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.
In China, very few children make pocket money, _ _, in western countries, most kids make pocket money by themselves. They make money in many different __ . When kids are very young, their parents help them sell the fruits of their own trees to neighbours. Kids may also help __ _ do housework to make money at home. When they_ _ sixteen, they can make money by sending newspapers or by working in fast food restaurants, during the summer holidays.
There are many _ __ of making pocket money by kids themselves. First of all, they learn the _of money by working hard so that they will not waste any. Secondly, they learn to __ money to buy things they need or want, such as books, pencils, movies and even clothes they like. Thirdly, they learn to_ _ the daily life problems by helping their parents or others. Making pocket money is _ for children when they grow up. That is why parents encourage their kids to make pocket money.
A.Also B.Anyway C.However D.Besides
A.ways B.levels C.homes D.countries
A.teachers B.friends C.parents D.neighbours
A.get B.have C.catch D.reach
A.really B.hardly C.properly D.especially
A.choices B.advantages C.problems D.lessons
A.fun B.value C.message D.purpose
A.count B.waste C.manage D.change
A.give up B.look up C.deal with D.meet with
A.helpful B.careful C.beautiful D.successful
Mr. and Mrs. Green were very worried about their son, Leo. He seemed to be dumb (哑的) he was normal in every other way. Mr. and Mrs. Green tried everything to get him to , but with no success.
When Leo was six years old, the best doctors in the town him carefully, but could find nothing wrong. And he seemed to be smart. It was just that he spoke.
"There might be something wrong with his , and he doesn't know he's able to speak," one doctor said.
"But he can read and write," said Mr. Green. "We've written him notes, telling him that he can speak."
"It's certainly very ," another doctor said. "Perhaps he'll be able to speak some day."
passed. Leo went to university. But he did not speak a word.
Then one day, Leo was having a meal with his parents. Without any warning, he looked up from his and said, "Pass me the salt, please."
Mr. and Mrs. Green were excited. "You spoke! You spoke!" they cried, "Why have you so long to speak?"
"I didn't have anything to say," he said. "Until now everything was perfect. But you forgot to put salt in these potatoes."
A.because B.when C.though D.before
A.speak B.walk C.play D.laugh
A.taught B.found C.examined D.asked
A.never B.often C.usually D.always
A.back B.hair C.face D.mind
A.unfair B.strange C.noisy D.quiet
A.Hours B.Weeks C.Months D.Years
A.good B.right C.single D.new
A.chair B.meal C.hands D.books
A.slept B.walked C.served D.waited
My tears run down when I talk to my parents on the phone. What are they doing when I them?
Dad works from 7a.m to 9p.m. Mum does all the . She also has to work in the vineyard (葡萄园). But I can’t do for them. Every day she got up earlier than Dad. When I call her at 7:30 in the evening, she is still working and supper. How hard it is for a daughter to stop the in heart! And even harder to keep back the tears. only thing I can do is to promise her that I’ll study hard in the university. I also her to take care of herself and dad. I can not live them.
Mum says the happiest time for dad and is when my sister and I return home. We play
in the room, watch TV or do anything we like, with dad mum cooking together in the kitchen. It is the happiest time for me. I’ve never thought my holidays at home could be so . I wanted to do more housework because mum really needs more rest.
Love, sometimes, doesn’t need too many . We may be too shy to say the warm word out. Then give them a call and tell them you miss them.
A.was calling B.call C.will call D.called
A.exercises B.homework C.problems D.farmwork
A.anything B.something C.nothing D.everything
A.hardly B.seldom C.never D.once
A.isn’t having B.is having C.doesn’t have D.has
A.cold B.trouble C.cough D.pain
A.An B.One C.A D.The
A.order B.ask C.allow D.teach
A.with B.beside C.without D.except
A.him B.me C.it D.her
A.sports B.cards C.drums D.fire
A.and B.or C.as D.then
A.just B.even C.also D.still
A.tired B.slow C.free D.short
A.places B.words C.movements D.songs
This is my family. There are four people in my . my father, my mother, my sister and I. My father a cook(厨师). He cooks nice food. He likes chess. My mother is a teacher. She books. They two work in the same school. They like tea very much, they don’t like milk. My name is Lin Yang. like playing football. My sister, Lin Ting likes . And she wants a running star.
A.room B.home C.house D.family
A.There B.Their C.They’re D.They
A.are B.is C.be D.has
A.playing B.play C.plays D.to plays
A.don’t like B.doesn’t like s C.like D.likes
A.and B.so C.but D.then
A.My B.I C.He D.She
A./ B.the C.a D.an
A.photos B.food C.cards D.sports
A.be B.is C.to be D.being
My name is Alan Brown. I’m ____. I’m from London, England. I’m a ____ at Park School. My favourite ____ is maths. I like it because it’s very ____. I also like history ____ I am not good at it. I like ____ too. I often play basketball in the ____ at our school. I usually ____ in the school dining hall. I like school lunch. ____ healthy and delicious. Our lessons finish at three o’clock. I usually ____ home at half past three.
A.American B.English C.Chinese D.Japanese
A.student B.teacher C.worker D.doctor
A.lab B.office C.room D.subject
A.delicious B.healthy C.interesting D.sweet
A.or B.because C.but D.so
A.PE B.art C.science D.geography
A.library B.sports hall C.dining hall D.classroom
A.have breakfast B.have lessons C.have dinner D.have lunch
A.He’s B.It’s C.She’s D.They’re
A.do B.have C.go D.leave