How much pocket money (零花钱) do you get from your parents each week? Is it growing in recent years?
If it is, then you are luckier than kids in Britain. According to reports, recently (最近) they are getting less and less pocket money. British researchers did a survey of 1,204 children between 8 and 15 years old. They found the average amount (平均数) of pocket money for British kids was about 5.8 pounds a week in 2010. In 2009, it was 6.2 pounds. And in 2003, parents gave their children an average of 5.7 pounds a week. To the researchers’ surprise, they find that boys get more pocket money than girls. Boys get 6.9 pound every week while girls get 6.1 pounds each week.
However, children are not too worried about it. Almost half of them believe they get the right amount. Only 42 percent say they would like to have more pocket money.
Most kids like to compare their pocket money with their friends. In the survey, 37 percent believe their friends get more money than they do.
△ . That’s a very good habit. 10 percent of the British kids save all their pocket money. 25 percent save at least half. 35 percent say they will save money to buy something they really want. “It is good to develop the habit of saving at a young age,” said Flavia Palacios Uman, one of the researchers, “you may benefit (受益) later in life because your savings will add up over time.”
【小题1】Recently, British children are getting ________ pocket money.| A．more and more | B．the same |
| C．less and less | D．no |
| A．6.9 pounds | B．27.6 pounds | C．6.1 pounds | D．24.4 pounds |
| A．British kids keep the good habit of saving. |
| B．Kids like to compare their pocket money with their friends. |
| C．Only British kids save money at a very young age. |
| D．There are many ways for British kids to save their money. |
| A．Chinese kids are less lucky than British kids. |
| B．among the three years, the kids got the most pocket money in 2003. |
| C．all British kids like to save their money. |
| D．it’s beneficial for children to develop the habit of saving at a young age. |
