If you live in the United States, the law 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 weekend, 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(赚) 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 (织) dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbours, and Reisa 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(技术) 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.Kids can have full-time jobs at the age of _______ in the USA.
A. 17 B. 14 C. 13 D. 10If you are 15 years old, you can’t work ______.
| A．after school | B．on weekends |
| C．during summer | D．on weekdays |
Reisa makes money by _______.
| A．cleaning up other people's yards |
| B．drawing pictures for others |
| C．writing articles for different magazines |
| D．knitting dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbours |
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.From the passage we know that _______.
| A．parents won't let their children earn their own money |
| B．it is 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 |
If you want to take English classes, you should pay______ an hour.
| A．$8 | B．$10 | C．$15 | D．$18 |
You want to work in a restaurant, so you should call________.
| A．Lisa | B．John | C．Ben | D．Sue |
You can see a new play at Bay College Theatre at________ on Saturday.
| A．8:00 p. m. | B．5:00 a. m. | C．5:00 p. m. | D．9:00 p. m. |
Dave worked in Center’s Restaurant from Monday to Friday last week, 2 hours every night, so he could get______ last week.
| A．$8 | B．$80 | C．$16 | D．$10 |
You can help the book sale every day except__________
| A．Sunday | B．Monday | C．Thursday | D．Saturday |
As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?
Follow Your Heart by Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge. You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dream, the book says.
In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to
your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is
the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.Your dreams can be very _______, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.
| A．big | B．small | C．high | D．low |
Follow Your Heart is a _______ .
| A．movie | B．song | C．book | D．dream |
What idea stops you from realizing your dream?
| A．I can’t be a writer. | B．I am good at some school subjects. |
| C．I think I am very great. | D．I am the best student in our class. |
Don’t let ____ leave your heart.
| A．your idea | B．your decision | C．your dream | D．your book |
Studying will help you to get better exam results ____ watching TV.
| A．with | B．instead of | C．without | D．by |
Basketball is still a young game. It’s over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn’t play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.
Some of the teachers at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent（发明）a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court（球场）was not very large.
Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet（英尺）above
the floor on the wall. At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr.
Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.How long is it since basketball was invented?
| A．100 years | B．Less than 100 years |
| C．110 years | D．More than 100 years |
The students felt unhappy because _______.
| A．they had little time to study | B．they often got into fights |
| C．they had much homework to do | D．they couldn’t play outdoors |
Who asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game?
| A．Some students | B．Some teachers |
| C．Some students’ parents | D．Some of his friends |
When a student ________, he makes a score.
| A．receives the ball. |
| B．throws the ball to another student |
| C．runs quickly with the ball in his hand |
| D．throws the ball into the basket |
Which sentence is right?
| A．The students could go outdoors when the weather was bad. |
| B．It was easy to invent the game. |
| C．Dr. Naismith had to use fruit baskets to throw the ball. |
| D．The ball had to be thrown into the basket five feet above the floor. |
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You must hear about earthquakes,but do you know what to do during and after an earthquake?Here is some advice for you:
Before an earthquake.It is necessary to prepare yourself and your family.All family members should know how to turn off gas,water and electricity and know useful telephone numbers（doctor,hospital,police,119,etc）.Never put heavy things over beds.
During the earthquake.It’s important to for each of you to stay calm.If you are indoors ,quickly move to a safe place in the room such as under a strong desk or a strong table.It can protect yourself from falling things.Stay away from windows ,large mirrors,heavy things and so on.If you are cooking,turn off the gas.
If you are outdoors,move to an open area like a playground.Move away from buildings,bridges and trees.If you are driving,stop the car as soon as possible .Stay in your car.
After an earthquake.Once the shaking stops,do not run out of the building at once.It’s better to wait and leave when it is safe.
Check around you and help the people in trouble.If your building is badly broken,you should leave it.If you smell or hear gas,get someone outside and open windows and doors.If you can do it safely,turn off the gas.Repeat it to the gas company.
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Before an earthquade |
Don’t Remember some useful telephone numbers and not to |
Moving to a safe place in the room can protect yourself from falling things if you are Remmember to turn off the gas if you are cooking. Moving to an open area and away from builings is Remember to stop your car and stay in it if you are driving. |
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After an earthquake |
Run out of the building Check around you and help the people in trouble. Leave your badly broken building. Keep everyone outside and ererything |
Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. Now there are few birds, animals, and fish. The lake water is polluted. It is in a colour of dirty brown, and it is filled with strange plants.
How did this happen? First, we must think about how water gets into Lake Ponkapog. When it rains, water comes into the lake from all around. In the past, there were forests all round Lake Ponkapog, so the rainwater was clean.
Now there are many homes around the lake. People often use the chemicals (化学制品)in their gardens. They use other chemicals inside their houses for cleaning and killing insects. There are also many businesses. Businesses use chemicals in their machines of shops. Other chemicals fall onto the ground from cars or trucks. When it rains, the rainwater picks up all the chemicals from home and businesses and then carries them into the lake . They pollute the water and kill the animals.
Boats on the lake are also a problem. Lake Ponkapog is a popular place for motorboats（汽船）. But oil and gas from boats often get into the lake. So more bad chemicals go into the water this way.
People in Hartwell are worried . They love their lake and want to save it. Will it be possible? A clean lake must have clean rainwater going into it. Clean rainwater is possible only if people are more careful about chemicals at home and at other chemicals on the ground. And they mustn’t use motorboats any more on the lake. All these may change people’s lives. Only then can Lake Ponkapog be a beautiful, clean lake again. In the past, the water in Lake Ponkapog was made clean by ________.
| A．forests | B．rain | C．birds | D．fish |
Chemicals from homes and businesses _________.
| A．are always clean | B．can help the animals |
| C．are good for the lake | D．get into the rainwater |
Cleaner rainwater will mean _________ .
| A．more boats on the lake | B．more dirty things in the lake |
| C．a cleaner lake | D．a dirty lake |
To save Lake Ponkapog, people need to ________.
| A．be more careful about chemicals | B．use the water |
| C．grow fewer plants in the gardens | D．use more motorboats on the lake |
The passage is about ________.
| A．boats on the Lake Pankapog | B．why the water is dirty in Lake Ponkapog |
| C．clean rainwater | D．dirty lakes |