《2025年自我提升与评价八年级英语上册译林版》

四、阅读与回答问题
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 at weekends. And during the summer vacation, you can work 40 hours each week. Does that mean if you’re younger than 14, you can’t earn 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 makes money by knitting(编织) dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbours, and Riesa 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 and managing 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. When can kids start to have full-time jobs?At 16 years old.
2. When can a 15-year-old kid work to earn money?After school or at weekends.
3. How does Riesa make money?By drawing pictures for people.
4. What skills can kids learn while earning money?Getting along with others, using technology and managing time.
5. What kind of part-time job would you like to have to make money?Helping neighbors with housework.

答案： 1. At 16 years old.
2. After school or at weekends.
3. By drawing pictures for people.
4. Getting along with others, using technology and managing time.
5. (Any reasonable answer, e.g., Helping neighbors with housework.)