Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word from the box to complete the passage. (1,5 points)

on           until           what           however           therefore           some            at            help

TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO DEAL WITH MONEY

           Many children get to learn about money when they first get it from their parents. Parents should (1) ______ children manage their money. They should tell their children (2) ______ they should or shouldn’t buy with it. Family experts say that it is bad to give children more money if they spend too much of it (3) ______ the month or week is over.

Getting a regular amount of money gives children the opportunity of making financial plans. They can save (4) ______ money for the future or buy things that their parents would normally not buy for them.

Not all parents give money to their children. (5) ______, financial experts believe that giving children money lets them use it in a better way. Family experts also suggest that giving a child some money (6) ______ the age of five is appropriate.

(1)_______

(2)_________

(3)_________

(4)__________

(5) __________

(6) ____________

For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern. Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned that they were house keys. She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety. The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. They may hide in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It’s hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their children alone

The phrase “an empty house” in the passage mostly means ______.

One thing that the children in the passage share is that ______.

The phrase “latchkey children” in the passage means children who ______.

The main problem of latchkey children is that they ______.

What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

Why did a lot of kids have chains around their necks with keys attached?

What do latchkey children suffer most from when they are at home alone?

Lynette Long learned of latchkey children’s problems by ______.

What is the most common way for latchkey children to deal with fears?