More than half of rich Americans have not shown their full wealth to their children, a new survey showed last Tuesday.

The survey, published by the Bank of America, studied the rich with $3 million or more in assets. It found that “surprisingly few of those surveyed have well-developed plans to preserve and pass on their assets to their children”.

The majority of the 457 people surveyed are self-made, first-generation rich. Fifty-two percent of parents have chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are, and 15 percent have given away nothing about the family wealth. One in three parents said they had never thought to do it.

They are worried that their children would become lazy, spend money freely, make bad decisions and even become a target for gold diggers. Only 34 percent strongly agreed that their children would be able to handle any inheritance(遗产)they plan to leave them.

“There is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation,” said Sallie Krawcheck, president of the Bank of America Global Wealth and Investment Management. “Our research, however, uncovered changing views of what one generation owes to the next.”

The trend is led by the world's richest man Bill Gates, who promised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and not to his children.

“We want to give it back to society in the way that it will have the most positive impact,” he said.

Of his plans for his children Gates said: “I will give the kids some money but not a meaningful percentage...they will need to wok but they will feel reasonably taken care of.”

1.We can learn from the passage that ______.

A.rich parents may not know how to manage their inheritance

B.American children don't get to inherit their parents' wealth

C.rich parents don't necessarily equal rich kids, at least in the US

D.children don't expect themselves to be as rich as their parents

2.According to the survey, most rich Americans ______.

A.don't think that they owe their children anything

B.consider it best to give their money back to society

C.worry about the ability of their children to handle wealth

D.are strongly confident in their children s ability to handle wealth

3.The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 5 refers to ______.

A.rich parents B.the Bill Gates C.the first rich generation D.responsible children

There are many clubs in our school.

Do you like playing pingpong?Mr. Wu can teach you.Come and join the pingpong club!You can have lessons on Friday and Saturday.Our school has a pingpong game every year.What about joining in it next year?

Do you want to dance?Dancing is great.It helps you look good and be healthy.Join the dancing club and dance for the school art festival on May 27th.You can have lessons on Monday and Wednesday.Our beautiful art teachers,Ms. Li and Ms. Wu,will teach you.

Everyone loves delicious food.I think you love it,too.How about joining the cooking club?Here Mrs. Ma can teach you to develop(养成) healthy eating habits,and make delicious and healthy food.There are lessons on the weekend.You can ask your mom or dad to take the lessons,too.

1.The underlined word “it” refers to(指的是)

A.the pingpong ball B.the pingpong club

C.the pingpong game D.the pingpong lesson

2.The dancing lessons are on

A.Friday and Saturday

B.Monday and Wednesday

C.Wednesday and Friday

D.Saturday and Sunday

3.The underlined phrase “the cooking club” means “ ” in Chinese.

A.烹饪俱乐部 B.旅游俱乐部

C.生活俱乐部 D.家庭俱乐部

4.What can we know from the passage?

A.Mr. Wu is good at playing basketball.

B.Ms. Li is a math teacher.

C.There is a school art festival every year.

D.Parents can join the cooking club.

5.What is the best title (最佳标题) for the passage?

A.Clubs are boring B.Clubs want you

C.My favorite clubs D.Clubs help us a lot

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