Chen Jie, 14, from Ningbo, Zhejiang is a lucky girl.
She got 3600 yuan as gift money this Spring Festival. However, her grandmother
took away all the money and put it in a bank account.
Many students experienced the same thing as Chen. They
got their gift money, only to immediately have it taken away.
Xiong Shengyue, 14, from Nanjing, doesn't agree with
the practice. "I think the money should be the children's, " she
said. " We should take care of it by ourselves."
It is not that simple, said Chu Chaohui, a researcher
at national Institute of Education Sciences.
Giving gift money is used to show social status (地位)and develop relationships, he told Beijing Legal
Evening News. Gift money has lost its traditional meaning of good will and has
"little to do with the children". What's more, children don't earn
the money through work. So he thought that parents should still play a big part
in dealing with the money.
But Yan Honglan, a mother of a 14-year-old boy in
Beijing, has let her son be responsible (承擔(dān)責(zé)任的)for his
gift money since the age of 8. "I want to develop his financial(理財) skills, ' Yan said.
She also added:"No matter how you deal with the
money, the most important thing is to make the children feel they're respected(尊重) and trusted.
Chen supported Yan's idea. She said that though she
knew her grandmother wouldn't waste her gift money, she would feel happier if
she could at least know how the money is spent.
"It would make me feel a little bit more
grown-up," she said.
1.Chen Jie’s grandmother ________.
A．took away all
her money and put it in a bank B．let her take care of all her money
C．gave all her
money to her parents D．spent all her
money
2. Chu Chaohui thought the gift money should be dealed
with by _________
A．children B． grandmother C． parents D．friends
3.Yan Honglan thought___________ is the most important
thing.
A．to make
children feel a little bit more grown-up
B．to take care
of the gift money by themselves
C．to put the
gift money in a bank account
D．to make the
children feel they're respected and trusted.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the
passage?
A．Chen Jie got
3600 yuan as reward this Spring Festival.
B．Xiong
Shengyue thought children should take care of the gift money.
C．Chu Chaohui
thought parents shouldn’t play a big party in dealing with the
money.
D．Yan Honglan
has let her son be responsible for his gift money since the age of 9.
