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.
【小题1】Kids can have full-time jobs at the age of _________ in the USA.
A. 17              B. 14               C. 13             D. 10
【小题2】If you are 15 years old, you can’t work _________.

A．after school

B．on weekends

C．during summer

D．on weekdays

【小题3】Reisa makes money by _________.

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

【小题4】According to the passage, which of the following is Not True?
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.
【小题5】From the passage we know that _________.

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

Everybody dreams. But only some people remember their dreams. Our dreams often include all the senses—smells, sounds, sights, tastes and things we touch.
Early in the twentieth century, two famous scientists developed their personal ideas about dreams. Austrian psychiatrist(奥地利心理学家) Sigmund Freud believed people often dream about things they want but can’t have. Swiss(瑞士) psychiatrist Carl Jung worked closely with Freud for several years, but he believed dreams provide solutions to problems we face when we are awake.
Other researchers are studying how dreaming helps our bodies work with problems and very sad emotions(感情). Robert Stickgold is a professor of psychiatry (心理学教授). He says that when we dream, the brain is trying to make sense of the world. He does not agree with Sigmund Freud that dreaming is the way we express our hidden feelings and desires(愿望).
Scientists believe it is important to keep researching dreams. Yet there is still no agreement on exactly how the brain works when we are dreaming or why we dream.
【小题1】Dreams          . 

A．are remembered by everyone

B．express all that we think in our mind

C．include few senses and things we touch

D．include all the senses and things we touch

【小题2】In the passage, all the psychiatrists         .

A．believe dreams can help people understand all the problems that they face

B．believe when we dream, the brain is trying to make sense of the world

C．study dream and dreaming and have their own different ideas

D．have the same idea that people often dream about the things they want

【小题3】Which would be the best title (标题) for the passage?

A．The fact of Dreams	B．The Ways of Dreams
C．The Solutions to Dreams	D．The Mystery of Dreams and Dreaming

My version(视力) is getting worse. I can’t even see what is five feet away from me without glasses. ①我拒绝戴眼镜，though I know I need to. I’m afraid they will make me look ugly. Besides, I can do well without them. These were my thoughts two years ago, when I was in the sixth grade. An embarrassing experience taught me that what I was thinking was wrong.
②School has been out for two months. I was going to junior high school soon, where I was sure that looks are everything. So the question still remained there. Should I, Or should I not, wear glasses? The question was still in my mind when my family and I attended a wedding(婚礼) late in the summer.
During the wedding, I drank too much juice. Soon after it ended, I walked quickly to the bathroom. Since it was an emergency(紧急) and I couldn’t clearly see which door was ③marked boys. I just opened the nearest door and entered the restroom.
Unluckily, I had entered the wrong restroom. But I didn’t know this until I heard a scream(尖叫声) coming from the entrance when I was washing my hands .
After that, I decided to wear the ugly-looking glasses. I didn’t really ④care about what people thought of me any more, because I never wanted to enter the wrong bathroom again.
On the first day of seventh grade, ⑤my friends didn’t make fun of me. Instead they gave me compliments. They thought the glasses made me look more cute and more natural.
So if you know something is right, just do it. ⑥It doesn’t matter what others think of you. All that matters is what you think of yourself—and that you can see where you are going!
【小题1】 (A) 试写出文中③处划线部分mark的汉语意思：              .
(B)用一个适当的英语单词替代文中④处划线部分care about：              .
【小题2】根据文中①处的汉语提示，用英语将句子补充完整：                        .
【小题3】写出文中②处划线部分的同义句：School _____  _____ two months ago.
【小题4】将文中⑤处划线部分合并成一句：
My friends gave me compliments _____  _____  _____ fun of me.
【小题5】将文中⑥处的划线部分翻译成汉语：                                    .

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

It was mother's Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy.  Because she was 800 miles away from her parents. In the morning she phone her mother to wish her a happy mother's Day, And her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs(丁香) in the garden.

       Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs. He said. "I know where we can find all that you want. Get the children and come on.”So they went, driving down the country roads. There on a small hill, they saw a lot of beautiful purple lilacs .The young woman ran quickly to enjoy the flowers .Carefully, she picked a few here and a few there. On their way home there was a smile on her face .When they were passing a nursing home(养老院)，the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair .She had no children with her .They stopped the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the flowers in her hands , and smiled at her .The old granny thanked her again and again . She smiled happily, too.

         When the young mother came back to her car , her children asked her ,“Ｗho is that old granny ? Why did you give flowers to her ?”“I don’t kown her .”Their mother said ,“But it’s Mother’s Day , and she has no children. I have all of you , and I still have my mother . Just think how much those flowers meant to her .”

1.The young woman was a little unhappy on Mother’s Day because_______.

      A.she didn’t have a present

B.she was a long way from her mother .

      C.she didn’t know it was Mother ‘s Day

D.she wanted to have a trip .

2.There were many beautiful purple lilacs ______.

A.in the young woman’s garden B.in the market

C.on a small hill    D. in the nursing home

3.The young woman had _______.

A.one child  B.no child C.more than one child .D.a boy and a girl

4.The young woman gave the flowers to the old granny because ________.

A.she knew the old granny

B.she didn’t like the flowers

C.her mother asked her to do so

D.she wanted the old granny to be happy

5.Which is the following is NOT true according to the passage ?

A.The young woman was kind

B.The old granny was sad at last

C.The young woman loved her mother

D.The old granny had no child