Question

【題目】If you live in the United States, the law says you can't have a fulltime 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 Riesa 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(shù)) 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 fulltime jobs at the age of ________ in the USA.

A. 17 B. 14

C. 13 D. 10

【2】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.

【3】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】C

【解析】這是一篇記敘文。主要為我們介紹了在美國不同年齡段的孩子可以賺錢的不同方式，讓讀者體會到自己賺錢比要錢更大的意義。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“If you live in the United States, the law says you can't have a fulltime job until you are 16 years old.”如果你住在美國，法律規(guī)定在你16歲之前是不能有全職工作的�？芍�，在美國，年齡大于16歲就能有全職工作。故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“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(shù)) and using your time”通過工作來自己賺錢，你將學(xué)到成功需要的技巧。這些技巧包括和他人相處、使用技術(shù)和你自己的時間。可知，和他人相處在賺錢時也是非常重要的，故選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“By working to earn your own money, you are learning the skills you will need to succeed in life.”通過工作來自己賺錢，你將學(xué)到成功需要的技巧。可知，孩子們在賺錢時會學(xué)到技巧。故選C。