We all know that, on one hand, many parents send their children to work during their vacations. On the other hand, children also want to get a job to increase their pocket money.
In my opinion, this is a right thing, but I think we should not have a job until we are fifteen or sixteen years old. Parents should not allow children to work under this age and no one should hire(雇用） a child under that age.
A job is necessary in life. As we grow up, we should have the proper education and we must get the education from the school and our families until a certain age. We can't teach ourselves if we are eight or nine years old. So, learning to make money is a right thing to do. We also learn how to become smarter in spending it. We can't have a kind of measure in spending money if we don't make it.
Besides, having a job makes us get in touch with all kinds of people. We will learn how to be more patient with others and with life itself.
()1. The writer thinks children should have jobs .
A. after they are fifteen or sixteen years old
B. when they are eight or nine years old
C. under the age of fifteen or sixteen
D. after they go to school
()2. According to the writer, before we learn to make money, we should first .
A. get the education
B. know how to spend it
C. know how to save it
D. leave school
()3. The underlined word "measure" means "" in Chinese.
A. 需要
B. 标准
C. 检查
D. 传统
()4. From the last paragraph, we can know that having a job can .
A. do harm to us
B. help lots of people
C. increase our experience
D. make life better

C
【短文大意】本文主要阐述了孩子能否在假期参加工作这一观点。作者认为找一份工作是合理的，但是必须在孩子达到 15、16 岁时，而且在学会独立挣钱之前，他们需要接受一定的教育，从而学会合理地利用金钱。
1. A 【解析】细节理解题。由第二段第一句可知，作者认为孩子达到 15、16 岁时，才适合找一份工作。
2. A 【解析】细节理解题。由第三段第二句以及下文提到的“学会合理地花钱”可知，在找工作之前我们应该先接受教育。
3. B 【解析】词义猜测题。由上文“我们通过花钱也会学到如何变得更加明智”可猜测，如果我们不挣钱，花钱时就把握不住“标准”。
4. C 【解析】推理判断题。通读最后一段可知，出去工作可以使我们接触形形色色的人，从而增加对别人以及生活本身的耐心。由此可推测，出去工作能够增加我们的社会经验。