Question

If you live in the United States, the law says you can’t have a full-time job until you are 16 years old. At 14 or 15, you can work part-time after school or on weekends, and during summer you can work 40 hours each week. Does all that mean that if you are younger than 14, you can’t earn (賺) your own money? Of course not! Kids who are between the ages of 10 and 13 can earn money by doing lots of things.

Valerie, 11, told us that she made money by cleaning up other people’s yards. Lena, 13, makes money by knitting (織) dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbors, and Reisa said she had started taking art classes and showing her work to people. People have asked her to draw pictures for them and they pay her for them. Jasmine, 13, writes articles for different magazines!

Earning is learning. By working to earn your own money, you are learning the skills you will need to succeed in life. These skills can include things like getting along with others, using technology (技術) and using your time. Some people think that asking for money is a lot easier than earning it; however, when you make your own money, you don’t have to depend on someone else. The five dollars that you earn will probably make you feel a lot better in your hand than the twenty dollars you ask for.

1.Kids can have full-time jobs at the age of _________ in the USA.

A. 17                 B. 14                 C. 13                         D. 10

2.If you are 15 years old, you can’t work _________.

A. after school        B. on weekends       C. during summer  D. on weekdays

3.Reisa makes money by _________.

A. cleaning up other people’s yards

B. drawing pictures for others

C. writing articles for different magazines

D. knitting dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbors

4.According to the passage, which of the following is Not True?

A. You are learning how to succeed by working in your teens.[

B. Kids are encouraged to live independently in the USA.

C. Earning one’s money is better than asking for money from others.

D. Kids don’t need to get along with others when making money.

5.From the passage we know that _________.

A. parents won’t let their children earn their own money

B. it’s hard for kids under 14 years old to earn money in the USA

C. kids can learn skills if they try to earn money on their own

D. if kids try to earn money, they won’t have enough time to study

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：如果你生活在美國，法律直到你16歲規(guī)定你才能有一個全職工作。在14或15，你可以課后或周末兼職的工作，并在夏季可以每周工作40小時。這意味著，如果你超過14歲，你不能賺得自己的錢？當然不。孩子們的年齡在10和13之間可以做的事情，賺許多錢。同時列舉了幾個孩子的掙錢過程，通過打工掙自己的錢，你正在學習的技巧，你需要成功的生活。這些技能可以包括與他人相處，使用技術（技術）和使用你的時間。有些人認為要求資金比賺錢更容易；但是，當你把自己的錢，你不需要依賴別人。你賺的五美元可能會讓你感覺在你的手有二十美元。

1.細節(jié)理解題。分析：美國的孩子們多在時能正式找工作？原文：If you live in the United States, the law says you can’t have a full-time job until you are 16 years old.句意：如果你生活在美國，法律規(guī)定直到你16歲才能有一個全職工作。選項中的年齡只有17歲符合。故選 A。

2.細節(jié)理解題。問題：如果你是十五歲，你在什么時間不能去工作？原文：At 14 or 15, you can work part-time after school or on weekends, and during summer you can work 40 hours each week.句意：在14或15，你可以課后或周末兼職的工作，并在夏季可以每周工作40小時。分析也表明在上學期間不可，只能在業(yè)余時間可以進行工作。故選D。

3.細節(jié)理解題。問題：Reisa以什么方式掙到錢了？原文：Reisa said she had started taking art classes and showing her work to people. People have asked her to draw pictures for them and they pay her for them.句意：Reisa說她開始以藝術類和展示她的工作給人們。人們讓她為他們畫畫并且為此付錢。所以說是為別人畫畫來掙錢。故選 B。

4.細節(jié)理解題。分析問題，通過閱讀短文下面的描述，哪句是錯誤的。了解四句話中只有第四選項是不正確的，從短文中體現了當學會如何掙錢也就更會與他人友好相處。故選D。

5.細節(jié)理解題。分析通過這個短文，我們知道了什么？在結束閱讀中我們知道如果孩子們學會掙錢也就學會了技術。故選C。

考點：社會現象類閱讀。