[外语类试卷]大学英语四级(阅读)模拟试卷39及答案与解析.doc
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1、大学英语四级(阅读)模拟试卷 39及答案与解析 Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. 0 Why DIY? The reasons why people engage in DIY
2、 have always been numerous and complex. For some, DIY has provided a rare opportunity for creativity and self expression. For others it has been an unwelcome necessity, driven purely by economic considerations. Then there has been a group which feels that a building can never be a home unless it has
3、 been altered and modified to reflect a change of occupancy. A final group has traditionally adopted the measure that if you want a job done well, you must do it yourself. The same four basic species of DIYers exist today, although these various motives may now share some substantially similar chara
4、cteristics. The perfectionist in search of the good job done well is often also driven by a desire for creativity. There are also two new categories of motive the pursuit of DIY as a leisure activity and DIY as a form of occupational therapy. These, again, share some characteristics with other reaso
5、ns. DIY as necessity There is a significant number of young homemakers (38% of our interviewees) for whom there is no option but DIY. Their new home, whether bought on a mortgage (抵押 ) which consumes a major part of their income, or rented at similarly challenging rates, will often require essential
6、 redecoration and even structural repair. Some of these people are reluctant first-time DIYers. They would much prefer to hire professionals, but cant afford to do so. The majority, however, welcome the opportunity that need has forced upon them to get involved for the first time in the real busines
7、s of creating a home with all of its unfamiliar physical labor and the learning from the beginning of new techniques. In time, many will move to one of the other categories of DIYer, continuing to exercise their new found talents and enthusiasm when no longer forced by financial restrictions to do s
8、o. DIY as territorial marking Even those who have bought a brand new “starter home“, the type which becomes increasingly popular around the edges of our towns and cities, will feel compelled to add personal touches of a less dramatic kind to disguise its otherwise boring and expressionless nature. P
9、utting a “personal mark on the place“ was one of the most frequently reported motives for DIY, with 72% of sample seeing this as being a very important aspect. DIY as self-expression Many young people today are frustrated artists their potential creative talents just waiting for the chance to reveal
10、 themselves. There are also those seeking opportunities for a sense of achievement and personal fulfillment. DIY provided just such opportunities for the overwhelming majority of our interviewees (84%). They spoke at length of their sense of pride after completing their very first DIY task, and abou
11、t how this experience gave them the drive to tackle more ambitious projects. This sense of creative achievement comes both from the choices made by the first-time DIYer the selection of colors, textures and components to apply to the “canvas“ of the home and from the application of specific skills a
12、nd techniques. The manufacturers of DIY materials clearly understand this and now provide a wide range of “arty“ products to fuel creative urges. At the same time, they make the materials themselves much easier to use the DIY equivalent of painting by numbers. Special paint effects, which once requi
13、red the specialist knowledge and training of the true professional, can now be achieved straight out of the can with a simple brush. Hence, a new generation of home decorators takes pride in new-found talents. DIY as perfection-seeking A large proportion of first-time DIYers (63%) distrust builders
14、and decorators. They feel that most are “cowboys“ and that even the more reputable ones are very unlikely to have the same loving attention to detail and care as the DIYer. Some had previously suffered from the so-called repairs of small builders, while others were proud of the fact that no tradesma
15、n of this kind had ever set foot in their home. Within this group there were those who were content for builders to perform basic or structural work, and to undertake tasks such as plastering which are beyond the competence of most DIYers, particularly the younger beginner in our sample. The finishi
16、ng work, however, was something these people kept for themselves the final “perfecting“ of what otherwise would be just an ordinary result. This drive for perfection was also evident among the “strippers“ in this group. The idea of putting wallpaper over existing paper, or even paint on the top of p
17、receding coats, was to be cursed. Everything needed to be taken back to the bare plaster or the naked wood before any new decoration could be applied. Some interviewees recognized that this search for perfection could sometimes go too far: “Its puzzling me really. Theres always something Im working
18、on. Im never happy with anything.“ The problem perfectionists face is that progress can be very slow. One young female partner of such a perfectionist said, “My boyfriend spent so long decorating the bedroom that I had to hire in someone to do the living room.“ The living room was finished first. Wh
19、en perfectionists are obliged, by nagging or circumstance, to speed things up, other problems can result: “The only time I rushed a job was when we had friends coming for the weekend. I was so unhappy with it that I painted it again after they had gone.“ DIY as leisure activity For a significant min
20、ority of first-timers (28%), DIY is seen as a new and entertaining pastime. It is not really work, but something similar to entertainment, shared by both partners and even the children in the case of young families. “Its just great fun,“ one of our samples said enthusiastically. The idea that DIYing
21、 is similar to a trip to the lions of Longleat may seem strange. But for these interviewees home-making was sufficiently different from, and infinitely preferable to, the dull routines of weekday work to constitute a weekend break. The results of such activity were rewarding, but probably less so th
22、an engaging in the activity itself. DIY as therapy “It has healing powers, doesnt it? Im always in my own little world when Im doing DIY its great.“ So said a young man of 27 in our sample. “For me its occupational therapy,“ said another interviewee. For them and others it was their way of getting r
23、id of stress after a long day at work a way of relaxing and using the repetitive nature of many DIY tasks as a way of relaxing. Others hinted at a similar process, where DIY was almost an end in itself, rather than just a means to achieving a better home. In this sense they were similar to those who
24、 saw DIY as a form of leisure, but it was the psychological effects which were emphasized by 18% of our sample. While people in this group might sound upset, lacking the basic social skills to get a life outside of the home, they were quite the opposite. DIY provided a transitional stage between wor
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