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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
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. |
I have the meanest mother in the world. 36 other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have eggs and toast. Others had Cokes and candy for 37 while I had to eat a sandwich. As you can guess, my supper was 38 other kids’. But at last, I wasn’t 39 in my sufferings. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.
My mother 40 on knowing where we were at all times. She had to know who our 41 were and where we were going. We had to wear 42 clothes every day. Other kids always wore their 43 for days. We reached the height of disgrace（不体面）because she made our clothes herself, just to 44 money.
The 45 was yet to come. We had to be 46 by 9:00 each night and up at 7:45 the next morning. So while my friends slept, my mother actually had the courage to 47 Child Labor Law. She made us work. I believed she lay 48 all nights thinking up mean things to do to us. Through the years, our friends’ report cards had beautiful colors on them, black for passing, red for 49 . My mother, however, would merely be content with 50 marks. None of us was allowed the 51 of being a dropout（逃避现实的人）.
She 52 us to grow up into educated and honest adults. Using this as a background, I’m now trying to 53 my three children. I’m filled with pride when my children think I am 54 because now I 55 God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the world.
36. A. Whether | B. While | C. As | D. Although |
37. A. picnic | B. breakfast | C. lunch | D. snack |
38. A. the same as | B. equal to | C. similar to | D. different from |
39. A. alone | B. acceptable | C. active | D. accurate |
40. A. insisted | B. refused | C. settled | D. demanded |
41. A. friends | B. neighbors | C. relatives | D. brothers |
42. A. poor | B. beautiful | C. colorful | D. clean |
43. A. hats | B. shoes | C. coats | D. clothes |
44. A . make | B. save | C. earn | D. charge |
45. A. best | B. nearest | C. worst | D. farthest |
46. A. in danger | B. at home | C. in bed | D. at work |
47. A. obey | B. break | C. create | D. hate |
48. A. awake | B. asleep | C. active | D. available |
49. A. scolding | B. blaming | C. failing | D. instructing |
50. A. black | B. red | C. green | D. brown |
51. A. anger | B. pleasure | C. confidence | D. sorrow |
52. A. advised | B. recommended | C. persuaded | D. forced |
53. A. grow up | B. keep up | C. bring up | D. turn up |
54. A. stupid | B. clever | C. mean | D. wise |
55. A. thank | B. forgive | C. excuse | D. apologize |