Question

If you live in the United States, the law(法律) 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 vacations you can work 40 hours each week. Does that mean if you are younger than 14, you can’t make your own money? Of course not! Kids who are between the ages of 10 and 13 can make money by doing lots of things.

Valerie, 11, often makes money by cleaning up other people’s yards. Lana , 13, makes money by knitting（織）sweaters for dogs and selling them to her neighbors, and Lisa said she had started taking art classes and showing her works to people. People have asked her draw pictures for them and they pay her for them. Jasmine, 12, writes articles for different magazines!

Making money is learning. By working to make your own money, you are learning the skills you 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(掙) 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 than the twenty dollars you ask for.

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

A. 10 B. 13 C. 15 D.16

2.If you are 15 years old, you can’t work in the USA

A. after school B. at school time

C. on weekends D. during summer vacations

3.How does Lisa make money?

A. By drawing pictures for others

B. By cleaning up other people’s yards

C. By writing articles for different magazines.

D. By knitting sweaters for dogs and selling them to her neighbors.

4. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

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

B. American kids are learning how to succeed by working in their teens.

C. American kids don’t need to get along with others when making money.

D. The writer thinks earning one’s money is better than asking for money from others.

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Parents shouldn’t let their children earn their own money.

B. Kids can learn skills if they try to make money on their own.

C. It’s hard for kids under 14 to earn money in the USA.

D. If kids try to make money, they won’t have enough time to study.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要告訴我們美國孩子年滿16歲后才能全職工作。16歲以下的孩子也可以自己做事賺錢。通過工作賺錢，孩子能學到很多技能。

1.細節理解題。根據If you live in the United States, the law(法律) says you can’t have a full-time job until you are 16 years old.句意：如果你住在美國，法律規定你要16歲后才能有全職工作。故選D

2.推理判斷題。根據At 14 or 15, you can work part-time after school or on weekends, and during summer vacations you can work 40 hours each week.句意：14、15歲時，你可以在放學后或是周末做兼職工作，暑假期間，你可以每周工作40個小時。由此可推斷出，15歲時不能在上學期間工作。故選B。

3.推理判斷題。根據Lisa said she had started taking art classes and showing her works to people. People have asked her draw pictures for them and they pay her for them.句意：Lisa說她已經開始上美術課，把她的作品給人們看。人們已經叫她給他們畫畫，并且付錢給她。可知Lisa是通過替別人畫畫來賺錢。故選A

4.細節理解題。根據By working to make your own money, you are learning the skills you need to succeed in life. These skills can include things like getting along with others, using technology(技術) and using your time.句意：通過工作自己賺錢，你會學到你生活中成功需要的技能。這些技能包括與人相處、使用技術和利用自己的時間。由此可知美國小孩賺錢時不用與人相處是錯誤的。故選C。

5.主旨大意題。這篇文章告訴我們如果孩子試著自己賺錢，孩子會學到技能。可知應選B

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。