An allowance (零用钱）is an important tool for teaching kids how to budget, 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 proper? Experts say there is not right amount.Actual amounts differ from area to area, and from family to family.To set a right amount of allowance for your child, work up a weekly budget- Allow for entertainment expenditure such as movies and snacks.' Next, include everyday expenses such as lunch money, bus fare, and school supplies.“If you make the child responsible for these 4 bills'，” says Josephine Swanson, a consumer (消费者）specialist，“he or she will learn to budget for necessary expenditure.”
Finally, add some extra money to make saving possible.If you can, keep your child's allowance in line with that of his or her friends.A child whose purchasing (购买)power falls away below his or her friends' can feel left out.
It can be hard, but avoid excusing 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， ” recalled Stephens，now a financial (财务）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 chores.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.That can develop his or her initiative (主动性).
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?| A．How to work up a budget. |
| B．How to teach children to save money. |
| C．How to teach children to manage money matters. |
| D．How Lo develop the initiative of teenage children. |
| A．The act of spending money. |
| B．An organized journey. |
| C．Belief about the future. |
| D．Something extremely expensive. |
| A．More than the amount of the kid's fellows. |
| B．Not less than the amount of the kid's fellows. |
| C．Almost equal amount with kids in other areas. |
| D．Almost equal amount with kids in other schools. |
| A．To show Brooke's parents are both too mean. |
| B．To suggest parents be strict on kids' allowance. |
| C．To question the opinions of the experts. |
| D．To explain why allowance is necessary for kids. |
How to lead a balanced life
Many students suffer from stress in their daily lives. They are under stress because their lives are not balanced. They focus too much on studying, worrying about what others think, and not enough on other things.
You may wonder whether stress is a serious matter. The answer is "Yes". You should be aware that stress is a risk to your health. If you want to live a long and healthy life, you need to begin to guard against stress from a young age.
Be positive.
Force yourself to take a break from your studies and worries about exams. You can do this by taking a walk, reading a book, going to a concert or seeing a film. You can also just sit in a quiet place and be silent for a moment.
Take up a hobby.
Learn to paint, take up skating, or start playing a musical instrument.
Take care of your body.
Stress is your body’s enemy. Taking regular exercise, eating a healthy diet and getting enough sleep are all the things that can help you.
Laugh.
| A．Learn to relax. |
| B．Take some medicine for stress. |
| C．Here are some ways to deal with stress. |
| D．Work hard at your lessons before exams. |
| E．Sometimes laughter is the best medicine for stress. |
| F．One way to cancel out stress is through positive thinking. |
| G．When you are busy with a hobby, you leave all your worries behind. |
Anger is a natural feeling that everyone experiences in life. Some researchers believe the first sound a baby makes when born could be a sign of anger. Anger may be the first feeling we have and respond to. It’s in many cases a perfectly healthy feeling. Anger can cause people to make very positive changes in their lives. Sometimes we have to be angry at injustice (不公正), at wrong doings, or even at nature, before we can do what needs to be done to correct wrongs or make things better. But of course, that is not how we usually think of anger.
Most people think of anger as a feeling we must keep under control. Children are sometimes sent to their rooms or punished for expressing anger in an uncontrolled way. Parents tell a child to control himself when the child shows anger. We may be angry with friends or at work, but we know it’s not right to show it. Very early in life, we learn that anger is something that must be controlled.
We learn this for a good reason. Uncontrolled anger can lead to fights, car accidents, bad relationships with others, unacceptable social behavior, and many other problems. However, many experts say that if one suppresses his anger, he may suffer serious mental and physical health problems. So what can we do to understand and calm this feeling?
One solution is to talk about it with someone we trust, for example, a good friend. We can also try to walk away from a situation that causes anger, ask a doctor for advice, or just exercise more in our daily life. And of course we may have many other methods. Whatever solution we choose, as long as we are trying to find the solution to the problem, we have already taken the first step in the right direction.
【小题1】According to Paragraph 1, anger can _____.| A．lead to justice | B．keep us healthy |
| C．help us tell right from wrong | D．help us make things better |
| A．We are taught to control anger. |
| B．Anger appears early in life. |
| C．We shouldn’t get angry at work. |
| D．Angry children should be punished. |
| A．holds in | B．takes in | C．expresses | D．understands |
| A．Excellent physical health. |
| B．A talk with a close friend. |
| C．Some exercises given by teachers. |
| D．A good relationship with others. |
| A．Anger shown by children is unacceptable. |
| B．Anger leads to deadly mental and physical illnesses. |
| C．Anger can be a healthy feeling and need be treated properly. |
| D．Anger builds up relationships with our friends or workmates. |
Being a teenager can be difficult, since you're dealing with higher expectations and the process of finding your place in the world.
Develop your sense of self, focusing more on your own thoughts.
Work on your work ethic（职业道德）.What you accomplish in your teen years may determine your opportunities in your adulthood, so dedicate some time to studying and do your best. Learn how to prioritize, whether it's with school work, or any extracurricular activities. Boost your studying skills.
Keep good relations with your family as much as possible.
| A．Avoid rushing to figure out who you are. |
| B．For lots of people, the teenage years are full of worries. |
| C．But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the teen years. |
| D．Family is one of the most important connections in your life. |
| E．It may not seem enjoyable, but it's helpful later on in life. |
| F．Understand that there's no one set-in-stone way to enjoy your teenager years. |
| G．Being a teenager is not necessarily any easier or more difficult than other life stages. |
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