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(织)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(技术) and using your time. Some people think that asking for money is a lot easier than earning(挣) 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.Kids can have full-time jobs at the age of .
A.10 B.13 C.15 D.16
A.after school B.at school time C.on weekends D.during summer vacations
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.
完形填空。(每小题1分,共10分)
Bill: Good morning, Cindy!
Cindy: Good , Bill.
Bill: are you?
Cindy: I’m fine, . And you?
Bill: I’m , too.
Cindy: What’s that in your hand(手)?
Bill: It’s book.
Cindy: it, please.
Bill: B-O-O-K, book.
Cindy: Well, what’s this English?
Bill: is a pen. I write with(用) it.
Cindy: Right. And what is it?
Bill: Black.
Cindy: Black?
Bill: Oh, no. It’s .
Cindy: I see. Thanks.
Bill: You’re welcome.
A.evening B.afternoon C.morning D.night
A.What B.How C.What’s D.How’s
A.thank B.thanks C.please D.too
A.good B.brown C.fine D.two
A.a B.an C.the D./
A.Say B.Thank C.See D.Spell
A.in B.at C.for D.of
A.It’s B.It C.He D.My
A.day B.time C.color D.name
A.map B.red C.jacket D.ruler
完形填空(共10分,每小题1分)
Hello, boys and girls! I am Nick. I have a new classmate. name is Ann. She a Chinese name. We call her An Ni. She is from England. She is an girl. She is twelve and has long hair. Ann at Sunshine Middle School now. We are in Five, Grade (年级) Seven. Ann's father is an English in our school, he doesn't teach us English. Ann often helps with my English homework. We are good . We are happy every day.
A.She B.He C.Her D.His
A.have B.has C.is D.are
A.China B.American C.Chinese D.English
A.years olds B.year olds C.years old D.year old
A.likes B.finds C.sits D.studies
A.class B.classes C.Class D.Classes
A.teacher B.worker C.nurse D.doctor
A.or B.and C.but D.also
A.she B.he C.I D.me
A.teachers B.friends C.sisters D.cousins
完形填空先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后在每小题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(本大题共10分,每小题1分)
Have you ever heard of the story? In a beautiful park, there is a(n) lion and a stone. The stone lion is very popular with . Many of them like to take with him and draw pictures about him. They like the stone lion. But the stone is so common(平常) that wants to see it. So the stone envies(嫉妒) the stone lion very much. One day, the stone says to the lion, “We are from the village, but why do have different lives now? You look powerful and proud.
Everyone likes you. I am ugly and humble(卑微). Everybody treads(踩) on me. I can’t help crying . Could you tell me ?”
The stone lion thinks it over and says, “That’s right. We do come from the same place, but you should know we have different experiences. When the stonecutter(石匠) chose you, you couldn’t bear(忍受) the pain and ran away . I was different you. When the stonecutter cut me, I tried my best to bear it. ” After hearing these words, the stone falls silent(沉默).
A.stone B.interesting C.ugly D.lively
A.stones B.students C.teachers D.visitors
A.shows B.books C.picture D.photos
A.somebody B.nobody C.anybody D.everybody
A.different B.same C.ugly D.stones
A.we B.you C.they D.she
A.tomorrow B.today C.every day D.Friday
A.what B.why C.where D.how
A.quickly B.slowly C.happily D.poorly
A.at B.in C.on D.from
完型填空(仔细阅读上下文,从A、B、C、D中选出最佳答案共10分)
Mr. Ellis is very old. He has seen changes in his home town.He knows that things are different now. But he never forgets the old days. He likes to talk about them. Heoften talks about his favourite _, the robins (知更鸟). "When I was a boy, these houses were nothere. There were wide fields and tall trees. Every spring the robins would come. Thousands of them would flyup to the north from the south. They spent the in the south. Some would build their nests (巢) in the near our houses. We knew it was spring when the robins came. When they left , we knew winter .
“Then people building more houses. They cut down trees and they filled the fields houses. The robins stopped back. Oh, we’d seen some once in a while , but they couldn't find a right place their nests near our houses because there were no trees."
"Now there are lots of houses and roads. There are no area for the robins. They do not comeany more, which is sad."
A.too much B.much too C.too many D.many too
A.animals B.houses C.birds D.days
A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter
A.trees B.fields C.parks D.buildings
A.left B.came C.reached D.got
A.stopped B.went C.started D.came
A.of B.with C.in D.up
A.returning B.flying C.to return D.to fly
A.to build B.building C.to live D.to live in
A.building B.feeding C.hunting D.living
完形填空先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后在每小题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(每小题1分,计10分)
When I had something ______ to do, I used to ask my mother for help. But she always _____ ,“ Do it yourself, dear.”I was not ______at all. I thought she was the _____ mother in the world! For example, one day, I decided to _____ some friends to my home. My bedroom was not in order(乱). Books were everywhere. And I didn’t make the bed. I ask my _____ to help me clean it, but she still said,“ Do it _____, girl.”
_______ my “lazy mother”, I have to wash my clothes and clean my room. I have to help my parents____. I even have to go to the dentist(牙医) by ____. It is really ___for me to do everything well, but I have learnt ____.
As time goes by, I _____ my mother. She makes me clever and diligent(勤奋)._____ a great mother! A(An) _______mother is worth one hundred teachers! Don’t you think so?
A.difficult B.glad C.good D.happy
A.spoke B.talked C.said D.asked
A.old B.glad C.thin D.sad
A.tallest B.most foolish C.cleverest D.laziest
A.leave B.invite C.visit D.take
A.mother B.father C.brother D.sister
A.you B.your C.yourself D.yourselves
A.as B.so C.because D.Because of
A.do homework B.make money C.do housework D.work
A.me B.themselves C.myself D.mother
A.hard B.easy C.good D.happy
A.a little B.a lot C.by mistake D.many
A.hate B.understand C.dislike D.forget
A.What B.How C.Who D.Which
A.young B.old C.good D.happy