1. (2019八下·天台月考) 通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。

    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!"