( ) 36. 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

( ) 37. 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.

( ) 38 When the writer says Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim ____

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

( ) 39. Jim Hatfield decided to become a “do-it-yourself” when ____

A. his car repairs cost too much B. the car repair class was not helpful

C. he could no possible do two job D. he had to raise the children all by himself

( ) 30. 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

B

Senior citizens are permitted to travel cheaply on a bus if they have a special card. Women may get cards when they are sixty.

Mrs. Matthews lives in the country but she went into town once a week to buy food and other things for the house, and she usually went by bus. She always had to pay the full price for her ride.

Then she reached the age of sixty and got her senior citizen’s card, but when she used it for the first time on the bus, it made her feel very old.

The bus driver had often seen her traveling on the bus before, and he notices that she was feeling unhappy, so after she had paid her money, he winked at her and whispered, “Don’t forget to give your mother’s card back to her when you see her again.”

Mrs. Matthews was very happy when she heard this.

( ) 41. Senior citizens in the story refer to _____.

A. those who have special cars

B. old people who with special cards

C. people who h hold high positions in the government

D. those who want to travel cheaply

( ) 42. Women over sixty______

A. don’t have to pay for taking buses

B. pay less for their ride if they have a special card

C. have to pay the full price for their ride

D. have to pay their special card

( ) 43. Mrs. Matthews used to pay the full price for her ride because _______.

A. she didn’t know the rule

B. the card wasn’t hers

C. she felt she was now an old woman

D. she had reached sixty but had not got her senior citizen card

( ) 44. Mrs. Matthews felt unhappy on the bus because _______.

A. she still had to pay for the tide. B. the card wasn’t hers

C. she felt she was now an old woman D. the driver whispered to her

( ) 45. The driver whispered to her _______.

A. in order to make her feel younger

B. because he thought that she shouldn’t have borrowed her mother’s card