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【題目】Parents do need to teach their kids financial responsibility and that money is earned.Still,many child-development experts agree that tying a child's allowance to chores can be a slippery slope.Here's why.

Susie Walton,master instructor at Peace in Your Home advises to keep chores and allowances totally separate. "Allowance is one thing.When it comes to chores,life skills,responsibilities-that's a whole different thing." says Walton.

Walton says, "When kids aren't doing a chore,you don't say, 'Well,there goes your allowance.' You're going to sit them down and ask what's going on. 'We are a team.We are a family.We've got to have them done.' "

Besides,by paying children for chores with an allowance,you'll also be sending the message that work isn't worth doing unless they're getting paid for it.

There are times when it would make sense to pay kids for chores.Most financial and child-development experts agree that it's a fine idea to pay children money for extra jobs that are outside their normal set of chores,such as washing windows,washing the car or helping to clean out the garage-especially if the child is saving for a big item. This may even develop an entrepreneurial（企業(yè)家的）spirit to think outside of the box to earn money.

For parents who are concerned that their children won't learn the value of a dollar if the allowance isn't tied to household chores,note that there are still plenty of money management skills to be learned from a straight allowance. Depending on the age,kids can be made responsible for paying for their own toys or snacks.Some parents even require that kids set aside a percentage of their allowance toward savings.

"I really like having my own money," says Kevin,9. "It's up to me if I want to buy the cheap toy now,or save and get the better toy." And that's a good lesson to learn at 9 years old.

No matter which allowance route you take in parenthood,kids will feel empowered by being able to handle their own money.

【1】According to Susie Walton,parents should________.

A. teach kids the value of work

B. pay kids allowances after they finish chores

C. separate chores from allowances completely

D. tell kids to take responsibility for earning money

【2】Which of the following would most financial and child-development experts agree with?

A. A kid's allowance should be tied to all the chores.

B. Kids can be paid allowances for their extra jobs that are outside their normal set of chores.

C. Kids should be paid allowances to develop their entrepreneurial spirits.

D. Kids should be taught to think outside of the box.

【3】What does the author think of Kevin's action?

A. He approved of what Kevin said.

B. He didn't give any opinion about Kevin's action.

C. He thought it proper for a boy of 9 to buy cheap toys.

D. He worried about Kevin's action.

【4】What's the main idea of the text?

A. Parents should not give kids allowances.

B. Whether kids should do chores at home.

C. Whether kids should keep allowances for later use.

D. Whether parents should pay kids for chores.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】本文是一篇議論文，主要討論了是否應該對做家務(wù)的孩子給予額外的零花錢，支持者和反對者通過不同的論據(jù)，來證明自己的觀點。

【1】考查文章細節(jié)理解，根據(jù)第二段Susie Walton,master instructor at Peace in Your Home advises to keep chores and allowances totally separate. ，Susie Walton建議把家務(wù)和補貼安全分開，故選C.

【2】考查文章細節(jié)理解，根據(jù)第四段Most financial and child-development experts agree that it's a fine idea to pay children money for extra jobs that are outside their normal set of chores,可知，大多數(shù)的金融和兒童發(fā)展專家都同意對孩子做他們正常范圍以外的家務(wù)給予他們補貼，故選B.

【3】考查文章細節(jié)推斷，根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段Depending on the age,kids can be made responsible for paying for their own toys or snacks，根據(jù)年齡的不同，小孩子對于他們自己花錢買的玩具或小吃會負責，接著下一段就舉了一個9歲的Kevin的例子，也可根據(jù)這段最后一句And that's a good lesson to learn at 9 years old，對于九歲的孩子來說，那是很需要學習的地方，由此可推斷，作者對于Kevin是持支持態(tài)度的，故選A.

【4】考查文章主旨大意，文章主要討論了是否應該對做家務(wù)的孩子給予額外的零花錢，支持者和反對者通過不同的論據(jù)，來證明自己的觀點，故選D.