Question

Taking care of small children is one of the ways to make money．It is also called babysitting．Most parents do not have relatives living with them．They need someone to watch the children if they want to go out．A babysitter may play games, draw pictures, or read stories to the children, and then put them to bed at the proper time．

Mowing（割）lawns（草坪）for the neighbors is another common job．When people do not have time to mow their lawns in the garden, they are glad to pay somebody to do this．

Boys and girls can also help deliver newspapers in the neighborhood．They can walk or ride bicycles to deliver newspapers from house to house．They must do this every day if they want to make money in this way．

Some old people who live by themselves need help．Let them know if you like to help with the clean-up work, or go out to mail letters or buy things for them．They will perhaps pay you something each time or every week．

There are many ways to make money．American children often look around to see what work they can do to earn their pocket money．

1.What does the word “babysitting” mean?

A．Taking care of small children．

B．A baby sitting at home．

C．A baby making money．

D．A sitting baby．

2.Most American children make money by doing the following EXCEPT（除了） _____________．

A．delivering newspapers

B．doing what they dislike

C．doing the clean-up work

D．helping old people with some chores

3.A young American is more likely(可能的) to find a job if________________．

A．he has no pocket money．

B．he likes studying ．

C．his neighbor is a doctor．

D．his neighbor is old and lives alone(独自)．

4.The main idea of this passage is that        ．

A．children are good babysitters．

B．children can deliver newspapers．

C．old people living alone need help．

D．American children work to make pocket money

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是美国的孩子们如果没有零花钱了，他们可以自己找一些事情做，去赚钱，短文中提到了他们可以去送报纸、打扫卫生或是去帮助独自居住的老人。

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4.主旨大意题。这篇短文讲述的是美国的孩子们如果没有零花钱了，他们可以自己找一些事情做，去赚钱，短文中提到了他们可以去送报纸、打扫卫生或是去帮助独自居住的老人。因此D选项最符合文意，故选D。

考点：Unit 9 My favorite subject is science