11．A.job B．dream

C．hobby D．meeting

解析：选C　下文中的"their hobby"对此空有提示。

12．A.fix B．buy

C．copy D．check

解析：选A　由下文中的"doing repairs takes up too much ..."可知，你想"修理(fix)"的东西变得更专业、更复杂。

13．A.luck B．power

C．courage D．time

解析：选D　由上文中的"requires a lot of time"可知，做修理工作会占据非常多的"时间(time)"。

14．A.studied B．lost

C．discussed D．taught

解析：选B　由下文中的"nowadays ...people have too many hobbies"可知，现在的年轻人有太多其他的兴趣爱好，没有时间学习传统技艺，故传统技艺正在"失传(lost)"。

C．neighbors D．parents

解析：选D　下文中的"their parents"对此空有提示。

16．A.interesting B．ordinary

C．young D．elderly

解析：选C　由上 文中的"when they are young"可知，此处指"年轻(young)"人。

17．A.hardly B．usually

C．actually D．completely

解析：选A　由上文中的"have too many hobbies"可知，他们"几乎没有(hardly)"花时间向他们的父母学习传统技艺。

18．A.looking after B．learning from

C．cheering for D．knowing about

19．A.After all B．At least

C．For example D．At last

解析：选D　由下文中的"are also contributing factors"和"this situation is"可知，本段介绍的是最后一个原因，故选At last。

20．A.happening B．passing

C．disappearing D．serving

解析：选A　由上文中的"globalization and the great technical advances"可知，现代的人不像以前的人那样经常做衣服和修理物品，这种情况在全世界范围都在"发生(happening)"。

Ⅱ.短文改错

Today I was having a PE lesson when I fell off and hurt my foot. I was in greatly pain at that moment, but I tried to act as if nothing has happened until the class was over.