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浙江省天台县坦头中学2018-2019学年八年级下学期英语第一次学情检测试卷（含听力音频）
Money is always important. It can help us live a comfortable life. Do you 1 you can have more of it?
Well, if you live in the USA, the law(法律) says you can't have a full-time job(全职) 2 you are 16 years old. At 14 or 15, you can work part-time(兼职) after school or on weekends, and 3 the summer vacation you can work 40 hours each week.
Does all that 4 that if you're younger than 14, you can do nothing but 5 your parents for money? Of course not! There are many 6 for you to make some money of your own. Here's 7 some children do it.
Valorie, 11, says, "I make money by walking my neighbors' dogs and 8 to take care of babies." Crystal, 13, says, "My father 9 a small hotel and my sister and I get ten dollars for doing some cleaning there every weekend."
Some children are 10 their creativity(创造力). Jasmine, 13, writes articles for different 11. Lena, 12, knits(织) dog sweaters and 12 them to her neighbors. Reisa, 13, says, "When I 13 taking art classes and showing my 14 to people, they said they would pay me to draw 15 for them. So I did make some money by doing that!"
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Last week I went to an art show. A painting caught my eyes. To my amazement, it was painted by Steven, one of my {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Then many things about him came into my mind.
Steven was from a poor family. His parents{#blank#}2{#/blank#}not afford to buy him some basic things that he needed. Once our school provided gloves for poor children. I put Steven's name on the list. He was so {#blank#}3{#/blank#} when he received a pair. He loved to wear them and they were always {#blank#}4{#/blank#} than anybody else's.
Steven had a gift(天赋) for painting and he could {#blank#}5{#/blank#} understand what I described in class. But he didn't have money to buy the paper for painting. So sometimes, I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} him some. He parctised hard. And I often showed his paintings of the class. He was greatly {#blank#}7{#/blank#}.
One day just before the summer vacation, he came to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} some art books. When the new term began, he showed some of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} paintings to me. I felt shocked . They were very good. Then we talked a lot. He said he would keep on.
Later he was admitted(录取) to a famous art university. After graduation, he had many difficulties, but he never gave up. He was always {#blank#}10{#/blank#} his best to improve himself. His hard work and strong mind led to his success.
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