Most British parents give their teenagers pocket money．Teenagers get between￡7 and￡20 a week．They spend it on fast food，designed clothes，the cinema，concert，magazines and mobile phones．
1)Lazy parents?
37％of parents pay teenagers to clean the living room，66％of parents pay teenagers to take the rubbish out．
2)Lazy teens?
51％of teenagers don’t make their beds before they leave home．
Only 1 3％of teenagers wash the car for money．
Some parents even pay their teenagers to do their homework．
3)Equality?Not Yet!
Boys get more money than girls for most odd jobs．
For washing the dishes，boys get about￡4 and girls get about￡1．
4)And if you need some more money?
Teens get an extra￡250 a year out of their parents on top of pocket money!
About 50％of teens get gifts or money from their grandparents．
Go to Mum if you need extra money! She gives more than Dad．
5)Where you live makes a difference!
Parents in Scotland and the North of England give more pocket money．
6)Spending
51％of teenagers spend their money on clothes．
39％of teenagers buy cosmetics(裝飾品)，jewellery and toiletries(洗漱用品)．
Less than 30％of teenagers save any money．
7)Earnings
Here are some children who tell us about their pocket money：
Emma：I get￡30 a month．I have to take the rubbish out and tidy my room．
James：I get￡10 a week．But I have to clean the car，hoover(用真空洗塵器清洗)the house and load and unload the dishwasher．I usually save the money．
Lain：I get￡7．50 a week．I have to be“good”but I don’t have to do any jobs for the money．
Richard；I get￡5 a week．But our neighbors go away a lot and they give me￡25 a week for looking after their cats．
小題1:This passage is mainly about        ．
A．teenagers everywhere get pocket money
B．how to spend pocket money
C．some bits about pocket money in Britain
D．how to get pocket money
小題2:According to the passage，which statement is true?
A．Parents are lazy so they let children do housework．
B．Teens are too lazy to do housework unless they are given pocket money．
C．The pocket money boys and girls get is not equal．
D．It is not right for children to ask for pocket money．
小題3:We can infer from the passage that      ．
A．boys earn more money at home than girls
B．girls earn more money at home than boys
C．only rich parents give children pocket money
D．most children spend their pocket money
小題4:Who most probably gets the most money for a whole year according to the passage?
A．EmmaB．J amesC．LainD．Richard

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:D
文章是關于英國孩子零花錢的一些知識。
小題1:主旨大意題。文章正是關于英國父母給孩子零花錢的一些情況。
小題2:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第3點Boys get more money than girls for most odd jobs．
小題3:推理題。根據(jù)第6點可知，大部分的孩子還是花錢的，只有少數(shù)的孩子會存錢。
小題4:計算題。根據(jù)第7點可知Richard掙錢最多。
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