一、折纸是一种入门简单的 DIY 活动。13 岁的男孩陈一言就是一位小有名气的折纸达人，我们一起来了解下他的故事吧。
(2026·常州市外国语学校月考)What can you make with pieces of paper? Look at Chen Yiyan's works! The 13-year-old boy with origami(折纸) talent has folded a "kingdom" with his hands. It seems 1 (possible) for a teenager to create such amazing works, but Chen made it.
When Chen was a fourth grader, he found his brother's paper-folding book on one of the 2 (shelf) in the study. It started his interest in origami—a traditional art with a history of 3 (century).
To avoid(避免) folding works 4 (correct), he practised hard. Once, he spent a whole weekend repeating a step just to make a paper bird's wing perfect. From then on, he read origami books and 5 (keep) training in his spare time. Some people think his love for origami is getting much 6 (crazy), but he never gives up.
Chen used to fold paper himself until he met Chen Changnan, an eighth grader at his school who also loves origami. They discussed skills, shared works, and decided 7 (set) up a club. On February 14th, the club not only attracted students 8 also gave a speech at Wenzhou Children's Library, teaching folding and telling origami stories.
"It's 9 (excite) to develop my hobby and share it with others," said Chen. "I hope more people will pay attention to 10 (pronounce) the word 'origami' in the right way and love this art."
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二、Nina 对 DIY 有不同的看法，她认为做家务也是培养动手能力的重要一环，于是分享了自己的一次经历。阅读下文，看看她独自下厨的经历。
(2025·宿迁市宿豫区期中)I was interested in food, both eating and cooking it. But my mother never let me get into the .
It was an early morning, my mother went shopping my sister was still sleeping. “Time to start!” I told .
As I didn't have breakfast, I decided to start my first try as a by making an omelette(煎蛋卷).
I an egg, some tomatoes and onions. Then I washed and the tomatoes and onions. At this time, something happened—I cut my hand. Ouch!
The small accident(事故) didn't me and I went on cooking my omelette. I tried three times to break the egg a bowl. The condiments(调味料) were next. I put all the things in the bowl together. Then I put them in the big frying pan(煎锅).
went well. Suddenly I found that I didn't get a to turn over the omelette in the frying pan. Soon, I all over the kitchen to look for the spoon. , I found the spoon and turned over the omelette quickly. I made it! I felt really when I saw the omelette.
My first cooking experience turned out to be . It made me have the courage(勇气) to cook more dishes.
()1. A. restaurant B. factory C. kitchen D. hall
()2. A. and B. but C. or D. then
()3. A. herself B. himself C. yourself D. myself
()4. A. cook B. driver C. teacher D. doctor
()5. A. took away B. took out C. took up D. took off
()6. A. looked up B. dressed up C. cut up D. made up
()7. A. exciting B. unlucky C. interesting D. boring
()8. A. improve B. question C. move D. stop
()9. A. on B. for C. into D. from
()10. A. None B. Someone C. Nothing D. Everything
()11. A. knife B. plate C. spoon D. bowl
()12. A. flew B. slept C. shopped D. ran
()13. A. Quietly B. Differently C. Finally D. Loudly
()14. A. happy B. sad C. interested D. bored
()15. A. wrong B. nice C. poor D. terrible