《2025年名校课堂八年级英语上册冀教版》

Ⅵ. 阅读表达。
阅读下面短文，简略回答问题。
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. Can you earn (赚) your own money? Of course you can! 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 gardens. Lena makes money by knitting (织) dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbours, and Riesa said she started taking art classes and showing her work to people. People asked her to draw pictures for them and they paid her for them. Jasmine, 13, writes stories for different magazines (

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Earning is learning. By working to earn your own money, you are learning the skills you will need in the future. These skills include things like getting along with others and using technology (技术) and your time. When you make your own money, you don't have to depend on (依靠) anyone else. The five dollars you earn will probably make you feel good in your heart instead of asking for twenty dollars from others.
31. At what age can people start to have full-time jobs in the US?
At the age of sixteen.
32. Where does Valerie work?
She works in other people's gardens.
33. How does Riesa make money?
She/Riesa makes money by drawing pictures. / By drawing pictures(for people).
34. What skills can kids learn while earning money?
They can learn things like getting along with others and using technology and their time.
35. What would you like to be to make money? Why?
I'd like to be a library helper to make money. Because I love reading books, and I want to work in a quiet place. / ...

答案： Ⅵ.31. At the age of sixteen. 32. She works in other people's gardens. 33. She/Riesa makes money by drawing pictures. / By drawing pictures(for people). 34. They can learn things like getting along with others and using technology and their time. 35. I'd like to be a library helper to make money. Because I love reading books, and I want to work in a quiet place. / ...