IfyouliveintheUnitedStatesyoucan’thaveafull-timejobuntilyouare16yearsold.At14or15youworkpart-timeafterschooloronweekendsandduringsummervacationyoucanwork40hourseachweek.Doesallthatmeanthatifyouareyoungerthan14youcan’tmakeyourownmoney?Ofcoursenot!Kidsfrom10-13yearsofagecanmakemoneybydoinglotsofthings.
Valerie11toldusthatshemademoneybycleaningupotherpeople’syards.Lena13makesmoneybyknitting(织)dogsweatersandsellingthemtoherneighbors.Reisasaidshehadstartedtakingartclassesandshowingherworkstopeople.Peopleaskhertodrawpicturesforthemandtheypayherforthem.Jasmine.13writesarticlesfordifferentmagazines!
Kidscanlearnlotsofthingsfrommakingmoney.Byworkingtomakeyourownmoneyyouarelearningtheskillsyouwillneedinlife.Theseskillscanincludethingslikehowtogetalongwithothershowtousetechnologyandhowtouseyourtimewisely.Somepeoplethinkthataskingformoneyisaloteasierthanmakingit;howeverifyoucanmakeyourownmoneyyoudon’thavetodependonanyoneelse.Thefivedollarsthatyoumakewillprobablymakeyoufeelalotbetterthanthetwentydollarsyouaskfor.
1.Kidscanhavefull-timejobsattheageof______intheUSA.
A.17 B.15 C.14 D.13
2.Ifyouare15yearsoldyoucan’tworkpart-time______.
A.afterschool B.onweekends
C.duringschooltime D.duringsummervacation
3.Riesamakesmoneyby_______.
A.cleaningupotherpeople’syard B.drawingpicturesforothers
C.writingarticlesfordifferentmagazines D.knittingdogsweaters.
4.AccordingtothepassagewhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
A.Thewriterthinkskidsfrom10-13yearsofagecanmakemoneytoo.
B.Kidscanlearnhowtousetheirtimewiselybymakingmoney.
C.Kidsdon’tneedtogetalongwithotherswhenmakingmoney.
D.Kidscanlearnskillsiftheytrytomakemoneyontheirown.