The widespread number of food scandals(丑闻)in  China is making many people pause before they put their chopsticks in their mouths．They are wondering if the food they are eating is clean，healthy and nutritious(营养) or does it contain（包含） something harmful that will cause disease?

    Most of the food we eat today is processed food(加工食品)．That means the foods we buy in stores and supermarkets，especially packaged foods，are prepared in factories．Chemicals are added to the foods in these factories to  make them look better，taste better and last longer on the shelf．The chemicals are supposed to be harmless and there are laws that regulate(控制) which chemicals can and cannot be used．Unfortunately，some producers do not obey the laws．

    A producer of steamed buns(馒头)in Zhejiang Province was recently discovered to be breaking the law．He was adding yellow dye and other banned chemicals to the buns．He was also taking old buns and using them to make new buns．Most of the buns were sold to schools and eaten by students…like you!

    Why did he do it? Why did he break the law and endanger people’s  health? The answer is simple：he wanted to make more money．It was a moral failing，and this is at the heart of the food scandals in China．Too many people focus on making money and not on the effects their actions can have on others．

1.Chemicals are added to the foods in the factories because

  A．they want to make the foods look better，taste better and last longer

  B．they want to make the foods contain something harmful

  C．chemicals will cause disease           D．chemicals are harmless

2.According to the passage，which is NOT true?

A．Most of the food we eat today is prepared in factories．

  B．There are laws that regulate which chemicals can and cannot be used．

C．The food scandals in China are making many people worry about the food safety．

  D．Most of the buns were sold to schools and eaten by students in Zhejiang Province．

3.It was a moral failing，and this is at the heart of the food scandals in China．Here what’s the Chinese meaning of“moral failing”?

A．精神崩溃    B．道德滑坡   C．质量下降  D．心理失衡

4.What is the main reason of the food scandals in China ?

   A. Some products do not obey the laws.

   B. The processed food is clean, healthy and nutritious.

   C. Too many people pay attention to making money. 

   D. The chemicals are supposed to be harmless and can be used.

5.According to the passage, most of the buns were sold to_______ .

   A. factories    B. schools    C. hospitals   D.companies

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.

1.Kids can have full-time jobs at the age of _________ in the USA.

A. 17                 B. 14                 C. 13                         D. 10

2.If you are 15 years old, you can’t work _________.

A. after school        B. on weekends       C. during summer  D. on weekdays

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

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.

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