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(shù)) 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.
小題1:Kids can have full-time jobs at the age of      .
A．10B．13C．15D．16
小題2:If you are 15 years old, you can’t work     in the USA
A．a(chǎn)fter schoolB．a(chǎn)t school time
C．on weekendsD．during summer vacations
小題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.
小題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.
小題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.

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B

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(xué)到很多技能。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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(guī)定你要16歲后才能有全職工作。故選D
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)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(xué)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(xué)期間工作。故選B。
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)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(jīng)開始上美術(shù)課，把她的作品給人們看。人們已經(jīng)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
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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(shù)) and using your time.句意：通過工作自己賺錢，你會學(xué)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(shù)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。
小題5:主旨大意題。這篇文章告訴我們?nèi)绻⒆釉囍约嘿嶅X，孩子會學(xué)到技能。可知應(yīng)選B
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