Question

An allowance(零花錢) is an important tool for teaching kids how to make plans for the use of money, save and make their own decisions. Children remem­ber and learn from mistakes when their own dollars are lost or spent foolishly.

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

To set an suitable allowance for your child, work up a weekly plan. Allow for entertainment costs 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 plan for nec­essary costs."

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 buying power falls away below his peers’ can feel left out.

It can be tough, but don’t excuse your children when they make a mistake with their allowance. When Brooke Ste­phens was ten and growing up in Jacksonville, her mother gave her $5 a week, $1.75 of which was 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," recalls 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 should not be tied di­rectly to a child’s daily housework at home. Kids should help around the 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, which can develop his or her early habits.

1.Which of the following is the possible title of the passage?

A．How to develop a child’s early habits.

B．How to work up an amount of pocket money.

C．How to teach a child about money.

D．How to teach a child to save money.

2. It can be inferred from the passage that if a child is given an allowance, he or she may ________.

A．spend all the money very soon

B．fall into the bad habit of wasting money

C．feel responsible and careful about money

D．lose the money and can not return home

3. In Paragraph 4, the words “his peers” refer to ________.

A．his parents                            B．his friends

C．his financial experts                     D．his teachers

4. Why does the writer mention Brooke Stephens?

A．To question the opinion about pocket money.

B．To compare Stephens with other financial experts.

C．To explain that parents should be strict when children are developing good habits about money.

D．To suggest pocket money is useless in developing a child’s sense of responsibility.

5. The writer implies in the passage that ________.

A．children may feel lonely if they have no pocket money

B．a(chǎn) child’s early good habits can be developed if he or she is paid for all the housework

C．paying children for their housework is no good

D．children may learn to put aside some money if they are given a great amount of pocket money

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文討論的主要是關(guān)于給孩子零花錢的問題，以及孩子在使用零花錢方面的具體的作用和影響。

1.C 主旨大意題。本文討論的主要是關(guān)于給孩子零花錢的問題，以及孩子在使用零花錢方面的具體的作用和影響。故C項(xiàng)正確。

2.C 推斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段"If you make the child responsible for these bills’," says Josephine Swanson, a consumer specialist, " he or she will learn to plan for nec­essary costs."說明如果我給孩子零花錢，孩子就可能會(huì)為自己的賬單，也就是自己所話的錢負(fù)責(zé)。故C項(xiàng)正確。

3.B 推理題。根據(jù)本句If you can keep your child’s allowance in line with that of his friends. A child whose buying power falls away below his peers’ can feel left out.說明孩子和他的朋友在一起的時(shí)候，如果他的錢不如朋友多，就會(huì)感覺不好，故該詞是指他的同齡人，爺爺就是他的朋友們。故B正確。

4.C 推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段第一句It can be tough, but don’t excuse your children when they make a mistake with their allowance.可知如果孩子犯錯(cuò)，不要給他找借口。也就是對(duì)孩子要嚴(yán)格，接下來舉例就是為了說明這個(gè)道理。故C項(xiàng)正確。

5.C 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段前3行Experts advise that an allowance should not be tied di­rectly to a child’s daily housework at home. Kids should help around the house not because they get paid for it but because they share responsibilities as members of a family.可知專家認(rèn)為給孩子錢讓他們做家務(wù)這種做法是錯(cuò)誤的。故C項(xiàng)正確。

考點(diǎn)：考查教育類短文閱讀

點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文討論的主要是關(guān)于給孩子零花錢的問題，以及孩子在使用零花錢方面的具體的作用和影響。推理題要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎(chǔ)上，做出一定判斷和推論，從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義。推理題所涉及的內(nèi)容可能是文中某一句話，也可是某幾句話，但做題的指導(dǎo)思想都是以文字信息為依據(jù)，既不能做出在原文中找不到文字根據(jù)的推理，也不能根據(jù)表面文字信息做多步推理，要根據(jù)原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案。