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 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(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 neighbors, 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．
(1)
Kids can have full-time jobs at the age of ________ in the USA．
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A．
17
B．
14
C．
13
D．
10
(2)
If you are 15 years old, you can’t work ________．
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A．
after school
B．
on weekends
C．
during summer
D．
on weekdays
(3)
Reisa makes money by ________．
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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 neighbors
(4)
According to the passage, which of the following is Not True?
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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．
(5)
From the passage we know that ________．
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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
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(1)
If you want to buy a small pizza，a medium pizza and a large pizza, you can pay _____ .
A．\$12．20 B．\$8．20 C．\$8．70 D．\$12．70
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(2)
If you go to the House of Pizza，you can buy 3 medium pizza with _____ on it．
A．pepperoni,onions and olives
B．olives and cheese
C．green peppers and onions
D．mushrooms，tomatoes and cheese
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(3)
If you only have \$1．50 with you，you can buy _____ at lunch time．
A．a pizza with green peppers and onions on it
B．a pizza with cheese and tomatoes on it
C．the pizza and salad lunch
D．a pizza with pepperoni and cheese
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(4)
If you want to order a pizza，you can _____ ．
A．go to the House of Pizza B．get a lunch special
C．call 825-3933 D．go to the Pizza Express
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(5)
In the House of Pizza，you can buy _____ ．
A．lemonade B．juice C．iced tea D．a large pizza
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阅读理解
Most American children eat potatoes．But many children don't know what of the potato is the best for food．Take a knife and cut from the middle of the potato a piece as thin as paper．Hold the piece between your eyes and light．You will see that the potato has skin(皮)，an outside rim(边缘) and an inside part．The outside rim which is right under the skin of the potato，is the most valuable part of all．But this is often thrown away with the skin．Even the skin itself is better for food than the inside．When eating a cooked potato，if you choose the inside and leave the outside，you are throwing the best part of it．If you can't eat the whole potato，eating the outside rim and leaving the inside will do．
(1)
How many parts does the potato have?
A．It has only one part，outside rim．
B．It has two parts，skin and outside rim．
C．It has three parts，skin，outside rim and an inside part．
D．It has four parts，middle，skin，outside rim and an inside part．
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(2)
What is the best part of a potato?
A．Outside rim． B．Inside part． C．Middle． D．Skin．
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(3)
What should you eat first if you can't eat the whole potato?
A．Skin only． B．Inside． C．Outside rim． D．Part of it．
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(4)
In fact the skin is ______．
A．no good at all
B．better than the inside part
C．better than the outside rim
D．as good as the outside rim
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(5)
What does this passage tell about potatoes?
A．How to cook them．
B．How to plant them．
C．What is made up of a potato．
D．How to eat them．
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阅读理解
You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year．You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly．
Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have．
Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions．
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit．If you move your tips，hold your fingers over them，or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading．Then if your lips move，your will know it and can stop them．
If you point to words，hold the two sides of your book，one side with your left hand，the other side with your right hand．Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading．If you move your head，place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的)．
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time，you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words．
Even if you do rather fast now，you can learn to read even faster．As you probably have been told，the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance．Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go．Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster．
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______．
A．to tell others to be silent
B．to feel whether your lips move or not
C．to hold a piece of paper between them
D．to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read，______．
A．don't keep your head still
B．don't hold your books with your hands
C．don't stand up near a desk
D．don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast，______．
A．you can read more in less time
B．you can write faster
C．you can understand better
D．you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading．
