Question

请认真阅读下面的一篇短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。（每个空格填一个单词）

An allowance（零花钱）is an important tool for teaching kids how to budget, save and make their own decision. Children remember and learn from mistakes when their own dollars are lost or spent foolishly.  

How large an allowance is appropriate? Experts say there is not a right amount. Actually amounts differ from region to region, and from family to family.  

To set an appropriate allowance for your child, work up a weekly budget. Allow for entertainment expenditures such as movies and snacks. Next, include everyday expenses such as lunch money, bus fare, school supplies. “If you make the child responsible for these bills.” Says Josephine Swanson, a consumer specialist, “he or she will learn to budget for necessary expenditures.”

Finally, add some extra money to make saving possible. If you can, keep your child’s allowance in line with that of his friends. A child whose purchasing power falls away below his peer’s can feel left out.  

It can be tough, but avoid excusing your children when they make a mistake with their allowance. When Brooke Stephens was ten and growing up in Jacksonville, her

Mother gave her $1. 75 of which for bus fare and lunch. “If you lose your money,” Brooke’s mother told her, “you walk home.”

One week the girl spent all her allowance in a candy store, then she called home for a ride. “Mom made me walk home.” Recalled Stephens, now a financial planner in Brooklyn. “ At first I was angry. But I finally realized that she was trying to teach me an important lesson”

Experts advise that an allowance not be tied directly to child’s daily chores（日常家务）.  

Kids should help around and house not because they get paid for it but because they share responsibilities as members of a family. You might, however, pay a child for doing extra jobs at home that can develop his or her initiative.

An Allowance
The passage mainly discusses how to teach a child about 1. _____ money.
As an important tool, an allowance teaches children how to budget, save and make their 2. ______.	Josephine Swanson suggests that you should work up a weekly 3. ____ for your child.
	If a child is given all allowance, he or she may feel 4. _____ about money
	The author thinks that you should keep your child’s allowance in line with that of his 5. ___
An Example of Brook Stephens	Brook’s mum told her that if she lost her money, she 6. ____ home.
	The author mentions Brooke Stephens in order to explain that parents should be 7. ____ when their children are developing good 8. ____ about money.
About child’s daily chores	The author suggests children should 9. ____ around the house and they should realize they are ____ of a family.

 

Answer 1

1. pocket     2. decision    3. budget    4. responsible    5. friends

6. walked    7. strict        8. habits      9. help             10. members