For many American teenagers, having a part-time job is an important part of growing up. A part-time job can teach teenagers important skills like responsibility（责任）， independence（独立），teamwork and leadership.
Young people can expand(扩大) their social circles beyond their classmates by making friends with co-workers. And many teenagers find that earning their own money gives them a sense of pride and freedom.
The US Department of Labor allows teenagers to apply for jobs at the age of 14. Popular part-time jobs include working in ice cream stores, coffee shops, and clothing stores. During the school year, teenagers may go to work a few times a week after their classes get out, then work for longer on the weekends.
In the summer, top jobs for teens include working at camps, swimming pools and amusement parks. These jobs are great for young people who want to be active and have fun while making money.
A favorite job for many teens is babysitting(临时替人看小孩), and they can start before 14 if the parents agree. After the children are sleeping and before the parents come home, babysitters have lots of freedom.
As long as they stay in the house and make sure the kids are okay, babysitters can do their homework, enjoy a snack, watch TV, or talk on the phone with friends.
It can be stressful to balance school, homework, and a part-time job. Still, many American teenagers value their work experience and the skills they gain on the job.
【小题1】The author thinks a part-time job can teach teenagers many skills except _____.

Arctic fox(北极狐) is a kind of small fox that lives in the Arctic. It grows about 50 centimeters long, not including its tail, 30 centimeters tall and weighs from 3 to 7 kilos.
The Arctic foxes are white or blue in color. The white ones are white in winter, but grey-brown in summer. The blue ones are blue-grey all year round. The Arctic foxes have long, thick hair that is called fur. And the long fur covers their whole bodies, including both their cat eyes and rabbit feet, to keep them warm in the low temperature in the Arctic.
The Arctic foxes feed mainly on birds, birds’ eggs and other small animals. Teamwork is the way they look for food, and they don’t like to do that alone.
Baby Arctic foxes are very lovely. They don’t open their eyes until a week after their birth. For the first half of the year, their parents offer them food. They begin to look for food on their own when they are about six months old. The next year they can live alone.
Today, the number of the Arctic foxes is becoming smaller and smaller, because people kill them for their fur to make beautiful coats for money. Something must be done to protect the Arctic foxes.
【小题1】Not all the Arctic foxes change their colors in different seasons.
【小题2】 The Arctic foxes have rabbit eyes and cat feet.
【小题3】 Baby Arctic foxes are born with their eyes open.
【小题4】 Birds, birds’ eggs and other small animals are the main food for the Arctic foxes.
【小题5】 According to the passage, there are more Arctic foxes now.

Mr.Green is quiet and doesn't like talking with people.He likes reading newspapers and playing computer games.He never exercises.Sometimes he watches soccer or basketball games on TV.He likes milk very much and drinks it three times a day.

Mr.Green is a bank clerk(职员）.It's a busy but boring job.He works with people and money every day.So he is always tired after work.He likes to take a good rest and goes to bed early after dinner.Usually he goes to bed at 8:30 in the evening and gets up at 6:30 in the morning.Mr.Green is very happy with that. But Mrs.Green isn't,because Mr.Green always talks in his sleep.

One morning,Mr.Green sat at table and had breakfast.Mrs.Green asked him,“Why do you always talk in your sleep?”Mr.Green said,“Because I have few chances(机会)to talk in the daytime. ”

The next morning after their children all went to school,Mrs.Green asked Mr.Green angrily,“Why did you scold(骂）me in your sleep last night?”“Because I'm afraid to do it when I'm awake（醒着的）.”

根据短文内容，选择正确的答案。（10分）

1.Mr.Green doesn't like ________

A .talking to people        B.playing computer games    C.reading newspapers     

2.Mr.Green______drinks milk.

A. never  B.often  C.sometimes

3.Mr.Green works in a _______

A.shop  B.bank   C.post office

4.Mr.Green usually sleeps_____hours every night.

A.ten    B.nine    C.eight 

5.Mrs.Green was angry with Mr.Green because  he__________

A.went to work without breakfast.

B.didn't talk to her the night before.

C.scolded her in his sleep the night before.

任务型阅读（10分）

　　Mr and Mrs Jones live(居住) in Paris. Mr Jones takes a bus to the bank(银行) every day. He is a clerk. He often goes out in the morning and comes back in the evening. Mrs Jones works in a school. She usually goes to work at eight in the morning and gets home at about five-thirty in the afternoon. So they have no time to look after their little son, Jerry. Who looks after Jerry? His aunt, Mary. She is Mr Jones’ sister.

阅读短文后，根据文中信息回答下列问题。（10分）

1.Where do the Jones live?

2.What’s Mr Jones’s job?

3.What time does Mrs Jones come home?

4.How many kids do they have?

5.Who looks after Jerry?