Question

Building a house sounds like a big project. But some students at Chesterton High School in Indiana, US, are learning such skills.

This school has offered a construction(建筑) course called “building trades”. Since the course began last year, it has attracted(吸引) 36 students. With the help of their teacher Tom Garzella, these students learn to build houses. Garzella said that about one fifth of his students might go into the construction industry in the future.

In the beginning, they worked on some small projects around their town. But since last September, they have been working on their first modular house. The house, which is 97 square meters, has three bedrooms. It is near the school’s tennis court. Right now, the students are busy putting up the electric wires inside home.

The project gives students a chance to learn about the construction trade（施工工種）and see the construction process from start to finish. They can not only learn how to read and follow blueprints（設(shè)計(jì)圖）, but also learn how to work with others to solve hard problems.

The course includes some classes about the house’s construction. One student designed its floor plan in the architecture（架構(gòu)）class. And a design class will teach students to decorate the house when it’s done. The cost of building the house is not low. It has cost about ﹩27,000 so far. But it has already been sold at a low price to an organization that helps homeless and low-income people.

Students will finish building the house next February. Then they will ship the house to its final owner in Michigan. The house will be decorated after it is shipped there.

1.In the “building trades” course , students can learn to _______

A. sell flats B. do business C. build houses D. find jobs

2.According to this passage, the whole course doesn’t include _______

A. construction process B. ship-building classes

C. design classes D. architecture class

3.What can we learn from this passage?

A. Students will decorate the house in Michigan.

B. Students learn to build houses all by themselves.

C. Seven of Garzella’s students have found jobs in the construction industry.

D. The house that the students are building has been sold to their school.

4.Which of the following is NOT right about the house.

A. It will take the students less than one year to build the house.

B. The house has cost about 27 thousand dollars so far.

C. Homeless and low-income people will live in the house.

D. The house with 3 bedrooms has an area of 97 squares meters.

Answer 1