“習(xí)慣于”，后接名詞或動名詞，從now和Mike可知，be應(yīng)用一般現(xiàn)在時的第三人稱單數(shù)

7、Three（）eggs（）boughtfromthemarketlastweek.(1分)A、dozens;wereB、dozens;wasC、dozen;wereD、dozensof;was正確答案選項：參考答案：C

8、Itishightimeyou（）upyourmindaboutchoosingajob.(1分)A、makeB、wouldmakeC、willmake

D、made正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析Itis(high)timethat后面的從句謂語動詞要用過去式或用should加動詞原形,但should不可省略。多用在虛擬語氣中，是時候某人該做某事了,并不表示過去時態(tài)。表示“是該做??????得時候了”。

9、Twogirlsappliedforthepostbutneither（）successful.(1分)A、wasB、wereC、areD、hadbeen正確答案選項：參考答案：A

10、Mr.Browntoldhissonnot________thepaintingsinthemuseum.

(1分)A、touchB、totouchC、touchingD、touched正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析句意：布朗先生告訴他的兒子不要碰博物館里的畫?？疾榉侵^語動詞。tellsb(not)todosth表示“告訴某人（不）要做某事”，動詞不定式作賓補，故選B。

11、材料Itwasgettingdarkandsnowwascomingdown.Joewasdrivinghome.He'dbeenunemployedsincethefactory(1).Mostofhisfriendshadleft,buthestayedon.（2）,hewasbornhere.

Suddenlyhesawaladystandingonthesideoftheroadand（3）.Shewasworried.Noonehadstoppedto（4）forthelasthour.Joeknew（5）shefeltandsaid,“MynameisJoeandI'mheretohelpyou.”Allshehadwasaflattyre,（6）foranoldlady,thatwasbadenough.Joechangedthe（7）,buthegotdirtyandhishandshurt.ShewantedtopayJoeandsaidany（8）wouldhavebeenallright.Joeneverthoughttwiceaboutthemoneyandthereweremanypeoplewhohad（9）himahandinthepast.Hehadlivedhislifethatway.Hetoldherthatifshereallywantedtopayhim（10）,thenexttimeifshesawsomeonewhoneededhelp,shecouldgivethatpersontheassistancethathe（11）,

Latertheladywentina（12）decoratedrestauranttoeatinahurry.Thecashierwaslikethetelephoneofanout-of-workactor—itdidn't（13）much.However,thewaitress,whowasnearlyeightmonthspregnant(懷孕的),broughtacleantoweltoherwitha（14）smile.Theoldlady（15）Joe.Afterthewaitressbroughtthechangefroma100-dollarbill,shefoundthelady（16）andsomethingwrittenonanapkin,“（17）oncehelpedmeout,thewayI'mhelpingyou.（18）youreallywanttopayhimback,don'tletthechainoflove（19）withyou.”

That（20）thewaitressgavehersleepinghusbandasoftkissandwhispered,“Everything'sgoingtobeallright,Joe.”第3空填（）。(1分)A、pulledinB、pulledoutC、pulledupD、pulleddown正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查短語辨析。pulledin意為“拉進來”;pulledout意為“取出來”;pulledup意為“停下來”;pulleddown意為“拉下來”。此處指他看見一個老太太站在路邊就停了下來。故選C。

12、Mysisterpracticesplaying（）pianoforthecomingtalentshow.(1分)A、aB、anC、theD、/正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查冠詞。句意為：“我姐姐為即將到來的才藝表演練習(xí)鋼琴?！辈欢ü谠~a/an表泛指，a用于以輔音音素開頭的單詞前，an用于以元音音素開頭的單詞前；定冠詞the表特指。樂器類名詞前要加定冠詞the。故選C。

13、材料Itookmysontoapopularrestaurantforalunchtimetreat.Anditseemseveryoneelsehadthesame（1）.Theplacewasfullof（2）!Idrovearoundthesmallparkinglotfor10minutes（3）aspot.FinallyI（4）one.AladywasreturningtohercarsoI（5）herandwaitedpatiently.AsIdidthisIlookedinmyrearvisionmirror(后視鏡)and（6）ayoungmanquicklypullupbehindme.Assoonashesawmyindicator(轉(zhuǎn)向燈)onforthespot,heseemedvery（7）andbeganhittinghissteeringwheel(方向盤).Iknewthiswasn'tdirectedatmebutatthedisappointmentthathehad（8）aspot.Ifelthis（9）.Itoohadbeen（10）theplaceforages.

AstheladyleftI1somethingthatsurprisedevenme.Iturnedoffmyindicatoranddrovestraightpast.Ilettheman（12）thespot.

Themanbehindmewas（13）,unsurewhattodo.（14）Iloweredmywindowandgavehima(n)（15）totakeit,callingoutatthesametime“It'syours.”

I（16）drivingfurtherdowntheroadtoanothercarpark,wherealthoughIhadtowalkquiteabitfurther,Iwas（17）Icould.Perhapsthemancouldn'twalkeasilyashis（18）wasn'tasgoodasmine?Iwill（19）know.ButIknewthespot（20）moretohimthanitdidtome,whenIsawhimreactthewayhedid.第11空填（）。(1分)A、sawB、heardC、didD、said正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查動詞詞義辨析。saw意為“看見”;heard意為“聽見”;did意為“做”;said意為“說”。根據(jù)下文的“Iturnedoffmyindicatoranddrovestraightpast.Ilettheman…thespot.”可知，此處指作者做了一件讓自己吃驚的事。故選C。

14、材料Itwasover20yearago,IfirstmetMr.Andrews,myoldheadmaster.DuringtheWarIwasstudyingatschoolinthenorthofEngland.My（1）hadjustreturnedtoLondon,andtherewerenot（2）schoolsleftforchildren.Myfatherhadtogofromoneschooltoanother,tryingto（3）themtotakemeasapupil.Wehad（4）toalltheschoolsnearourhome,butnoonewouldtakeme（5）,wewenttoaschoolaboutfivekilometers（6）fromhome.Theheadmasterkeptuswaitingforatleast（7）.Icouldhearboysplayingontheplaygroundoutside.

Whentheheadmaster'ssecretaryletus（8）hisoffice.Mr.Andrewssaid,

“（9）doyouwanttocomehere?”Ihad（10）ofsayingsomethingaboutstudying,

（11）nowIcouldn'trememberanything,onlythoughtoftheboysplayingoutside,“Idon'tknow（12）inLondon,”Isaid.“I'dliketoplaywith（13）boys.I'llreadalotofbooks,too.”“Allright,”Mr.Andrewssaid.“Wehaveoneseat（14）”

Mytwoyearsatthatschoolwere（15）thehappiestofmylife.

第(3)選（）(1分)A、make

B、hope

C、ask

D、let正確答案選項：參考答案：C

15、材料

Smokingisahabitthatiscloselylinkedtocertaintimesandplaces.Ifyoubreaktheselinks,youcanbreakthehabit.Thebestwayofdoingthisistoavoidthesituationswhereyouwantacigarette.Ifyoucan'tavoidthem,thenyouhavetofightoffthetemptation(誘惑).Sitdownandthinkaboutwhenandwhereyouusuallyhaveacigarette.Forexample,doyoualwayshaveoneafterbreakfast?Afterothermeals?Inbreaksatwork?Whenyouarewatchingtelevision?Withfriendsinthepub?Onceyoustopsmoking,thesetimesandplacesaregoingtobethedangerspots,soworkouthowyouaregoingtodealwiththem.

Itwillalsohelpifyoucandevelopnewhabitstobreaktheoldoneofsmoking.Soplansomenewactivitiestoreplacesmoking-thingsthatinterestyouinyourleisuretime,thingstodowithyourhands，anddifferentwaystodealwithtensions(緊張).

Somepeoplefindhelpsiftheycutdownoncigarettesbeforetheyactuallygiveup.It'sonewayofpreparingforthedayyoustopforgood.Butdon'tlookoncuttingdownasanalternative(可供選擇的辦法)togivingup，anddon'tdoitformorethanacoupleofweeksattheverymost.Thedangeristhatyougobacktosmokingasmanyasyoudidbefore.

Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?(1分)A、

The

Reason

Why

We

Stop

SmokingB、

Smoking

Is

a

Bad

HabitC、

Avoid

Danger

Spots

D、

What

We

Can

Do

to

Stop

Smoking正確答案選項：參考答案：D

16、I________anewbike．I________itlastSunday．

(1分)A、willbuy；boughtB、havebought；boughtC、bough；twillbuyD、bought；havebought正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析我買了一輛車，用現(xiàn)在完成時。后面一句說的是我購買的時間，用過去式。句意：我買了一輛新自行車。我上星期天買的。

17、材料Iwassaidtobetheworststudentinmyclass,andmyfamilythoughtIwashopeless.Ihadto（1）gradesix.Atthattimeanewteacher,MissSadia,cametoourschool.

Onedayafterclass,she（2）thatIwasstayingaloneduringthelunchbreak.Shecametomeandbegantotalktome.Itwasjusta（3）conversation.Afterthatday,shegavemeparticular（4）anditmademefeelspecial.Istartedtoworkhardbecauseshegavemethefeel-ingthat（5）believedme,andmy（6）startedtoimproveinhersubject.

Monthslater,shemovedintoahousenearmy（7）.Wewouldwalkhometogetherafterschool.Herconstantsupporthelpedme,（8）inmystudies,asIknewshewould（9）mygradesbothinhersubjectandtheothersubjects.Ifinally（10）secondinmyclass.

Then,aftergradesix,shestartedtoslowlydriftaway(疏遠)（11）stillkeptaconstantcheckonme.BythetimeIwasingradeseven,we（12）spoke,butbythenIhadbecomethe（13）inmyclass.WhenIleftmyschool,Iwas（14）withher,assheneveransweredthe（15）whenIcalledher.

ThenIgraduatedandwenttoagooduniversity.Onefineday,ourpaths（16）again.Imetheratawedding.Icouldnot（17）askingher,“Whydidyoustoptalkingtome?”

“Youareacleverboy.Iwantedyoutobeatree（18）onyourownroots,notdependingonothers.NowhereyouareandIfeel（19）ofyou.Youareyourinspirationanddonotneedto（20）ashoulder,”shesaid.Icouldnotsayanything,butIsmiled.I’llalwaysthankher.第12空填（）。(1分)A、everB、oftenC、onceD、hardly正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查副詞詞義辨析。ever意為“曾”;often意為“經(jīng)常”;once意為“曾”;hardly意為“幾乎不”。根據(jù)上文的“shestartedtoslowlydriftaway(疏遠)”可知，當(dāng)作者上七年級時，他們兒乎不交談了。故選D。

18、—Jane,whatdoyouthinkofthisorange?-Well,it'stoo（）.Ican'tstandit.(1分)A、sweetB、saltyC、sourD、crispy正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查形容詞。句意為：“——Jane,你認為這個橘子怎么樣?——噢，太酸了。我忍受不了它?！备鶕?jù)常識可知，橘子要么是酸的要么是甜的，sweet“甜的”,salty“咸的”,sour“酸的”,crispy“脆的”。由“Ican'tstandit”可知，橘子應(yīng)該是酸的。故選C。

19、______specialclasseswehad!Wehavelearnedalotaboutpapercutting.

(1分)A、WhatB、WhataC、HowaD、How正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析句意：我們上的多特別的課?。∥覀儗W(xué)到很多關(guān)于剪紙的東西。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知此句是感嘆句，句子強調(diào)名詞classes，在感嘆句中強調(diào)名詞時，用what引導(dǎo)。What+形容詞+復(fù)數(shù)名詞+主語+謂語！What+a/an+形容詞+單數(shù)名詞+主語+謂語！句子強調(diào)形容詞或副詞時用how引導(dǎo)，故選A。

20、—Bob,howaboutgoingswimmingthisweekend?—Goswimminginthisweather?_____.

(1分)A、NotlikelyB、HaveagoodtripC、OKD、I’mfondofthat正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析-鮑勃，這個周末去游泳怎么樣？-在這種天氣里去游泳？不可能Notlikely不可能，根據(jù)句意選A。

21、It’snotonly____greatresponsibilitybut____greathonorforacitytobechosentohosttheOlympicGames.

(1分)A、/;aB、/;/C、the;theD、a;a正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析

考查冠詞。句意：對一個城市而言，能被選上舉辦奧運會，不僅是一份責(zé)任也是一種榮幸。responsibility(責(zé)任)是可數(shù)名詞，句中用的單數(shù)形式，所以前面要用不定冠詞a；honor(使感到光榮的事或人，榮幸)是可數(shù)名詞，前面有g(shù)reat修飾，前面要使用不定冠詞a。故選D項。

22、—MichaelwaslateforMr.Smith’schemistryclassthismorning.—_______?AsfarasIknow,heseldomcomestoclassontime.

(1分)A、HowcomeB、WhynotC、WhatforD、Sowhat正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析

考查情景交際。句意：--今天上午上史密斯先生的化學(xué)課，邁克爾遲到了--那又怎么樣？據(jù)我所知，他上課從來沒有準時過。howcome怎么會……（那樣）；whynot為什么不呢；whatfor為什么，為了什么；sowhat那又怎么樣。結(jié)合句意，他很少準時到班，所以遲到了又怎么樣（sowhat），故選D。

23、材料Standinginthestore'sentrance,I（1）thisstrangesight.MydadhadjustdroppedmeofftoshopforChristmas（2）,butmybrotherandhisfriendshadamorenoble（3）forshopping.

“DoyouthinkCaitlinwilllikethis?”oneoftheboysasked.Andmybrother,lookingrather（4）.wasstandinginfrontofashelfofsocks.“OK.Thepinkonewouldbeagoodidea,”I（5）.Hepickeduponeandpresentedittomefor（6）.

Theyusedupalltheir（7）,someofwhichtheyhadsavedupoverthecourseoftheyearforChristmasgifts.But,theyhadall（8）tospenditonCaitlin.

JustninedaysbeforeChristmas,Caitlin'shousehadbeen（9）tothegroundby（10）.Caitlinandherparentsallhadescaped.（11）,everythinginthehousewasengulfed(吞噬)inflames,includingtheChristmaspresents（12）tobewrapped(包裝).

Theschoolwas（13）herbooksanduniforms.Andallthe（14）inCaitlin'sclassweretakinghershoppingforclotheswhiletheboyswereshoppingforthingslikescarvesandsocks.

Whenwegothome,mybrotherbroughteverythinghehad（15）forCaitlintomyroomtomakesureIthoughtshe'dlikeeverything.

“Ithinkshe'llloveeverything.”Isaid,and（16）him,eventhoughhetriedtopushmeaway.Iwasso（17）ofhimatthatmoment.He（18）allhissavingsforanewskate-board（19）forafriendwhoneededaChristmaspresentmorethanhedid.Hehad,throughthisactofapureheart,captured(捕獲)thetrue(20)ofChristmas。第20空填（）。(1分)A、spiritB、opinionC、skillD、fact正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析考查名詞詞義辨析。spirit意為“精神”;opinion意為“觀點”;skill意為“技巧”;fact意為“事實”。作者的哥哥一聽到Caitlin家遭難，就和很多的孩子一起為Caitlin買圣誕禮物，這是一種無私的奉獻精神，是圣誕節(jié)精神的體現(xiàn)，而作者的哥哥在踐行這樣的圣誕精神。故選A。

24、

Iusuallyhave_______eggandsomebreadforbreakfast.

(1分)A、aB、anC、theD、/正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析句意：我早餐通常吃一個雞蛋和一些面包。考查冠詞用法。根據(jù)句意可知早餐吃一個雞蛋和一些面包，這里表示的是泛指一個雞蛋，應(yīng)用不定冠詞來修飾，且egg的發(fā)音是以元音音素開頭的，所以應(yīng)用不定冠詞an；故答案選B。

25、Themoon______aroundtheearth.

(1分)A、movingB、tomoveC、movesD、moved正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析月亮繞著地球轉(zhuǎn)

26、材料

MostBritishtelephonecardsarejustplaingreen,butcardcollectingisbecomingapopularhobbyinBritainandcollectorsevenhavetheirownmagazine,InternationalTelephoneCards.Onereasonfortheirinterestisthatcardsfromaroundtheworldcomeinawidevarietyofdifferentandoftenveryattractivedesigns.Thereare100,000differentcardsinJapanalone,andthereyoucanputyourowndesignontoablankcardsimplybyusingaphotographorabusinesscard.

Thefirsttelephonecards,producedin1976,wereItalian.FiveyearslaterthefirstBritishcardappeared,andnowyoucanbuycardsinmorethanahundredcountries.Peopleusuallystartcollectingcardsbecausetheyareattractive,smallandlight,andtheydonotneedmuchspace.Itisalsoacheaphobbyforbeginners,althoughforsomepeopleitbecomesaseriousbusiness.InParis,forexample,thereisamarketwhereyoucanbuyonlytelephonecards,andsomeFrenchcardscostupto4,000pounds.ThefirstJapanesecardhasavalueofabout28,000pounds.Mostpeopleonlyseecardswithpricesliketheseintheircollectors'magazine.

Thetextismainlyabout___.(1分)A、

the

history

of

phone

cards

B、

phone

card

collecting

as

a

hobbyC、reasonforphonecardcollecting

D、thegreatvarietyofphonecards正確答案選項：參考答案：B

27、-Whyareyouunhappy?-I（）always（）nottodothisandnottodothatathomebymyparents.(1分)A、was;warningB、am;warningC、am;warnedD、was:warned正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查一般現(xiàn)在時的被動語態(tài)。句意為：“——你為什么不高興?—-我父母總是告訴我在家里不要這樣做，也不要那樣做。”根據(jù)bymyparents可知謂語動詞用被動語態(tài)；always是一般現(xiàn)在時的標志，所以應(yīng)用一般現(xiàn)在時的被動語態(tài)。故選C。

28、AsanewmemberoftheCommunistYouthLeagueofChina(中國共青團),Iwasso________thatmyhandswereshakingwhengivingthespeech.

(1分)A、nervousB、confidentC、energeticD、quiet正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析句意：作為一名中國共產(chǎn)主義青年團的新成員，我非常緊張，演講時我的手都在發(fā)抖。考查形容詞辨析。nervous緊張的；confident自信的；energetic精力充沛的；quiet安靜的。根據(jù)“myhandswereshakingwhengivingthespeech”可知，手緊張地在發(fā)抖，故選A。

29、There（）onlyalittlemilk,anappleandtwopearsinthefridge.(1分)A、hasB、isC、beD、are正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查主謂一致。句意為：“冰箱里只有一點牛奶、一個蘋果和兩個梨?！眛herebe句型的be動詞要與其后第一個主語在人稱和數(shù)上保持一致。alittlemilk為不可數(shù)名詞，所以謂語動詞應(yīng)用單數(shù)形式。故選B。

30、材料

Aspricesandbuildingcostskeeprising,the“do-it-yourself”(DIY)trendintheU.S.continuestogrow.

“Weneededfurnitureforourlivingroom,”saysJohnRoss,“andwejustdidn'thaveenoughmoneytobuyit.Sowedecidedtotrymakingafewtablesandchairs.”Johngotmarriedsixmonthsago,andlikemanyyoungpeoplethesedays,theyarestrugglingtomakeahomeatatimewhenthecostoflivingisveryhigh.TheRossestooka2-weekcoursefor$280atanightschool.Nowtheybuildalltheirfurnitureandmakerepairsaroundthehouse.

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