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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 struggling 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
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

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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."John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling 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 t
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

[单项选择]Bosses Say “Yes” to Home Work Rising costs of office space, time lost to stressful commuting, and a slow recognition that workers have lives beyond the office—all are strong arguments for letting staff work from home. For the small business, there are additional benefits too—staff are more productive, and happier, enabling firms to keep their headcounts (员工数) and their recruitment costs to a minimum. It can also provide competitive advantage, especially when small businesses want to attract new staff but don’t have the budget to offer huge salaries. While company managers have known about the benefits for a long time, many have done little about it, sceptical of whether they could trust their employees to work to full capacity without supervision, or concerned about the additional expenses teleworking policies might incur as staff start charging their home phone bills to the business. Yet this is now changing. When communications provider Inter-Tel researched the use of remote work
A. present a positive image to prospective customers
B. support its employees with children to take care of
C. attract young people with IT expertise to work for it
D. reduce operational expenses of a second office