学生啦：课时作业（五）Unit 2 Section II Grammar and usageIntegrated skillsI.阅读理解ABEIJING (News Agency)-Children in China today spend five times more money than theirparents did when they were young.So what are all these children buying?The list is long:iPads,cell phones and jeans aretypical items that children"have to"buy.And they will do anything to get them.They ask theirparents over and over until they buy them.But parents also need to take the blame for spending so much money.They want theirchildren to have the best things.They end up competing with other parents over whether theirchildren have the latest products.So it's no wonder children find it hard to leam the importance of saving money rather thanspending it all the time.And it's hard to save when companies use advertising (and clever slogans to encourageyoung people to buy their products.They even encourage children to keep asking their parents forsomething until they get it.Today,you don't even need to have money in order to buy something.Banks give out creditcards and loans all the time,so people are saving less and less.We are used to carrying lotsof money around.And if you don't have much,you can always borrow some.But this hasn't always been the case.When our grandparents were young,there was very littlemoney and everyone had to save hard for things they bought.They only bought things theyneeded,not things they just wanted.The older generation made the wise expression,"Money doesn't grow on trees."This is astrue now as it was 50 years ago.They give money a great deal of value.And we all have a lot toleam from them.1.The text mainly tells usA.differences between teenagers and their parentsB.what is popular among children at the momentC.how to spend money wiselyD.children's high consumption (of products2.Why are parents to blame for children's spending a lot of money?A.They don't give children positive guidance in consumption.B.They offer to buy the latest fashions for their children.C.They always give children too much pocket money.D.Their consumption habits set a bad example to children.3.What does the saying"Money doesn't grow on trees."in the last paragraph seem to tell us?A.The older generation understood how to teach children to save.B.In the past,people attached more importance to saving money.C.Money has a great deal of value both in the past and at present.D.Money is not easily eamed and people should be careful when they spend it.